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I have not found any news article on this on a whim. Because my friends and family, I need to use Facebook Messenger, and Messenger Lite was a OK client - lightweight, no unnecessary features, etc., compared to the regular Messenger app.

Now I'm a little torn, having a Meta app on my phone is already bad, but having to downgrade to the bloated Messenger app? Not sure I will make a change. What are your thoughts?

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[-] Rekorse@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Most phones can be unlocked provided you own it. Easier than you might think!

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Carrier unlocked and oem bootloader unlocking are two very different things.

In canada, all phones must now be free of carrier locks, but bootloader unlocking is a pain. The us version of my current phone can be oem unlocked.

Mine can't.

So, i use a lot of adb/shizuku

[-] TheLastOfHisName@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

If I can get a custom ROM to work on my current phone, I'm all for it! I was looking at specific unlocked phone brands because some custom ROMS are optimized for that hardware.

[-] worsedoughnut 2 points 1 year ago

Check out the XDA Forums section for your carrier's version of whatever model of phone you have. Not all carriers make it trivial (or even possible) to unlock the bootloader and flash custom recovery images, but if it's possible then someone there has certainly done it.

[-] TheLastOfHisName@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you for this!

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

My next phone will be a pixel so I can flash grapheneOS on it. I don't think my Snapdragon S21 can run custom firmware without triggering Samsung Knox though

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