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I'm not buying a Pixel because I'm not giving Google any money. I'm in the US so the other OSs will not work for me. I just need this crap off my phone. I can't uninstall Youtube, and it came with Facebook. It's just infuriating. Can I just root it and connect it to my Linux laptop and just force uninstalls or something without bricking the device?

Any help appreciated!

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 33 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (3 children)

You need to return that phone ASAP and get something that will let you install a custom ROM on it, like a Pixel or a OnePlus.

Edit: shitsung just recently sent out an update that finally kills off bootloader unlocking for all shitsung devices. Us Americans haven't been able to do it for quite a long time, but Europe and Asia could, and now they no longer can. So shitsung is absolutely not a brand to be using at all.

[–] Clepsydrae@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Source on the edit? I believe you, just curious about the details.

[–] Matt 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 hours ago

Hey, thanks for finding that.