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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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[–] inputpassword@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Interesting. What is now the point of picking a Samsung phone over an iPhone? The freedom of Android seemed like one of its main selling points.

[–] brb@sh.itjust.works 4 points 23 hours ago

Samsung has always been the iPhone of Androids. There still are other decent brands

[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Neither are the pick, Linux phones are the future.

[–] CodingCarpenter@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Linux phones barely exist at this point in time. Saying that’s the solution in the future is absolutely pointless.

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

2026 is the Year of Linux, didn't you know?

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

The future of what?

I mean, most people won't know or care, and there are plenty of worse things Samsung has done in the past decade. I stopped buying their stuff for those reasons after the S10. I'm sad to report they don't seem to have noticed or shown the adequate amount of remorse.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

In places with a strong Apple presence, maybe. Android, and Samsung specifically, are very much in a position of absolute dominance of the market in many regions. Samsung phones have no "selling points", they are the default choice.