hi all,
if I root my phone, what I will lose apart from camera?
Is there any working camera for rooted devices? Whatsapp camera/Instagram camera will work?
I've bought this phone just to root it and I figured out I can't
thx
Everything is already wrote down
Just look through the forum and you will find everything
Just a hint: there are tutorials how to restore all Sony features
Caffeineshock said:
Everything is already wrote down
Just look through the forum and you will find everything
Just a hint: there are tutorials how to restore all Sony features
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Hello, I'm sorry for my redundant question.
My only biggest fear is that developers stops supporting drm fix so when a new update become available, people who rooted their phone will be stuck with old software version.
I don't know if this ever happened, since it is my first sony device.
So if anyone could report their experience with drm fix support over time it will be great
However, I found a tool over here called xperifix. I may give it a try
If you have doubts about rooting your phone it certainly means that you shouldn't do it. Otherwise if you want to do so that bad just stop updating your phone when support stops.
Kwoon said:
Hello, I'm sorry for my redundant question.
My only biggest fear is that developers stops supporting drm fix so when a new update become available, people who rooted their phone will be stuck with old software version.
I don't know if this ever happened, since it is my first sony device.
So if anyone could report their experience with drm fix support over time it will be great
However, I found a tool over here called xperifix. I may give it a try
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You don't lose anything using xperifix or Jan Jan kernel. I don't think we lost support so easily, Xperia Z2 was supported until latest stock firmware, XZ is still being supported on last current firmware. But like nick0s23 said, if you have fear.. Think it twice.
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Am I missing it or are there instructions to root and instructions for multi-boot but no ROM for the LG G Vista, please?
I've searched and read through a bunch of threads but nada ... so far.
Will any of the ROMs for other LG G-series phones work?
Thanks!
Wait ... I just looked in About phone and it says this is a VS880.
I just got this from Verizon.
I'm seeing the VS880 referred to as a G2 and a G3 on the Internet - what is it really, please?
It came with Android 4.4.2, kernel version 3.4.0+, and our son rooted it for me earlier today.
Just in case any of those details help ...
handygeek7 said:
Wait ... I just looked in About phone and it says this is a VS880.
I just got this from Verizon.
I'm seeing the VS880 referred to as a G2 and a G3 on the Internet - what is it really, please?
It came with Android 4.4.2, kernel version 3.4.0+, and our son rooted it for me earlier today.
Just in case any of those details help ...
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They are the same thing. One is the internal name while the other is normal users name of the device. As for roms make sure to do your reading up as the device is pretty locked down.
So, you are saying that there is no ROM anywhere for the LG G Vista/VS880?
Is there any reason to believe that anyone is actively developing one?
There are so many sites touting Rooting as a pathway to loading a ROM it seems odd there there is not one.
handygeek7 said:
So, you are saying that there is no ROM anywhere for the LG G Vista/VS880?
Is there any reason to believe that anyone is actively developing one?
There are so many sites touting Rooting as a pathway to loading a ROM it seems odd there there is not one.
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It takes more then root. You need an u locked bootloader or a way to bypass a locked bootloader like safestrap or bump. Most developers that make roms only make them for devices they own.
The bootloader bypass has been solved:
http://www.unlock-bootloader.info/mp3-0/lg-g-vista-6569.html
The LG G Vista/VX880 is "free" on Verizon with the $16/mo Edge data plan & has a nice big display.
I have my Samsung Tab4 7" tablet for sale as I don't need it now that I have the LG G Vista/VX880.
There are ROMs for the models all around the LG G Vista/VX880 - it's hard to believe that LG made that phone so radically different from the others that tweaking an existing ROM to port it would be beyond a developer.
Sure wish I had the skills ... sigh.
It's not really that. It's most developers seldom do ports. Let alone for devices that don't have. After looking at the spec is not a bad mid range device. But also remember that. Most carriers in the world are GSM carriers and very few work on cdma devices.
There are plenty of Tuts on how to port. Could be something you could look into
Back to this ...
Modified request: Is there an app/hack that strips-out all of the Google stuff, especially their backdoors & data-leeching?
If no one is going to build a custom mod - which seems apparent - it sure would be good to have a clean machine onto which to then install carefully selected apps.
Thanks!
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Back to this ...
Modified request: Is there an app/hack that strips-out all of the Google stuff, especially their backdoors & data-leeching?
If no one is going to build a custom mod - which seems apparent - it sure would be good to have a clean machine onto which to then install carefully selected apps.
Thanks!
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Simple answer is no. You would have to build a rom from source and then remove alot of the Google based code. There is a project that is working on it but you lose alot of functionality.
zelendel said:
Simple answer is no. You would have to build a rom from source and then remove alot of the Google based code. There is a project that is working on it but you lose alot of functionality.
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Cannot the functionality be restored via privacy-respecting alternative apps?
What about an app that monitors the bad behavior of the Google code than cannot be removed and blocks execution of data-leeching & activity monitoring?
handygeek7 said:
Cannot the functionality be restored via privacy-respecting alternative apps?
What about an app that monitors the bad behavior of the Google code than cannot be removed and blocks execution of data-leeching & activity monitoring?
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Not completely no. Many have been trying over the years. Your biggest issue is the device your using. Once that is taken care of you can try and build something but like I said alot of the stuff is built directly into the os.
To be honest privacy is an illusion at best now a days. Every thing monitors what you do. From credit cards to social net networking. It is all made to get as much info as it can about a person. Even carriers do it. It has even come to light that Verizon can monitor the apps installed on a device.
I have a hardbrick
hi buds
I have a hardbrick ... flash wrong files from LG L90 .. boot.zip ... contents overwrite my device and now PC know with HS Forge QDL 9008 .., any help me ?
thanks in advance ( and sorry for my bad english )
I hope someone makes a nice rom for this phone soon are a stock rooted rom
I really need help
Pls I need help I am new to rooting and I was just trying to free up some space and I think I deleted something on accident well I want to reset my phone and the settings will not open for me I can open the general tab but then when I go to backup and factory reset it just crashes and I don't know how to reset it with buttons this doesn't work. My home screen changed and everything I just want to get my phone back to normal PPPPPLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSS HHHHHHHHEEEEEEELLLLLLPPPPP me my entire life s on my phone I have a backup of it after did the root and deleted stuff..... Pls help
Did you get help yet?
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Pls I need help I am new to rooting and I was just trying to free up some space and I think I deleted something on accident well I want to reset my phone and the settings will not open for me I can open the general tab but then when I go to backup and factory reset it just crashes and I don't know how to reset it with buttons this doesn't work. My home screen changed and everything I just want to get my phone back to normal PPPPPLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSS HHHHHHHHEEEEEEELLLLLLPPPPP me my entire life s on my phone I have a backup of it after did the root and deleted stuff..... Pls help
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I just re-flashed my VX880 last night to stock 5.1.1.
I can give some pointers that I had to work through if you have any questions, or have not gotten any help since last November.
I have spent many hours looking .
handygeek7 said:
Am I missing it or are there instructions to root and instructions for multi-boot but no ROM for the LG G Vista, please?
I've searched and read through a bunch of threads but nada ... so far.
Will any of the ROMs for other LG G-series phones work?
Thanks!
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Many Many hours wasted on Google,Bing,ect. I haven't found anything. I have seen where some people refer to this as the same as a G2 And others but it's clearly not. But yeah wish someone would put something out. Agreed. I have however figured out how to get Viper4Android and Dolby Atmos to work. So if anyone is interested in knowing how that's done hit me up. All you have to have is root. NO custom recovery. Haven't seen a post on how to do that either? I still have 8 more to go before I can post lol.
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I just re-flashed my VX880 last night to stock 5.1.1.
I can give some pointers that I had to work through if you have any questions, or have not gotten any help since last November.
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Where did you get the rom? Do you have a copy I can get?
Hi community,
as far as I read nougat has been torn back from sony. Anybody updated before and has a smooth experience? Would like to update too.
Downloading and starting flashtool does not give me the check updates tab, so is anything wrong or has the device to be prepared?
Does this way need root or unlocked bootloader or something else?
I hoped taking a virgin z5c and flashtool would fit to check for updates, find the device and firmwares according to, choose one of and flash?
Isnt it that easy? Any ideas when nougat from sony official will be provided once more?
Thank you
There were a couple of serious bugs in the Nougat release, hence the draw back by Sony.
Maybe in a month or two, we'll see a fully working Nougat ROM for Z5C.
pitrus- said:
There were a couple of serious bugs in the Nougat release, hence the draw back by Sony.
Maybe in a month or two, we'll see a fully working Nougat ROM for Z5C.
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I'd suggest to wait too. Backup TA, Root and use Xposed instead. The only thing that is a bit more handy is split screen mode. I have audio bugs and thermal issues running nougat.
Being a no good dirty cheater, I'm a big fan of Game Guardian and I use it with great success on my HTC U11 phone. I recently discovered that it can be used without root, by using a virtualization environment such as Parallel Space or VirtualXposed. As I haven't rooted my M5 (SHT-09), I downloaded Parallel Space and GG and got it all running. However, I've found that I cannot make any edits to game memory space from within GG.
The are a number of posts on the GG forum suggesting that there is a bug (or security feature) in many Huawei device cores / firmware that relates to the implementation of the ptrace system function call. Something in the firmware seems to prevent the GG process from modifying the child process memory space using PTRACE_POKETEXT or PTRACE_POKEDATA.
The suggestion of the developer of GG is to "change the firmware so that there the ptrace system call works normally".
Anyone aware of this "feature" of Huawei device firmwares? Is there / could there be a solution to modify the firmware to "fix" this behaviour?
I saw you posted on my thread. Thanks for that. I wanted to see whether flashing a different kernel like Serenity would help. But i doubt it. Might be worth a try. Would have loved to know that beforehand. :/ Any other ideas? What I am seeing is that it needs a competent developer to recode the Kernel. I would then flash that patch. Other than that it is defined as unfixable. That we'd have to change the device. :/
It's the main reason that I haven't rooted / unlocked the bootloader, as running GG is pretty much all I use root for on other devicxes. And the fact that rooting / boot unlock kills Widevine level 1 support, which is madness on a 2k device like the M5. Wouldn't want Netflix streaming SD content only.
From what I understand, which isn't much, the issue is buried deep down in the kernel. Not sure if a custom kernel would solve the problem or not. Knowing XDA, I'm sure someone will be crazy enough to try it at some point in the future!
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It's the main reason that I haven't rooted / unlocked the bootloader, as running GG is pretty much all I use root for on other devicxes. And the fact that rooting / boot unlock kills Widevine level 1 support, which is madness on a 2k device like the M5. Wouldn't want Netflix streaming SD content only.
From what I understand, which isn't much, the issue is buried deep down in the kernel. Not sure if a custom kernel would solve the problem or not. Knowing XDA, I'm sure someone will be crazy enough to try it at some point in the future!
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Yeah I get that, but some games dont have a cloud feature. Making parallel space useless. Plus I appreciate some other root features. I have a note 8 which should work GG without root, but I'll see how it goes. Oh really, I'm a big time stream fan. I havent tried Netflix with root yet . Should still work tho. I think. Hmm well, problem is all kernels are made for devices like the mate 10 or the P20. Not sure if they will work with the M5, wouldn't want to brick after all the trouble. [Edit, found the nextflix module apk. Can flash that with Magisk. Makes it work again ]
mroshaw said:
Being a no good dirty cheater, I'm a big fan of Game Guardian and I use it with great success on my HTC U11 phone. I recently discovered that it can be used without root, by using a virtualization environment such as Parallel Space or VirtualXposed. As I haven't rooted my M5 (SHT-09), I downloaded Parallel Space and GG and got it all running. However, I've found that I cannot make any edits to game memory space from within GG.
The are a number of posts on the GG forum suggesting that there is a bug (or security feature) in many Huawei device cores / firmware that relates to the implementation of the ptrace system function call. Something in the firmware seems to prevent the GG process from modifying the child process memory space using PTRACE_POKETEXT or PTRACE_POKEDATA.
The suggestion of the developer of GG is to "change the firmware so that there the ptrace system call works normally".
Anyone aware of this "feature" of Huawei device firmwares? Is there / could there be a solution to modify the firmware to "fix" this behaviour?
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Alright guys, I found this out today (I'm also Kr1msonReaper on GG forums);
Huawei kernel prevents GG from working in Android Oreo HOWEVER-- If you downgrade to Android Nougat, I find that it works perfectly. Hope this helps!
Just a note, when you are, of course, debloating Nougat, make sure to disable Huawei system update app so you don't find yourself in Oreo the next day.
Kr1msonReaper said:
Alright guys, I found this out today (I'm also Kr1msonReaper on GG forums);
Huawei kernel prevents GG from working in Android Oreo HOWEVER-- If you downgrade to Android Nougat, I find that it works perfectly. Hope this helps!
Just a note, when you are, of course, debloating Nougat, make sure to disable Huawei system update app so you don't find yourself in Oreo the next day.
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How do you downgrade to nougat? Any reason not to do it? And will I retain root ?
I actually like Nougat more than Oreo as it fixes issues such as the ptrace error and seems to have more battery optimization. It's been a long time since I downgraded to Nougat and since then I got a new phone but here's the tutorial I followed. @mrmazak has helped me out of se sticky situations and his tutorials have never failed me. https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/guide-honor-7x-flash-oreo-update-t3781649/amp/
I believe you will lose root but you can easily flash magisk again after installing the downgrade package.
Hope this helped!
Kr1msonReaper said:
I actually like Nougat more than Oreo as it fixes issues such as the ptrace error and seems to have more battery optimization. It's been a long time since I downgraded to Nougat and since then I got a new phone but here's the tutorial I followed. @mrmazak has helped me out of se sticky situations and his tutorials have never failed me. https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/guide-honor-7x-flash-oreo-update-t3781649/amp/
I believe you will lose root but you can easily flash magisk again after installing the downgrade package.
Hope this helped!
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I am not sure this would work on the Huawei mediapad m5 tablet. As far as I can tell it never had a nougat firmware to rollback too. I looked for sht-w09 and the all the files appear to be for Android 8 and none for 7 nougat. Unless I am missing something??
Other than they locked out ptrace stuff and that it appears unlikely to get Android 9 in the US for my mode l its a pretty good tablet. Maybe I should just sell it and move on to a tab s6 that can be rooted.
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I am not sure this would work on the Huawei mediapad m5 tablet. As far as I can tell it never had a nougat firmware to rollback too. I looked for sht-w09 and the all the files appear to be for Android 8 and none for 7 nougat. Unless I am missing something??
Other than they locked out ptrace stuff and that it appears unlikely to get Android 9 in the US for my mode l its a pretty good tablet. Maybe I should just sell it and move on to a tab s6 that can be rooted.
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Hey! You're right I couldn't seem to find a nougat downgrade. On the bright side, I did find a Pie update for your model. Who knows, maybe ptrace will be fixed in that version?
https://www.getdroidtips.com/mediapad-m5-8-android-9-0-pie/
Good luck!
Hello anyone, I am the new comer of the XDA. Nice to meet you here. Let move on to my questions.
I have a HK version Xperia 1 III(XQ-BC72), and I love the device.
However after I received and upgraded to Android 12(61.1.A.1.149), the nightmare comes.
There are bugs on Android 12 and I does not like the UI and some of UI interaction logic.
It makes me so upset and very regret it.
So that I have an idea to downgrade the firmware from Android 12(61.1.A.1.149) to Android 11(61.0.A.23.20).
I already seen the "How to Guide" to know how to unlock and relock the bootloader, and flashing the firmware so on.
But I still some question here. Hope someone can answer...
1. DRM things
While unlock the bootloader, DRM will gone.
But relock the bootloader and using Xperia Companion to repair, most of the DRM may come back that I know.
However, using Xperia Companion to repair will update to latest firmware.
So, is there anyway to get back the DRM without using Xperia Companion?
(Or, does Xperia Companion repair is the only way can get back some of DRM keys?)
It is good if the DRM key can back.
2. Exclusive Functions
Does unlock and relock the bootloader will cause some function loss?
The Xperia smartphone have a Trim Area(TA) that I know. If the TA is missing, some functions will be loss.
I know Xperia 2021 device does not have hardware function loss after unlock. But how about the exclusive function such as Dolby, DSEE, Creator display mode?
I does not want there are any function loss, include exclusive function.
I know unlock the device may void my warranty, so on I will not unlock my device and take this action before my warranty is over.
Even through I does not have a plan to start it yet, but It is still good to know everything before get started.
Hope someone can answer the question, thanks.
You do realize that if you "downgrade" that you will no longer receive OTA security updates?
Best thing to do is get used to 12. Learn it and after a few days you will not even notice the difference.
Either that or try and find a custom ROM that will receive updates like LineageOS.
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jaseman said:
You do realize that if you "downgrade" that you will no longer receive OTA security updates?
Best thing to do is get used to 12. Learn it and after a few days you will not even notice the difference.
Either that or try and find a custom ROM that will receive updates like LineageOS.
15 Best Custom ROMs for Android You Can Install
Looking for the best Android custom ROMs based on Android 10, 11, 12, or 13? Here are 15 best custom ROMs for Android you can use in 2023.
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Android 12 on xperia have some big issue, for example the latest android 12 version on Xperia 1 II will never play 4k HDR video. If it's only about the UI i agree with you but right now there are same broken features
JaxkyYeung said:
Hello anyone, I am the new comer of the XDA. Nice to meet you here. Let move on to my questions.
I have a HK version Xperia 1 III(XQ-BC72), and I love the device.
However after I received and upgraded to Android 12(61.1.A.1.149), the nightmare comes.
There are bugs on Android 12 and I does not like the UI and some of UI interaction logic.
It makes me so upset and very regret it.
So that I have an idea to downgrade the firmware from Android 12(61.1.A.1.149) to Android 11(61.0.A.23.20).
I already seen the "How to Guide" to know how to unlock and relock the bootloader, and flashing the firmware so on.
But I still some question here. Hope someone can answer...
1. DRM things
While unlock the bootloader, DRM will gone.
But relock the bootloader and using Xperia Companion to repair, most of the DRM may come back that I know.
However, using Xperia Companion to repair will update to latest firmware.
So, is there anyway to get back the DRM without using Xperia Companion?
(Or, does Xperia Companion repair is the only way can get back some of DRM keys?)
It is good if the DRM key can back.
2. Exclusive Functions
Does unlock and relock the bootloader will cause some function loss?
The Xperia smartphone have a Trim Area(TA) that I know. If the TA is missing, some functions will be loss.
I know Xperia 2021 device does not have hardware function loss after unlock. But how about the exclusive function such as Dolby, DSEE, Creator display mode?
I does not want there are any function loss, include exclusive function.
I know unlock the device may void my warranty, so on I will not unlock my device and take this action before my warranty is over.
Even through I does not have a plan to start it yet, but It is still good to know everything before get started.
Hope someone can answer the question, thanks.
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I hope i'm not saying a wrong thing but with newflasher you can flash any official firmware (even older) without unlocking bootloader
jaseman said:
You do realize that if you "downgrade" that you will no longer receive OTA security updates?
Best thing to do is get used to 12. Learn it and after a few days you will not even notice the difference.
Either that or try and find a custom ROM that will receive updates like LineageOS.
15 Best Custom ROMs for Android You Can Install
Looking for the best Android custom ROMs based on Android 10, 11, 12, or 13? Here are 15 best custom ROMs for Android you can use in 2023.
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I know what I am doing here, that why I am asking for it.
I love stock Android and Sony function so that I choose Xperia.
If Android 12 is a great update, I don't mind it, even I can continue to stay in Android 12.
Android 12 changes some UI logic and UI design, I can try and learn with no problem.
But Android 12 is very buggy, it such a pain. That even worse than Android 11.
That is the main reason that I want to rollback my device system to Android 11.
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I hope i'm not saying a wrong thing but with newflasher you can flash any official firmware (even older) without unlocking bootloader
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Nope, I tried to flash the older firmware without unlocking the bootloader.
But it failed, a bootloop appear. Because the Android Rollback Protection is here.
I just do some research here, it need to unlock the bootloader to reset the vbmeta rollback index to 0 for flashing older firmware.
Seem unlock the bootloader is the major step to downgrade the system.
JaxkyYeung said:
1. DRM things
While unlock the bootloader, DRM will gone.
But relock the bootloader and using Xperia Companion to repair, most of the DRM may come back that I know.
However, using Xperia Companion to repair will update to latest firmware.
So, is there anyway to get back the DRM without using Xperia Companion?
(Or, does Xperia Companion repair is the only way can get back some of DRM keys?)
It is good if the DRM key can back.
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This is exactly what I would like to know as well. Is there a way to downgrade, then re-lock the bootloader and get the DRM restored as described here while keeping the old version?
Xperia 1 - DRM keys back after locking the bootloader ?
Hello, I just have a question, my Xperia 1 was unlocked and rooted (magisk) on Android 10. Yesterday, I decided to lock the bootloader, everything was erased from the phone after that. The new Android installation was buggy so I tried to...
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When does root and trwp work on gt2pro?
Unlock bootloader is not a problem anymore....
So where are the roms, root guides etc??
Why? Why don't you make at least one of what you ask ?
I can't. I'm not a developer...
But since all works now, I wonder why nobody release linageos etc etc ....
I've rooted gt2 pro. It's not a big deal. What's the problem?
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I can't. I'm not a developer...
But since all works now, I wonder why nobody release linageos etc etc ....
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Where should I start..
- Because Kernel was only released open-source recently, and still there are a lot of grey areas.
- Realme has not released a free flashing tool to fix hard-bricks. The current MSM tool not only requires you to pay someone every time you use it, but also does not have a proper documentation.
- In addition, the MSM tool does funny things sometimes as some users reported, like screwing up persist partition or the lock/unlock BL mechanism, and nobody knows why.
- There are concerns regarding security since the use of fingerprints is becoming popular and apps like banking keep improving root detection mechanisms. Many people prefer to keep their phone with locked bootloader non-root for security reasons.
- The official stream of OS updates for GT2 Pro will be maintained for approx. next 2 years, and Realme seems to be putting effort to make improvements.
- Most of the custom ROM patches/fixes/improvements can be applied manually.
My guess is that once Realme shifts their support to other phones, there will be a need to maintain the OS by the community.
Thx for the answer
I hope there will be any chance to become some stuff next week's/month bc i need a new phone and i don't want a x50pro...