Android 4.5: End of Road?
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Android 4.5: End of Road?
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Re: Android 4.5: End of Road?
#2I guess this just means that rooting the currently installed Android isn't the end-all-be-all of gaining access to your device.
We'll probably end up with versions of alternative ROMs using a custom kernel for this (e.g. either CyanogenMod will enable /system write access, or there will be two versions -- one with stock kernel, the other with /system write access).
Re: Android 4.5: End of Road?
#3Every single time these new SELinux changes in AOSP come up before the release of a new Android version there's some FUD about root access dying and bla bla bla. Guess what? It never happens.
Buy an open device (for example, Nexus) that lets you flash whatever software you want through the bootloader and thus recovery. Nothing prevents you from removing this security policy, which makes complete sense: nothing in Android's userland needs write access to /system, so it may as well be blocked completely.
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#4Google cache copy is here, the server seems to have reached it's limits: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
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#5Google cache copy is here, the server seems to have reached it's limits: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
And a partial NYUD cache: http://beranger.org.nyud.net/2014/06/01/android-4-5-end-of-r...
Re: Android 4.5: End of Road?
#6Ive found the longer android has been around, the less likely I've been to need to root it. This doesn't seem like a bad change?
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#7This seems like a change for the better. Having the /system partition writable is a lot of unnecessary attack surface.
> Rest in peace Titanium Backup, ROM Toolbox, Root Explorer, SD Maid, Lucky Patcher, etc. etc.
I'm not sure what the author is trying to say here, because I don't think any of these apps write to /system.
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#8Don't worry, each vendor will have an opportunity to screw up SE for Android policy. Additionally, many kernel flaws will be possible to use for disabling these mechanisms to once again get privilege sufficient to write to /system if needed.
Re: Android 4.5: End of Road?
#9Every single time these new SELinux changes in AOSP come up before the release of a new Android version there's some FUD about root access dying and bla bla bla. Guess what? It never happens. Buy an open device (for example, Nexus) that lets you flash whatever software you want through the bootloader and thus recovery. Nothing prevents you from removing this security policy, which makes complete sense: nothing in And…
"Just buy Nexus". Sure:
http://www.droid-life.com/2014/04/29/report-google-ditching-...
Re: Android 4.5: End of Road?
#10Every single time these new SELinux changes in AOSP come up before the release of a new Android version there's some FUD about root access dying and bla bla bla. Guess what? It never happens. Buy an open device (for example, Nexus) that lets you flash whatever software you want through the bootloader and thus recovery. Nothing prevents you from removing this security policy, which makes complete sense: nothing in And…
Open devices are rarer and have limited hardware options. Say, I didn't found any affordable multi-SIM phone that fit my tastes available at the local retail (i.e. I wasn't willing to wait for a month for a remote purchase to ship) when I needed one.