Re:Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB
by aceazzameen on Saturday July 25, 2026 @10:19AM
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Downside is those specific forks only work on very specific devices, when there's countless great hardware in the wild with shit software.
And apparently a lot of people can't access their savings with grapheneOS. I know eventually I'm going to end up carrying 2 devices.
Re:Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB
by Gander5739 on Sunday July 26, 2026 @05:20AM
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Lineageos works on about 300 different phones, and you can flash a GSI for partial support on others.
Re:Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB
by NotPractical on Saturday July 25, 2026 @12:41PM
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I have bad news for you if you think GrapheneOS isn't going to accept this patch from upstream if it lands.
Re:Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB
by inigyou on Saturday July 25, 2026 @03:09PM
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Graphene would probably make it an option, like how it asks you if apps should be able to access the internet.
That's a non-issue because you can build (or patch+resign) grapheneos yourself.
Re:Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB
by matheusmoreira on Saturday July 25, 2026 @04:47PM
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But if you do, it fails attestation which turns the phone into a paperweight.
Use an AOSP fork like grapheneos or lineageos. Barring that, voting with their wallets and buying a HarmonyOS phone. If for whatever reason they're doing that too, there's probably more powerful forces behind this change (eg. government mandates) that won't be helped by spamming an issue tracker.