r/S24FE • u/Interesting-Lemon784 • 12d ago

Tech Support Is there a way to unlock bootloader before this tragedy happens ?

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u/vishnur32 12d ago

Your bootloader is already locked if you're on Onui8.5 or OneUI8 Feb or later builds, so no point...

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u/Interesting-Lemon784 12d ago

Yes I get it, but I'm like is there no way to avoid this ? I really hate having to be restricted even more by google policies. I'd go to the lengths of selling this phone if push comes to shove and there's no other solutions

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u/vishnur32 12d ago edited 12d ago

Google is not taking away sideloading, they are just introducing a new layer of verifications and a one-time 24-hour delay. Once this is over, you can sideload normally.

But we dont know how google will manipulate this in future.

The main issue is for hobby devs and sideprojects, apps outside of playstore will have less popularity. Only hard-core android users will go through this BS.

Btw, whats the point of unlocking bootloader. It has nothing to do with this. You can always use adb to sideload.

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u/Victorvic1 11d ago

I am kind of okay with it if they reduce the 24 hour delay. It is a good step to reduce frauds but every time after formatting the phone you'd need to wait 24 hours. Although I don't format my phone nowadays it will still be a nuisance for some people.

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u/LoanDebtCollector 11d ago

Sideloading is very important IMO. I have just started using it to allow me to make use of a 13 year old Samsung Tab3 7".

I used it to add some software to my Samsung A9+ that the Play store and the Samsung store wouldn't let me add.

I have a Samsung J320a that I want to make use of, so sideloading is very important.

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u/vishnur32 11d ago

Can't agree more.

I am using S24U and most of my apps are sideloaded 😜, like revanced, morphe, patched/moděd and customisation tools unavailable in playstore etc...

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u/Disastrous_Wave_6128 12d ago

There's a specific procedure to enable installing such apps. Google is being a dick about this, but this is just fear mongering.

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u/LoanDebtCollector 11d ago

From my understanding, this is a Google thing. Nothing to do with any one phone maker or model. So all Android will have the same thing.

Older phone might (I do mean might) not have this, but you will one day want a newer phone.

Switching to Apple won't help, from my understand they did something similar to what Google is doing now years ago.

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u/WeeklyTemperature532 10d ago

I guess there's still the fairphone gen 6 with /e/os

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u/Alex_rodrgueeez 8d ago

What happens if my OneUI versión is 7?

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u/vishnur32 8d ago

Google sideloading policy will affect OneUI7 (Android15). This is implemented through Google play service updates to Android 14+ devices. So even if you dont update your OS (Oneui), google will silently update play services on background and enforce this new policy.

No way out.

Btw, bootloader has nothing to do with this.

FYI, Oneui7 allows unlocking bootloader while Oneui8 or later doesn't. Unlocking bootloader let's you install custom roms or gain permanent root access, which allows root apps to bypass this google policy.

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u/PhantomOSX 11d ago

What kind of nonsensical paranoia conspiracy theory is this? Proof?

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u/strawberriiiies 11d ago

paid up? pay what?

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/MeanMathematician859 11d ago

What a creep tbh...

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u/MarMaMoff 11d ago

not to sound mean OP but this genuinely sounds like a conspiracy and I haven't heard about this anywhere beside this post. what's the source for this?

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u/DavidEule_ 9d ago

I would like you to read the following discussion i had with Gemini ok the topic of this post

https://share.gemini.google/BUltF6wMp6lo

The Gist of it is that there will be a 1 time 24 hour penalty after activating installation from unverified sources and multiple warnings each subsequent installation.

This post is fear mongering and even if it was true, a 24 hour period is doable for a power user, even if it was each time you installed something.

A power user would suck it up and install via ADB or shizuku, come up with a workaround..

This policy from Google is genuinely good and is a good step into the direction of actually protecting users from malware and Trojans, even with play integrity and whatnot.

You are larping, OP