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by r00tanon 1133 days ago
Yep. It was fun while it lasted, but I expect none of the manufacturers will support hacking or mods on these devices in the future because there's too few people doing that compared to the masses they want to sell to, and they have zero time or money to train technical support staff. They want to sell you an appliance that can't be repaired, has planned obsolescence and locks you into the platform by (effectively) keeping your data hostage.
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Well, this isn't necessarily about hacking - it's about backing up a phone too. Google doesn't allow backing up a phone in any reasonable way.