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    Vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy phones put over 600 million Samsung phone users at risk

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      A Former User @Dashrender
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      @Dashrender said:

      I read it was the Swipe keyboard itself - which is baked in.. and that's why you can't fix it..

      Unless it was rooted.

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        Dashrender @A Former User
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        @thecreativeone91 said:

        @Dashrender said:

        I read it was the Swipe keyboard itself - which is baked in.. and that's why you can't fix it..

        Unless it was rooted.

        lol of course.

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          dafyre
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          Yeah. More and more, I am leaning towards rooting my phone simply so i don't have to wait on $carrier to release OS patches... I just hate voiding the warranty on my phone so quickly, lol.

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            A Former User @dafyre
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            @dafyre said:

            Yeah. More and more, I am leaning towards rooting my phone simply so i don't have to wait on $carrier to release OS patches... I just hate voiding the warranty on my phone so quickly, lol.

            They'd never know if you restore the factory bootloader and rom before sending it off.

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            • dafyreD
              dafyre
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              The newer Samsung devices have something called KNOX. You generally trip it once you install a custom ROM, and you can't go back and un-trip it that I'm aware of. I had my Note 3 for a year and didn't have to root it, so I wasn't keeping up with it, lol.

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender
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                If the hardware is having issues, the vendor shouldn't be allowed to not support you - I recall Scott mentioning in the past that some court case basically set this precedent when it came to servers and running things like NON OEM RAM.

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                • dafyreD
                  dafyre
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                  Hmm... Food for thought.... The Links I sent earlier were for Android 4.4... Mine is on 5... I wonder if it is stlil affected.

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                    scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                    @Dashrender said:

                    If the hardware is having issues, the vendor shouldn't be allowed to not support you - I recall Scott mentioning in the past that some court case basically set this precedent when it came to servers and running things like NON OEM RAM.

                    It's an automotive case from like the 1960s.

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                      A Former User @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      @Dashrender said:

                      If the hardware is having issues, the vendor shouldn't be allowed to not support you - I recall Scott mentioning in the past that some court case basically set this precedent when it came to servers and running things like NON OEM RAM.

                      It's an automotive case from like the 1960s.

                      Yet that might change soon in the US. Cars are going to be licensed for use like software. It's copyright infringement to change the parts on the cars is what they are trying for.

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                        Dashrender @A Former User
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                        @thecreativeone91 said:

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        @Dashrender said:

                        If the hardware is having issues, the vendor shouldn't be allowed to not support you - I recall Scott mentioning in the past that some court case basically set this precedent when it came to servers and running things like NON OEM RAM.

                        It's an automotive case from like the 1960s.

                        Yet that might change soon in the US. Cars are going to be licensed for use like software. It's copyright infringement to change the parts on the cars is what they are trying for.

                        Do you have an article link?

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