(Official) Glorious Android Master Race Thread!

[grey72]

Not if you flash AOSP.

Oh yeah, forgot about treble. But what about bugs and stuff, it'll be a GSI yeah?

 

[SomeGamer]

I bought a Pixel 2 specifically to root it but the stock experience is so good I haven't done it to this day. (Only thing I miss is ad blocking.) And if I do want to in the future I can do so without depending on unlock codes given by the manufacturer. AFAIK OnePlus devices also don't need unlock codes. Xiaomis do, but they aren't planning on stopping giving them out.

 

[smileyhead]

I bought a Pixel 2 specifically to root it but the stock experience is so good I haven't done it to this day. (Only thing I miss is ad blocking.) And if I do want to in the future I can do so without depending on unlock codes given by the manufacturer. AFAIK OnePlus devices also don't need unlock codes. Xiaomis do, but they aren't planning on stopping giving them out.

Agreed, Pixel and Android One devices don't really need the ability to flash custom ROMs (at least not as much as phones with manufacturer ROMs).
Oh yeah, fun fact. I'm running an older custom ROM on my Huawei P9 because I forgot to get an unlock code before Huawei stopped providing them (I didn't write it down anywhere when I originally flashed it) and to switch to a new ROM, I would need to go back to stock and update to the newest stock firmware to get Treble support, but that would relock my bootloader, trapping me on the shitty Huawei ROM forever.

 

[grey72]

Agreed, Pixel and Android One devices don't really need the ability to flash custom ROMs (at least not as much as phones with manufacturer ROMs).
Oh yeah, fun fact. I'm running an older custom ROM on my Huawei P9 because I forgot to get an unlock code before Huawei stopped providing them (I didn't write it down anywhere when I originally flashed it) and to switch to a new ROM, I would need to go back to stock and update to the newest stock firmware to get Treble support, but that would relock my bootloader, trapping me on the shitty Huawei ROM forever.

You probably got it as an email, hunt for it in your inbox

 

[SomeGamer]

I would need to go back to stock and update to the newest stock firmware to get Treble support, but that would relock my bootloader

Seriously? My previous phone, an Xperia Z5 Compact was the exact opposite. If you didn't back up the TA partition via a root exploit (which stored the unlock status and DRM keys which were wiped upon unlock) you'd be left with a camera even worse (no Sony proprietary enhancements) and lost Widevine forever (no Netflix for example). (Granted, there came out method which could restore camera via root and if you had a TA backup, Widevine keys too.)

 

[smileyhead]

Seriously? My previous phone, an Xperia Z5 Compact was the exact opposite. If you didn't back up the TA partition via a root exploit (which stored the unlock status and DRM keys which were wiped upon unlock) you'd be left with a camera even worse (no Sony proprietary enhancements) and lost Widevine forever (no Netflix for example). (Granted, there came out method which could restore camera via root and if you had a TA backup, Widevine keys too.)

That sucks.
I've only ever owned one Sony device, an Xperia SP, and I did not have a very good experience with ROMs on it.
There was this bloody line in the service menu that determined if you could unlock the bootloader or not (“Bootloader unlock allowed: YES/NO”). Apparently this changes from device to device, but if yours said NO, tough luck, you can't do shit about it.
Granted, there were custom ROMs that were somehow flashable on a locked bootloader (what kind of witchcraft is this?), but they were few and generally not very good. Last time I checked, the newest LBL (locked bootloader) ROM was 5.0 and it ran very badly. There are much newer versions for unlocked phones (even Oreo!), but since my phone was a “NO” one, I couldn't do much about it.
I believe the one that is currently flashed on it is a 4.4.4 CyanogenMod ROM. That was the newest LBL ROM that ran well.

 

[SomeGamer]

(what kind of witchcraft is this?)

IIRC you could flash a recovery to the recovery partition (which is normally used to temporarily store OTA images) and from there you could install close-to-stock images because no dm-verity. (IDK if RIC was around then, which prevents modifying /system while Android is running, even with root.)

 

[DRAGONBALLVINTAGE]

Yea I think I might get a Pixal, For VR and ect....