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ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 years ago

Xiaomi won't give Android updates if you unlock your bootloader

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Xiaomi won't give Android updates if you unlock your bootloader

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ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 years ago
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Xiaomi makes it harder to unlock your bootloader, stops Android updates if you do
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Xiaomi just launched its new “HyperOS” skin for Android devices, but in a bit of a twist of the knife...

cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/3017869 (!xiaomi@lemdro.id)

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    Thats cool, I don’t use chinese spyware phones anyways

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      Tbh I wonder if flashing an aosp rom changes that at all

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        Why wonder? Go read the code.

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          What? My point is that I wonder if there are hardware and bootloader level back doors that survive flashing a new ROM or if you can be truly clean flashing a trusted AOSP one.

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