Some Android recovery menu tools and options are being removed in the latest Samsung Galaxy updates, but the reason is unclear.

Samsung is removing several options from the Android recovery menu with the latest updates for Galaxy phones. Specifically, the update is removing:

Apply update from ADB
Apply update from SD card
Wipe cache partition
View recovery logs
Run graphics test
Run locale test
  • inputpassword@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    2 days ago

    Interesting. What is now the point of picking a Samsung phone over an iPhone? The freedom of Android seemed like one of its main selling points.

    • brb@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      Samsung has always been the iPhone of Androids. There still are other decent brands

      • CodingCarpenter@lemmy.mlEnglish
        193·
        2 days ago

        Linux phones barely exist at this point in time. Saying that’s the solution in the future is absolutely pointless.

      • MudMan@fedia.io
        3·
        2 days ago

        The future of what?

        I mean, most people won’t know or care, and there are plenty of worse things Samsung has done in the past decade. I stopped buying their stuff for those reasons after the S10. I’m sad to report they don’t seem to have noticed or shown the adequate amount of remorse.

    • MudMan@fedia.io
      2·
      2 days ago

      In places with a strong Apple presence, maybe. Android, and Samsung specifically, are very much in a position of absolute dominance of the market in many regions. Samsung phones have no “selling points”, they are the default choice.