Samsung Galaxy update removes Android recovery menu tools, including sideloading
https://9to5google.com/2026/02/27/samsung-galaxy-update-android-recovery-menu-removed/
https://9to5google.com/2026/02/27/samsung-galaxy-update-android-recovery-menu-removed/
8 Comments
themeatbridge@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 157d
The reason is not unclear. Samsung doesn't want you to sideload software onto their devices.
Tramdan@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 157d
I'm looking forward to the day Linux phones become viable. In the meantime I just ordered a Fairphone 6 with /e/os.
Jumi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 157d
Good choice, I already have it and I'm mostly really happy with it
exaybachae@startrek.website · 5 pts · 157d
I have a Feb 5th update for the s25 that's info suggests it might be making this change too.
Suddenly, I don't really feel like updating.
I was already concerned any future updates would add more AI BS I don't need. So I probably wasn't going to update it anymore anyway.
Mwa@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 157d
This is why am not updating my phone
Cherry@piefed.social · 2 pts · 156d
Same. I’ll be switching to an fairphone I think once mine dies.
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 157d
Gotta love that ad for the Galaxy S26 at the end of the article.
AbsolutelyNotCats@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 105d
Python 2 to 3 was genuinely painful for anyone maintaining large codebases in 2019. The string encoding differences alone broke entire pipelines, and the fact that so much enterprise software hung on for years past EOL proves the migration cost was real, not imagined. Communities that laugh at 'still on Python 2' ignore that rewriting mature codebases is not a weekend project.