yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] Haknor:
I know you recommend using MindTheGapps, but can I use NikGapps? If so, which one is better suited for the rom?
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] craeckor:
Neither, i'm using BiTGApps Core. It works perfectly for this ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] Haknor:
Thanks. I didn't even know this one.
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] CosmoDev:
Does anyone knows if the heartbeat sensor works on this ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] or23_72c:
it wont work
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] CYKLER:
help with location services:

ive recently updated to CrDroid 9.12 from 9.11 and ive been experiancing location problems

both google and organic maps were unable to tell my location (i am using NikGapps, dont know if that helps tho)
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] craeckor:
Try to use 9.14: https://sourceforge.net/projects/crdroid/files/beyond2lte/9.x/
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] CYKLER:
i seemed to have fixed the problem by reinstalling NikGapps, not exactly sure why this worked but it did, should i still install 9.14 even though its not on the official website? the website says that the latest version is 9.12.
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] Rattanak:
does this rom works with G975N ?.. Korean Variant ?
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] craeckor:
Yes you can install it. I don't know either why this isn't listed on the official website. I mean I'm currently writing on 9.14.

I hope they will gonna release crDroid 10 for the S10 series otherwise I'm forced to switch.
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] CYKLER:
I’m assuming that no new versions for the s10 will be coming out since the maintainer (felippe lima) is no longer listed on the page which means he most likely isnt developing it anymore, im already trying to find a used pixel 7 for under 240usd, if you are going to switch i reccomend going for a pixel since they get much more longer term support than any other phone, for example the pixel2 (a phone made a long while ago) is one of the first to get updates from crdroid.
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] CYKLER:
need help. i just updated to crdroid 9.14 on my s10+ which for some reason disabled gapps and magisk, so i reinstalled nikgapps and then magisk, magisk then told me to continue installation and i clicked direct install in the app, restarted my phone and now its stuck on the logo with the colors, i have tried to get into recovery but cant get it to work, ive tried adb but it says that there are no connectedd devices.

edit: i got my phone to restart and boot into twrp by connecting it to my laptop (no idea why that worked), unfortunately had to factory reset
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] shroomy_dude:
Is this project dead?

crDroid.net - Download crDroid v9 for Galaxy S10+ (beyond2lte)

official crDroid v9 for Galaxy S10+ (beyond2lte)

crdroid.net

Says it's no longer supported/outdated and linked release is from December 2023 but I can see there is as recent as February 2024 in sourceforge. Why those recent build are not in official website?

I am looking into available gappless ROMs for beyond2lte and this one was my first pick but now seems to be abandoned or near it so I am a bit confused.

Any information would be helpful

EDIT:

If anyone is also wondering, I got the info that the project is not dead, just that dev is busy but will get onto it soon.
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] Rebenga:
Thank you to devs and maintainers, Jubs. This is no way "sh1tting" on your efforts but my personal experience on CrDroid on s10e, coming from OneUI 4.1.

Just recently flashed CrDroid 9.14 on my S10e, everything is better except that (compared to OneUI 4.1):

- the speaker audio quality is very poor, lacks bass and depth, sound not rich as on stock; even after enabling Dolby and flashing V4Android.

- SOT is invariably the same as with stock. Only that screen off battery drain is significantly low.

But I love the feature-rich CrDroid (was amazing on my RN8) and with 10.x coming, definitely staying! But I miss stock audio quality frfr. If s10e had received OneUI 6 or even 5, I might have gone back to stock tbh!
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] cappuccini:
...the quality of my photos was also significantly worse than before. I went back to lastest stock firmware, rooted and debloated my device, and I have no problems with my bank app - the best solution for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] Rebenga:
Are you using s10e (exynos), S10 variant or other Galaxy device?

For camera and photos, GCam works fine but my problem is mainly with the quality of audio (speaker) on CrDroid/LineageOS.

Sound is very important to me in a device, and stock was excellent.
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] cappuccini:
I use S10+ and the thing that bothered me the most was the quality of the photos. In particular, photos taken from a greater distance and in low light were considerably worse.
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] Hungw:
i flashed crdroid with PE recovery n it's said that "this current recovery does not seem to support dynamic partitions." when I try to flash other recovery, odin always crashes. any solution? tysm. i use s10+
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] Oplaom:
Try installing other recoveries through twrp and I would recommend you to join the telegram group as more people are active there
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] cyberbix:
Which GCam Version/Variant do you use ?
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] Rebenga:
BSG MGC 8.1 with its configs
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] Rebenga:
Could another dev take over? Please give us A14 🙏

This guy seems to be on some other bs
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] Jubscleisson:
If you were in any telegram group about AOSPs on Exynos9820, you would know why I haven't updated to Android 14 yet...

My SSD died and I can't build crDroid 10 now...
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] resi83:
https://ko-fi.com/jubscleisson
[Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10 5G/E Cross Device Deve] Rocky7842:
Yeah it really kills SSDs. People need to know these ROMs doesn't grow on trees.

I spent my own money on a enterprise one a year ago, and it's 133TB written already(cuz was using zram too). I'm not even building for that many devices. Good thing it's really durable, but sad that all donation I got so far can't even afford a tenth of it. lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Jubscleisson:
crDroid for Samsung Galaxy Note 10/+/+ 5G [d1&d2s&d2x]

Please read whole post before downloading

*** Disclaimer
I am not responsible for any damage you made to your device
You have been warned

What is this?

crDroid is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device also attempting to bringing many of the best features existent today.

Whats working?

Wifi

RIL

Mobile data

GPS

Camera

Flashlight

Camera

Bluetooth

Fingerprint reader

Face unlock

NFC

Lights

Sound / vibration

FP gestures

Known issues

VoLTE/VoWIFI - not working for most Samsung devices, so no fix in the near future

You tell me
​

Download: (Always Download the latest)

ROM (d1) (d2s) (d2x)

Recovery (d1) (d2s) (d2x)

Magisk (Download from here)

Gapps - (Download from here) (Use MindTheGapps-13.0.0-arm64*.zip)

First time installation:

The same instructions as for installing official LineageOS apply, so the ones found here.

You CAN NOT install this ROM using TWRP.

You need to use the crDroid Recovery or the Official Lineage Recovery provided by Linux4.

Installing crDroid Recovey (BL already unlocked):​

Odin:

Rename the downloaded .img to recovery.img and add it to a .tar archive using, for example, 7Zip

Flash the resulting .tar file in Odin

Installing The ROM From crDroid Recovery:

crDroid Recovery - Factory reset > Factory reset & reset system partitions

Make sure that all your zip ready for install via OTG/SD card/ADB

crDroid Recovery - Apply update > Choose from sdcard > select the rom and install it

Install magisk .zip (change magisk.apk to magisk.zip if you installing via SD card/OTG)

Reboot to system!

Version Information

Status: Official

Current Version: October (13.0.0_r75)

Stable Release Date: 17/10/2023

Device Maintainer: @Jubscleisson

Sources&Trees

ROM Source: (Link)

Device tree: (d1) (d2s) (d2x)

Common device tree: (Link)

Kernel: (Link)

Vendor: (d1) (d2s) (d2x)

Credits

@Linux4 - For making the trees and officialy maintaing them in LineageOS, For giving me access to A13 device tree and helping me all time!

Visit official website @ crDroid.net

crDroid Community Telegram

crDroid Updates Channel

Donate to help our team pay server costs

Support Group Link​
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] bayad:
Thank you for this rom.

Is it encrypted or not please ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Jubscleisson:
You're welcome, sir

This version has the encryption working perfectly, to avoid any problems, I ask you to use the recovery of the ROM itself :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] bayad:
Thank you for your answer.

About the recovery you are talking about, does it have backup/restore functions like TWRP ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Geofrey Kazaula:
Hello @Jubscleisson

Many thanks for your efforts.

Does the Rom include Gcam?

How is the sound for music/youtube playback?

Kind regards,
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] freezebee:
When the One UI 5 coming?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] danm3gtr:
Anyone has any print screens? option menu and so on?pls
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Jubscleisson:
No, this function does not exist. Even because data partition isn't supposed to be mounted in a recovery anyways.

I ask that you make backups with an app that is convenient for you, something like Swift Backup or use Google's backup service (if you use GApps).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] bayad:
I'm already using Swift Backup for my apps but it's annoying that I need to reconfigure every rom settings when switching between roms 😫
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Cosque:
The recovery d2s checksum is not right.

When I give this command: heimdall flash --Recovery.img --no-reboot

I get the following error:

ERROR: Partition "Recovery" does not exist in the specified PIT.

Ending session...

Releasing device interface...

Any idea what can happen?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Jubscleisson:
partition name is --RECOVERY, not --Recovery

the complete command is heimdall flash --RECOVERY recovery.img --no-reboot

Hope this helps :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Cosque:
I've already load the crDroid Recovery, I want to be 100% sure of the next steps, as I understand:

1) Format data / factory reset

2) Format system partition

1 and 2 or only 1 ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Jubscleisson:
Both.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Cosque:
PlayStore does not connect to the Internet with: MindTheGapps-13.0.0-arm64-20221025_100653.zip

Using Core from here https://sourceforge.net/projects/nikgapps/files/Releases/NikGapps-T/28-Aug-2022/ works well

Thanks for the rom!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] ethr0:
Thank you very much for this rom, it is amazing but I have a problem:

I can't mount the system as read/write to block some services.

can you check for this please??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] thcinaus:
This is the best version I have found for dx2 I have had no failures and a perfect install running all sorts of apps its very fast and well put together

I will make a donation shortly keep up the great work

Thanks

Tom
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] HF2008:
Thank you very much for your amazing work.

crDroid the best rom ever

Is there a minimum firmware requirements to boot this rom ?

Now I'm on HVE5.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Cosque:
The NFC and fast charging are not working. Does anyone have them working?

Any idea?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] xda9500:
请问当前版本相比之前的版本是续航有明显提升，还是刷屏时间有明显提升。另一个问题是是否有任何内核可用于提高设备的电池寿命
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Jubscleisson:
Hi, sorry for the delay.

Apparently this happens even with MindTheGapps, you need to allow internet access in the Play Store and Google Play Services app settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Jubscleisson:
Thanks for the feedback, sir <3
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Jubscleisson:
Hi, recommended firmware is included in the ROM zip.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] xda9500:
设备的电池寿命如何？？
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Jubscleisson:
Hi, I ask that you use English here to help other users understand.

but I used the translator and I hope I understood well what you mean.

Yea, some users have reported that the battery has improved in this update, please give it a try and let me know how it goes for you :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] xda9500:
I'm very sorry, I used a web translator so I translated it into Chinese when replying. Thank you for your prompt reply.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Jubscleisson:
No problem, sir

Enjoy the crDroid! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] xda9500:
I am currently using version 8.7, do I need to upgrade the firmware to match the current version 9.1?Looking forward to the new experience brought by the new version
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Jubscleisson:
You don't need to update the firmware, as the recommended firmware is already included in the ROM zip, just make your backups and clean flash through crDroid Recovery :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] xda9500:
Thank you very much for your reply, downloading version 9.1
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] GonDr:
ماذا تقول سيدي الفاضل؟
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] danm3gtr:
Printscreens anyone pls?settings desktop and what is extra..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] JayGhab:
Hi all,

Question is there a way to increase all volumes on asop 13 roms as every one I have tried is not as loud as stock rom?

Thanks

Kind regards :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Triplest:
Hello @Jubscleisson

I'm failure in register FP

Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] corpuscallosum:
Would Samsung Pass, Secure FolderSPen features be still available with this ROM? How about the payment features, would they be affected in anyway? Also as I'd just be unlocking the BL so would status show official even by flashing with this ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Fikus_v_gorshke:
Hello everybody) Will it support Samsung scalable codec?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] jay.c992:
Hi does this work on N975F?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] AuoraCF:
Does this ROM have any Samsung tracking such as Telemetry?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Zionator:
No samsung apps depend on Samsung UI will work here and certainly not Samsung pay or any other app that is knox dependent.

You can use Google pay if what ever rooting method allows to hide root from snooping apps such as banking apps.

Do not use this rom if you are dependent on Samsung functionality.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] tonydiepyyz:
Is this for Exynos or Snapdragon?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Leonard@hein:
There may be only for Exynos most of the Custom ROM*s.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] thanhcn:
thanks for your work, but the Recovery not work for me
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] AuoraCF:
I'm sorry if I keep bombarding questions. But will this be updated? Its been the most stable ROM I've tried on my d2x, but there are some severe issues like UI elements glitching out and severe battery drain.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] TreschiOriginal:
This rom works with SM-N975U?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] medvykk:
Why do my speakers sound weird after installation?

Top speaker doesn't work properly which makes it sound like a tin can and makes it about 40% quieter than normally.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Geofrey Kazaula:
Hello,

This has been the issue on almost all custom roms for this device.

If anyone knows a version with good speaker sound please recommend.

Kind regards,
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] 43615:
Can you confirm whether 5G works on d2x (SM-N976B)? It's broken on Lineage and nobody seems to know what's wrong.

I'm skeptical since this is based on Lineage, wouldn't want to waste the effort of switching.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Jubscleisson:
New update, guys!!!

Date : 2023/08/01

Changelog:

• Compile the kernel without GCC

• Linux 4.14.320

• No more firmware included

• Replace libutils-v32 with a shim

• Update blobs from *HWA1/*HWA3

• Use linaro BSP

Enjoy the crDroid Update!!!:)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Jubscleisson:
Yes.
[General Questions and Answers] RFZ:
Hi,

I want to pull the app-data, specifically the cell_broadcasts.db database, from com.google.android.cellbroadcastreceiver or com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver (guess the first one is used) from my stock Pixel 3a (no root, no custom recovery).

adb pull /data/data/com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver/databases/cell_broadcasts.db gives me a permission error...

I also tried adb backup -apk com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver etc. and confirmed the backup on my phone, but it gives me an empty backup. adb backup -all and extracting it via dd if=backup.ab bs=24 skip=1 | zlib-flate -uncompress | tar xf - works but only backups 38 apps, not including the ones I want.

Is there any way I can get the app-data?
[General Questions and Answers] V0latyle:
Not without root.

Android uses scoped storage, where each app and process is only able to access its own private data - the exceptions being "public" data such as internal/external storage, and certain "public" system data such as texts, calls, etc.

Although the ADB daemon is a system process, it does not have root permissions, therefore it cannot access private app data.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] patko226:
Hello,

Sorry for new thread but my artemis stopped vibrate. I have set up sound and vibrations but artemis doesn`t vibrate. I am not sure but I have suspicion that it happened after flshing rom. I tried hard reset but it still doesn`t vibrate...:confused:

Could you help me somebody?:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4] Denver3D:
Hi everyone,

I was wondering been searching on xda but I didn't find any thread on Android 12 or 13 about enabling some native feautures with root like Native call recording or force 5G or 4G only stuff that I used to see on android 9 and 10

Anyone got any information about this please ?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4] Denver3D:
Okay so for those who doesn't know it seems the file for csc is crypted ...

Anyway to decrypt this file it's really easy now days follow this tutorial

Omc Decoder

Location update in Android 12 OneUI 4.1 and Android 13 OneUI 5.0:

Root/optics/configs/carriers/single/(region)/conf/system/cscfeature.xml
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4] Denver3D:
For those who doesn't want complicated things, check this out it works with Fold 4 perfectly

https://xdaforums.com/t/xposed-tira...ung-oneui-5-x-06-12-22.4527177/#post-87827175
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] SpectrumWolf:
Hello everyone, I had to buy a new motherboard (6/128) due to a motherboard failure, before the motherboard failed, I made a TWRP backup (4/64), so as I mentioned in the title, can I install the 4/64 TWRP backup on the 6/128? Will there be a problem?

Note: I use translation, sorry if I misspelled it. :)
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] Lucas Schmidt:
Which partitions did you back up?
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] SpectrumWolf:
Hi, I backed up all the partitions. it didn't cause a problem when I restored it. I'm using it properly now. :)

note: never install an EFS backup.
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] Lucas Schmidt:
Good job.
[Google Pixel 6] piplok:
Hi, I was using until recently the volte/vowifi module to activate especially wifi calls in my country, but yesterday's update broke this module, the wifi icon no longer displays on calls :( Anybody have a working solution?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Biggie23:
I am trying to compile my own system, but I get errors at kernel compile time.

I am using: https://github.com/fakemanoan/local_manifests

I ran the extract-files (for both the universal and zeroltexx under devices) and they ran succesfully

Possible candidates causing my issues are:

/bin/sh: line 1: DEFAULT_PLATFORM_VERSION: command not found

/bin/sh: line 1: PLATFORM_VERSION_LAST_STABLE: command not found

/bin/sh: line 1: PLATFORM_VERSION_CODENAME: command not found

full log is attached:
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorkemoji:
Hello mate,

Are you trying to compile for US Cellular variant?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Biggie23:
Yep, what ended up being the problem was that I didnt flash the patches, after that it sucesfully compiled and I got it to flash, but then it got stuck in a boot loop. What should I do?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorkemoji:
I think it's related to kernel. I have S6 Edge US Cellular variant but I couldn't even compile. And you sure that you have G920R4?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] jdkzombie:
How has nobody found a solution to this? Surely it's a software thing. You'd have thought some badass member somewhere with enough of a chip on their shoulder against Verizon would have figured a way around this.

Too bad there isn't a bounty for it.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] simplepinoi177:
I doubt it is a simple or easy as it being simply a "software thing", and I completely believe it could/would never be done...but @wr3cckl3ss1 is on the case! :D

you can see a bit of how he's progressing HERE and HERE and HERE :)
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] jake.99x3:
It's unfortunate; this was actually the reason I switched from Verizon to T-Mobile lol. It appears the Verizon variant of the Pixel 6 remained locked all this time so I wouldn't bet on much different with the Pixel 7 :/ Hopefully somebody finds something for those with the VZW variant.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] jdkzombie:
Nice!

Surely it couldn't be a hardware lock!?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] wr3cckl3ss1:
Does anyone know how to read and interpret a Magisk log? And can show or tell me what's missing
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] wr3cckl3ss1:
The issue here is 2 java applets.....nothing hardware.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] jdkzombie:
Too bad we didn't have a Verizon inside agent. Tell us wtf they do to lock it. Because isn't that against Googles Tos? It's sold as an unlock able device.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] wr3cckl3ss1:
It's Verizon that demands it. But it's Google's own code that puts the lock in place...so they're both at fault.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] jdkzombie:
Weird. Strange that this would still be a thing. Not like the device was cheap to purchase.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] simplepinoi177:
My question is why is Verizon so "gung-ho" about it? More than any other carrier (other carriers eventually allow to unlock the bootloader)? I could understand when they used to repair their own devices (so they didn't want the liability and the headaches of when customers messed with the devices); but that's the not the case anymore. Outside of their greedy archaic grasp on tethering and to load unremovable bloatware, I don't know what they have to fear of unlocked bootloaders & root access.