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   :blobcathug: (jain@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Nov-2023 23:53:26 JST :blobcathug:
   Ah yes, Samsung still have a fucked up phone firmware flashing process
   
   RE: https://mastodon.de/users/ErikUden/statuses/111375486431727124
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     :blobcathug: (jain@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Nov-2023 23:55:19 JST :blobcathug:

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     • catto
     @catto i dont get why Samsung does that... Android does have proper tools for that, why dont they just take fastboot :blobcatpain:
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     catto (catto@maidsin.space)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Nov-2023 23:55:21 JST catto

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     @Jain I still have flash-backs to Odin from time to time :BlobCat_NotLikeThisCry:
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     hexaheximal (hexaheximal@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 07:29:52 JST hexaheximal

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     @Jain thankfully, for the MediaTek-based Samsung devices you can just use mtkclient, which is waaay easier.

     How do I know this? I've done it before: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_A7_Lite_(samsung-gta7litewifi)

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     :blobcathug: (jain@blob.cat)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 07:29:52 JST :blobcathug:

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     @hexaheximal im a bit surprised...
     basically the whole android development stuff delivers the whole package with proper well designed tools to handle everything, everything designed so that stupid people can handle it, imho there is no damn reason to reimplement that stuff in any way. In the context of what i experienced and heard of, Samsung fucked up that for years now. You are literally the first Person telling me that Samsung did a good job for that on any device whens it comes to having third-party support
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     :blobcathug: (jain@blob.cat)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 07:39:10 JST :blobcathug:

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     @hexaheximal oh i get it now
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     hexaheximal (hexaheximal@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 07:39:11 JST hexaheximal

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     @Jain no, you don't understand-

     mtkclient isn't made by samsung. and it isn't made by mediatek either. and it's not even made *for* samsung devices specifically. it's just a generic tool made by hobbyists that uses exploits (in my case with the galaxy tab a7 lite, it uses the kamakiri exploit) to allow you to flash images to the device etc.

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     hexaheximal (hexaheximal@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 07:39:31 JST hexaheximal

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     @Jain Also, let's be real: samsung probably wouldn't like mtkclient either since it allows you to break the chain of trust.

     The device I have uses Samsung Knox, but saying that the device firmware is trusted on that device is highly misleading at best - using the kamakiri exploit, anyone with physical access to the device can unlock the bootloader and modify the firmware, and if that's not stealthy enough you can flash a new bootloader too.

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