[wolfgke]

> When we were rooting Android devices we sat on a lot of exploits that we believed we could use to give end-users freedom.

I often think whether one should really help people who decide to buy locked-down Android devices.

[executesorder66]

I would gladly buy an open source (including firmware) phone instead. Any you'd like to recommend?

[wolfgke]

First: mmastrac was explicitly talking about rooting Android devices via an exploit. Since as far as I know there are Android devices available that can be rooted on your own, buying one where an exploit is necessary is a conscious decision by people who don't care about such rooting. So your argument is off my point.

This said: To my knowledge for some mobile phones using a TI Calypso chip, one can flash a free firmware (OsmocomBB):

> https://osmocom.org/projects/baseband/wiki/Phones