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minus-squarebigkahuna1986@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down2·1 month agoIs there a way to jailbreak an Android phone using this exploit?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down5·1 month agoYou could just unlock the bootloader
minus-squareJCreazy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·1 month agoAssuming the bootloader is unlockable
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down20·1 month agoYou could just buy an android phone that encourages this. All Pixels, for example.
minus-squareasexualchangeling@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 month ago“Buy a different phone” is not an option for everybody
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down12·1 month agoNo, but buy a different one when this one breaks is.
minus-squareasexualchangeling@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 month agoWhich doesn’t solve the problem for either me or the person who asked the question, yes I know better than to get a Samsung now, but I plan on keeping my phone for as long as I can regardless Saying something we already know doesn’t help anybody
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 month agoIt helps them long term
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down12·1 month agoOf course it helps them
Is there a way to jailbreak an Android phone using this exploit?
You could just unlock the bootloader
Assuming the bootloader is unlockable
You could just buy an android phone that encourages this. All Pixels, for example.
“Buy a different phone” is not an option for everybody
No, but buy a different one when this one breaks is.
Which doesn’t solve the problem for either me or the person who asked the question, yes I know better than to get a Samsung now, but I plan on keeping my phone for as long as I can regardless
Saying something we already know doesn’t help anybody
It helps them long term
Of course it helps them
Username checks out.