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What’s your escape plan when Google locks down android on 30/9/2026? (piefed.ca)

submitted 4 days ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca

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I will be switching to Graphene OS🇨🇦 full time to keep my access to f-droid.

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[–] csolisr@hub.azkware.net 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Save up for a secondary phone I can "sideload" things on at my leisure, or barring that, seeing if Shizuku isn't retroactively blocked on my device

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We need to pressure every tech reviewer to mention whether or not a phone model has an unlocked bootloader.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Yup, also not only unlockable but relockable (some are only the former as I understand), relocking is important for the new image's security and may enable more apps to work.

[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 4 points 4 days ago

Yes, someone tell the Swiss phone company Punkt that relocking secures the device.