Apps can now block sideloading more easily and force downloads through Google Play
Apps can now block sideloading more easily and force downloads through Google Play
The Play Integrity API has made it easier for apps to check whether you installed or bought them from Google Play.
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Not a single app on my phone was installed through Google Play, it's all Aurora. Guess if apps really do this i'll just have to stop using them, cause I'm not installing the play store.
I wish i can degoogle my phone but its a few months old so no rom support and its a samsung :<
Step 1: Shizuku
Step 2: Canta
Step 3: aShell You
Step 4: SaverTuner
You WILL want to remove Samsung Device Care, which also controls battery usage, and just so happens to be one of Samsung's worst offenders when it comes to phoning home. SaverTuner is your foss replacement for it. After that, you can find a list of safe-to-remove apps for your particular device and start debloating. Be careful; some apps you'll need a replacement for before you remove the stock counterpart.
I already use shizuku and savertuner they are soo good
this is the reason phone selection for me is based on what it supports.
but samsungs are ruled out anyway. their service centers desttoys your phone if you have asserted your ownership of it, their software is way too unnecessarily complicated (not the part you see, but the low level part that complicates the flashing process), and they are generally a garbage company.
oh yeah you have to use their own software to flash but i never had samsung destroyed by them and they killed samsung dex pc app for mac but i think in a few years rom support for my phone will improve and there is also gsi roms you can use
its a relatively recent development. possibly it only applies to when you open it up, replace something inside but even if they are not searching for software modifications, the distinction is very small and you're not likely to hear it in the news before experiencing it
oh
Samsung isn't one of the best for roms. Anyway you could stop using it while you port Lineage OS
Yeah but it might be hard
How is it being a samsung making things worse? I've never flashed a samsung phone before so I may be very wrong, but isn't unlocking the bootloader easy?
And now that I think about, does samsung have their own system file format or something? Is that the issue?
its bcs they use their own flashing method which got leaked
Omg I completely forgot they had a proprietary flasher, yeah that makes it much worse.
E: wasn't there an open source implementation called Heimdall?
True the flasher version is leaked