Re:Ask HN: Stock Android phone free of bloatware?
by mschuster91 on Friday June 30, 2023 @12:57PM
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Not really, modem firmware even for wifi and BT is pretty much tied down "thanks" to regulations, you won't get far without an exploit bypassing the signature verification. Governments are apparently very afraid of people modifying their chipsets to be more powerful in range than allowed.
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Re:Ask HN: Stock Android phone free of bloatware?
by whelp_24 on Friday June 30, 2023 @01:57PM
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Could you link me some of those regulations or a article on it. I am curious
Re:Ask HN: Stock Android phone free of bloatware?
by tiberious726 on Sunday July 02, 2023 @11:21AM
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https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-A... basically, they use the firmware to enforce compliance with the regs on different regions. If you can load your own firmware, you could make the device no longer compliant.