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Why is installing a different OS/Custom Rom on phones a huge hassle? (programming.dev)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/nostupidquestions

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Unlock bootloader (depending on vendor, you have to do an online verification),
flash a recovery.img,
load into recovery mode (which, depending on the phone, might need extra work)
wipe some caches,
select new os/rom image,
pray it doesn't brick your phone.

You'd think someone would've learned a thing or two from the easy graphical installations linux and even windows have been offering since the late 2000s.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Look up the history of how Android was developed, particularly what happened when Google took control, and you will find your answer. Ofc if you want to help, feel free to be the change that you want to see in the world, I'm only talking here about the past, as you asked about.

TLDR version of that history: greedy corporations surprised everyone, somehow, by ultimately acting in a greedy manner. B-b-but their slogan was "Don't be evil"! - once upon a time. And ofc Apple sure as hell wasn't going to cooperate with that "nonsense" of allowing anyone to take even one step outside of their walled garden. So what then is left to us, besides what you see before you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Less tinfoil in my take: a good reason there doesn't exist other OSs is a lack of drivers and support for hardware. Good luck getting your screen to work if it's proprietary to the manufacturer and device. Can't communicate with the ASICs if they don't use standard protocols, etc.

This was a big issue back when I was involved in the LG G Flex 2 community and I can assume it only got worse since then.

PCs are a bit different IMO since generic drivers might get you pretty far. Even then, support for modern graphics cards (for example) would be near impossible without the manufacturers playing nice or in-depth insider knowledge

[–] Rhynoplaz -4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Very few people try to change their OS because it is difficult. If it was easy, more people would do it. Most people SHOULD NOT do that. Apple would have to triple their tech support staff just to keep up with the people who don't understand their new OS, or complain about regular features not working like they used to, and those are the ones that don't brick their phones while just poking around in some settings they don't understand.

They should ease off a little with allowing it, but pretty much only those who REALLY know what they are doing can't pull it off.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

That doesn't explain it, especially because they can very well say that the end user's warranty void if they uninstall the packed in OS

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