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>Read Only Memory >hack around.
The OS storage /is/ read-only, in almost all phones I had the displeasure of using. You have to use "security exploits" to work around that, "unlocking the bootloader", then write a minor "recovery" image to a different partition, boot from that, then overwrite the OS partition. ROM is a popular term to describe Android OS images, but you're right, even though it is popular to call them that, it is traditionally wrong.
Replicant with the modem disabled
Without a cellular connection, nor internet access on the go, I fail to see the point of a "phone" other than being a small ARM computer but with terrible software development ergonomics, that sits somewhere under my desk, connected through wired adb to my desktop machine, and on which I run minor ARM software experiments... which is what I do right now :)
I do not have a tracking device for government or bank related proprietary malware.
I don't live in the land of the free. In my case it is sadly not optional. I live under a peculiar political situation, and without a phone I could easily end up detained or worse. Putting it aside and not using it every day is the best I can do, as far as I can see. Some people of similar situations to mine have to scan their fingerprints on their phones while enabling GPS location tracking, so the government can confirm their exact location at any time. I thankfully, only have to respond to phone notifications, SMS, and calls.
If you run the malware in the end anyway, humanity loses.
I agree. Keep fighting the good fight, friend.