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> This has set a basic precedent I would note that technically the small claims court in the UK does not set precedents. That would be the function of a higher court.
How so? I thought a precedent was just any case that has been ruled in a certain way, irrespective of the court it has happened in.
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> but it's a bit of work to maintain and can break occasionally. Which is a major problem because my tolerance for my bank's app not working when I open it is so low it might as well be non-existent. I personally gave up this fight.
Or switch banks and stop fighting.
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This is rubbish. I'm running GrapheneOS and have left my bootloader unlocked, and there's no app that has refused to work. The only caveat is some of them need Google Play services. No, I am not rooted, but my last phone was rooted and there might have been one or two apps out of dozens that wouldn't work with root even with Magisk trying to hide the root status. Using a custom ROM is easily one of the beat choices I…
Do you use a banking app? Last I read depending on the type of check used some apps can still be problematic.
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Pixels can also be re-locked with a custom ROM present (I think Graphene is the only one that does this, though). For that reason alone I'll be transitioning back to Pixel (once this phone is beyond help).
CalxyOS is the other one, with less problematic developer history.
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This is rubbish. I'm running GrapheneOS and have left my bootloader unlocked, and there's no app that has refused to work. The only caveat is some of them need Google Play services. No, I am not rooted, but my last phone was rooted and there might have been one or two apps out of dozens that wouldn't work with root even with Magisk trying to hide the root status. Using a custom ROM is easily one of the beat choices I…
Do you use a banking app? Last I read depending on the type of check used some apps can still be problematic.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
CalxyOS is the other one, with less problematic developer history.
What are the history problems with graphene?
In tech as in all of life, wellness of those in leadership can be ephemeral and is never to be taken for granted or assumed. I wish good health to all involved.
> This has set a basic precedent I would note that technically the small claims court in the UK does not set precedents. That would be the function of a higher court.
How so? I thought a precedent was just any case that has been ruled in a certain way, irrespective of the court it has happened in.
Long is gone the time where unlocking bootloaders and installing custom ROMs was the best path to follow. Even if you are able to unlock it (with difficulties such as this one, or others that involve opening the device and soldering a shortcut), you will have a device where apps check for unlocked bootloaders and rooted OS, and forbid you from use the application.
This is rubbish. I'm running GrapheneOS and have left my bootloader unlocked, and there's no app that has refused to work. The only caveat is some of them need Google Play services. No, I am not rooted, but my last phone was rooted and there might have been one or two apps out of dozens that wouldn't work with root even with Magisk trying to hide the root status. Using a custom ROM is easily one of the beat choices I…
> ASUS makes some of the best Android phones you can buy > ASUS has one of the worst software support commitments in the Android world How can you possibly say both things in the same article?
This means they are "some of the best Android phones you can buy", as in, they have some of the best specs per $ you can buy. Not that they are actually good phones.
It makes total sense someone could think they are great phones while they also have terrible software support since software support is not a simple hardware number on the spec sheet.
This is very like PC people that hyper-focus on a few metrics like CPU frequency since it is simple and numerical and easily compared, even if it is not actually sufficient to tell you much about full system performance.
Example ASUS phone description from enthusiast: "It's got good speakers, 2 charge ports, 165 refresh rate, optimal cooling, a set of ultra sonic buttons, ip54, crazy good battery, acceptable camera, storage is crazy high 256GB for 1 grand, 512 for 1.1 grand, 12G ram for 1k, 16G ram for 1.1k, can take 2 sim cards."