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F-Droid has warned that over the past few months, Google has pushed a malicious programme known as the Android Developer Verifier to as many as 4 billion Android devices (f-droid.org)

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[-] solxix@pawb.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

It also requires the boot loader to be unlocked, which is the same requirement for rooting a phone. Thus, you can only install LineageOS if your phone is rootable.

[-] anon137@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

An unlocked bootloader and root are very different things

[-] solxix@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

Rooted and rootable are also two different things. Rootable means your phone has the ability to be rooted. Aka an unlocked bootloader.

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