context: the devs of Project Elixir have paid features in their ROM. If you try to bypass it , they will wipe your internal data and esim EDIT: the devs response

  • stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pubEnglish
    93·
    6 months ago

    Nice. So trying to look at this rom under the hood causes a device wipe? Am I understanding that right?

    Sounds like fucking malware/spyware if you ask me.

    • Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      10·
      6 months ago

      I cannot open that, it shows a login page. Could you post a screenshot of what this is supposed to contain?

          • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            3·
            6 months ago

            What do you use ADB for?

            Since adb backup has been deprecated, I don’t see much use for it. Only for recent Android versions which disallow installation of apps targeting low API, as that can be bypassed using ADB.
            Or maybe for apps like scrcpy.

            • Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              7·
              6 months ago

              I guess adb backup was before my time. I did use adb to transfer my apps when I last restored a twrp backup. In perhaps a similar manner to what that did, going by the name. But I did use adb root for that.

              Otherwise, I use it to set a lot of otherwise inaccessible settings, like making the back gesture a lot thinner than intended because my touchscreen can handle it, or forcing 120Hz everywhere. I can also set my dpi there without anoying apps.

              And ofc I use it to uninstall system apps I don’t need.

              After initial setup I do all of that in a root bash session in termux admittedly, but if I hadn’t rooted my device I would still want to do most of that using an adb shell, as most of it doesn’t require root (besides maybe the restoring backups part).

              I also use shell environment to semi-automatically transfer media files for certain processes, though I’ll probably move that over to syncrhing at some point.

              The main remaining advantage is the ability to automate things on my phone from my pc, I don’t see a lot of those as replacable unless my rom installs kde connect as a system app and they add an immense amount of functionality

  • Luna@lemdro.idEnglish
    47·
    6 months ago

    From the ROM website’s footer:

    A custom ROM based on AOSP, which offers a minimal UI enhancement & close to stock pixel Android ROM with great “Performance”, “Security” and “Stability”.

    I see now why they “quoted” stability :P

    Oh, and just using ADB is enough to trigger the code to wipe the data. But that’s fine according to the developer because “its just a format data, not like your phone gets destroyed”

    What makes this even funnier is that on their website they say that the ROM is great and all (with very poor grammar and odd phrasing), but they don’t say what they actually changed. The closest thing I could find was their screenshot gallery where they show some new icons and AI-generated wallpapers

    Also corporate memphis art everywhere because why not lol

    I feel sorry for anyone who was using this ROM, but this whole thing is hilarious

  • Bezier@suppo.fiEnglish
    18·
    6 months ago

    It’s hard to trust software that places this little trust on me.

  • [email protected]@lemmy.federate.ccEnglish
    8·
    6 months ago

    I’m a iOS developer just lurking here but, are paid features in custom ROMs common? Since they’re all downstream of AOSP, wouldn’t it be possible to bypass anything like that fairly easily by just commenting out the paywalls and building the ROM yourself?

  • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
    6·
    6 months ago

    Interesting, it appears they archived the github repos on may 19th after that tweet.

    More ironic about them wiping your data considering they credit other ROMs!