What is the difference between cellular data being used on my phone and cellular data being used on my notebook? Data is data.

      • silent_squirrel@feddit.deEnglish
        11·
        9 months ago

        You can lock the bootloader again after the flashing process is done(because it will add the signing key of the new OS), but unfortunately the NFC Payments in Google Pay still won’t work because Google only allows it on ‘certified’ Android systems (aka only the preinstalled OS)

      • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        You can in theory still use Google Pay with a Magisk module called Play Integrity Fix and using a fingerprint from a different phone to pass Basic and Device integrity. I’m currently doing it on my Pixel 7 Pro.

        But it has a steep learning curve and is a temporary solution that will disappear in roughly a year once Google sunsets legacy integrity methods and starts requiring Strong integrity, which can’t be faked under known methods. Google is also actively disabling fingerprints that are being spoofed, making the whole thing frustrating and even more temporary even when it works.

        Just let us use our devices, sheesh.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      Ugh. I was dumb and got a Samsung that was offered to me for cheap on the spot. If I had done any research I would have learned that there’s no alternative OS options. Now I’m stuck with it, because I’m poor, so I just try to avoid using it. I should keep an eye out for something used that’s compatible.

      • eco_game@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        While it’s not at the same level as Graphene OS, Samsung is pretty well supported by Lineage OS. AFAIK at least in Europe Samsung phones have an unlockable bootloader, but YMMV.

        • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Nah. Nobody’s figured out how to access the ROM on my specific model, unfortunately, and I’m 900% sure Canadian telecom oligopolists will not be cool about unlocking like that.

          In my defense, if it was a laptop it would have been much less foolhardy.