A custom ROM allows you to extend the life of your Android phone, but does it come with risks in 2024 and why isn't it more popular?

I am surprised that Google spends so much time tackling custom ROMs via it’s Play Integrity API. If only they paid that much attention to say, curating the Play Store more, it had be much better for everyone

  • @ouch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3•3 days ago

    Samsung takes security almost as seriously as Google, but they deliberately cripple their devices when you unlock them to install another OS and don’t allow an alternate OS to use important security features

    What does the crippling and security features refer to?

    • @MasterBuilderEnglish
      1•13 hours ago

      It’s painful disabling knox so you can root or flash custom roms.

    • NoxyEnglish
      3•2 days ago

      Seems like you can’t re-lock the bootloader after installing an alternative OS, for one

    • NoxyEnglish
      2•3 days ago

      I know exactly as much as you do about it. Just quoting the lead dev.