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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by kennywinker on Friday January 09, 2026 @01:50PM (#46557506)
If you’re not using it regularly, why would you need anything except security updates?
Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by sorokod on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:07PM (#46557767)
You will also need to accommodate the banking apps updates, banks will not support very old versions of their apps( very old varies but probably about a few months ). Beyond that the new versions may require hardware support that may not be available in a decade old phone.
Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by fn-mote on Friday January 09, 2026 @03:02PM (#46558536)
History here is they will require a recent OS version even if it is unnecessary.