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• Chronographs@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Doesn’t unlocking the bootloader break Google Pay?

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  • wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t know, wouldn’t touch that with a 10 foot pole.

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    • hopesfall@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What’s wrong with Google Pay?

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      • person@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        the Google part

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  • silent_squirrel@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can lock the bootloader again after the flashing process is done(because it will add the signing key of the new OS), but unfortunately the NFC Payments in Google Pay still won’t work because Google only allows it on ‘certified’ Android systems (aka only the preinstalled OS)

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    • squid_slime@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Isn’t this dependent on the ROM, like lineage shouldn’t be locked where as calyx is locked likewise for graphine os

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      • silent_squirrel@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, afaik LineageOS shouldn’t be locked, but I was talking about GrapheneOS specifically because @wesker@lemmy.sdf.org was talking about that.

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  • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can in theory still use Google Pay with a Magisk module called Play Integrity Fix and using a fingerprint from a different phone to pass Basic and Device integrity. I’m currently doing it on my Pixel 7 Pro.

    But it has a steep learning curve and is a temporary solution that will disappear in roughly a year once Google sunsets legacy integrity methods and starts requiring Strong integrity, which can’t be faked under known methods. Google is also actively disabling fingerprints that are being spoofed, making the whole thing frustrating and even more temporary even when it works.

    Just let us use our devices, sheesh.

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• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ugh. I was dumb and got a Samsung that was offered to me for cheap on the spot. If I had done any research I would have learned that there’s no alternative OS options. Now I’m stuck with it, because I’m poor, so I just try to avoid using it. I should keep an eye out for something used that’s compatible.

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  • eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    While it’s not at the same level as Graphene OS, Samsung is pretty well supported by Lineage OS. AFAIK at least in Europe Samsung phones have an unlockable bootloader, but YMMV.

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    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nah. Nobody’s figured out how to access the ROM on mine, unfortunately, and I’m 900% sure Canadian telecom oligopolists will not be cool about unlocking like that.

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