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Samsung Galaxy update removes Android recovery menu tools, including sideloading (9to5google.com)
submitted 1 day ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/android
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Samsung is removing several options from the Android recovery menu with the latest updates for Galaxy phones. Specifically, the update is removing:

Apply update from ADB
Apply update from SD card
Wipe cache partition
View recovery logs
Run graphics test
Run locale test
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[–] aeiou@piefed.social 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Welp, next phone is gonna be a challenge to pick.

[–] SandySocks@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I decided awhile ago to never get another Samsung phone, at least they keep making it an easy decision to keep.

[–] aeiou@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Alas, I couldn't resist the lure of the fold

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

Pixels have a fold, and you get GrapheneOS for that. I tried a fold for about a week, just felt really uncomfortable holding that expensive a phone with so very little case options

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I can't believe the but for the first time in my life I am now just straight up telling normal people to just buy Apple shit instead of Windows or Android devices. For the average person, it will be a better experience and Apple is at least a bit more trustworthy. These morons have destroyed everything that made themselves better than Apple and now there's no point in buying their shit. I think Linux and FOSS are much better paths but the average person will simply just not be able to handle running Linux as soon as something goes wrong. As for a phone I'm legit considering just downgrading to a dumb phone because I'm sick of all of it and everything sucks on the Internet these days anyway.

[–] aeiou@piefed.social 4 points 21 hours ago

I was considering the supposed ifold but with Apple shoving Google Gemini and that Israeli AI on to it, I worry about the lack of customization to let me disable such things