• kratoz29@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      Root or get out, I have been rooting since 2020 and I decide what the heck to do with my phone 😁

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        7 months ago

        I mean, the people this was targeted at were Kenyans who otherwise couldn’t afford a phone, I don’t think the people this applies to can afford to chose a phone model

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        7 months ago

        If I were to simultaneously demand:

        • a phone with a relatively non-evil brand (thus obscure), and
        • a rootable phone (thus a mainstream one)

        that leaves me with no phone at all. Because only popular mainstream models get rooted and they’re all made by the worst companies.

        When my current phone loses its usefulness I might even go without. Or possibly get one 2nd hand although the 2nd hand market still supports the 1st hand market.

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            7 months ago

            I think Fairphone did not exist when I last bought a phone. But you make a good point; I overlooked that. It will probably be my next phone whenever I reach a point where open street maps no longer updates on my phone.

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      7 months ago

      I think someone mentioned this is in the Playstore services stuff that’s hardwired in to the platform. Which means if a device is unrooted you can possibly do: $ adb shell 'pm disable --user 13 com.google.android.gms'.

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        7 months ago

        User ID is 0, not 13, for the main phone user. Work is usually 10, could be different.

        Also, to check list of users, adb shell pm list users

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          7 months ago

          I think I read somewhere it’s normally 13, and that’s what worked for me. Thanks for the ‘list users’ command… that confirmed it on my phone.