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Update: Cellular4less stopped selling the phone until they put out a fix (probably this week) for the issue of calls going to Vm when screen turns off. They did manage to apply a fix to my fathers phone and it works now.

I'm wondering about the security of these phones. How much access do the develoeprs have? They did say they will be adding Waze, the question is how that is done remotely and what kind of access they have.

Hi everyone, I had the f21 for a few months (started having problems) so then I got the flip recently (its been 2 months and also starting to have problems). I really want the galaxy z flip4. How hard would it be to either copy the software from the Fig phone to the galaxy z and make the necessary modifications. Or more realistically make a similar dummed down android OS for the flip4. I saw that European version of the flip4 supports rooting so it should be possible right? Essentially wondering if someone can give me a breakdown of the steps needed to do something very similar as fig for a phone like the flip4. Based on my research I would need to,

  • Root the phone
  • Remove all the unneeded apps/processes
  • In order to remove all browser and video playback, would I need to reverse engineer all the apps? This is the step I am most confused about

I'm a software engineer at AWS, backend/data systems not mobile. I did just started working with Kotlin but my skills in the area are limited.

TY in advance.

    Biden2020prez why is it not possible? Because the phone doesn't allow custom ROMs on it?
    Flippy Does the TAG filter remove all video playback? Like if i transfer something from my computer to phone?

          rand01201 basically You can't flash any firmware to any phone. It only works on very similar models.

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                rand01201 I am not sure specifics. you should contact your local TAG office., They have a variety of options for many phones.

                Biden2020prez I think he means to make a custom firmware specifically for this phone, just similar to the fig in its filter level/limitations

                      finally! new update on the fig flip fixed the issue with the waze app, & its working again. would be nice if they can post anywhere what else was addressed with this update.

                        Flippy Yes I do see twrp and custom kernels for the Flip3 on XDA Forums. Once I root the phone would I have access to the kernel and be able to make changes to the existing kernel or would I have to use a new custom kernel? If I can access the existing kernel code, I think i can disable browser that way more easily?

                        I remember Fig initially disabling browser on the android messenger then eventually they moved to their own messenger app, I would what the reason for that was?

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                          hershys no, that wouldn’t be considered kosher.. it has an AppStore that has Waze, Gmail, and 2,3 other minor apps.

                              hershys I’m not sure, did not test but I hope and assume that not. They supposedly customized it to be kosher so I’m sure it’s not easy to bypass, if at all possible.

                              They are not officially selling yet, should start this week, but the device I saw, Waze and Gmail crash when attempting to use them. I assume this will be fixed once officially released.

                                  countrypark but do you know if im buying the non kosher if somebody could filter it cuz i would like to have some more apps?

                                      hershys are you sure it’s available unfiltered with the US bands? I understood they customized the bands.