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
  • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    20·
    2 days ago

    Their goal is to have no ways to bypass it. Sure, it’s an ideal that might not hold up, but they will keep trying over and over and over again

    Backed up by server-side authorization, and supported by powerful entities such as banks or governments. They will not stop trying

    • Baldr@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Surely they will never stop trying, and the challenge will get certain people really worked up to be creative in how to do it.

      Remember iOS used to have a huge community on hacking the phone. The interest slowed down after Apple sort of implemented the features people used that for. iOS is certainly more secure nowadays, but there’s no shortage of vulnerabilities being constantly discovered, and with vibe coding apparently being integrated even large companies, I suspect more and more dumb vulnerabilities will be looming just waiting to be exploited.