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Re:Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install... by orbital-decay on Sunday August 31, 2025 @01:44PM (#45085166)
Not anymore, since OneUI 8. And before that, by unlocking the bootloader you were tripping Samsung's e-fuse, permanently marking the hardware as unlocked. That's why nobody ever bothered making custom firmware builds for Samsung devices.

Sideloading doesn't require rooting the device.

Re:Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install... by joquarky on Sunday August 31, 2025 @06:05PM (#45087533)
Yet.