...for fucking over every end user and developer after every single Galaxy S4 software update. I am tired of people trying to gather data and control everything about my phone. I bought this phone because it was simply the best phone available and historically has the most development and aftermarket for software customization. Now im about ready to sell it and buy a Galaxy S3 off craigslist so I can do whatever the hell I want with it, unrestricted. I feel like a own a fucking iPhone. Days after the S4 was released developers cracked the bootloader, found out how to root, and started developing ROM's. (A customized operating system for the phone) After you root the phone you can flash a ROM a developer created and gain better performance, better battery life, greater customization, and not to mention all the Verizon and Samsung preinstalled software is gone or can be removed. I enjoyed a stupid fast, bloatware free phone, that seemed to last on battery forever for a few months before Verizon released the ME7 update. This ME7 update claimed faster data speeds along with battery tweaks. The developer that made the ROM I was running at the time didn't update his to ME7 yet so I couldn't just install a new version and you cant take a OTA update if you are not running Verizon software. The update was released days ago and developers haven't extracted the new kernel, and modem for separate install yet. I need the newest and best and I need it now. I ODIN'ed the full Verizon ME7 image to my phone so I can get these updated firmware parts, then I would just flash the MDK ROM I was on again. Problem was I didn't look and read the forums hard enough to find out that this ME7 update also LOCKED the bootloader so you could not install any other software. The exploit developers used to root the previous version was also patched and blocked so basically I was stock with a 100% stock phone. No big deal I will just ODIN the firmware back before MDK update. NOPE seems Verizon blocked you from doing that also. After nearly a day fucking with the phone for the first time ever I hard bricked it and couldn't recover it. The phone wouldn't boot. I had to get a warranty replacement S4. This also came with the restricted ME7 update. Days later a developer figured out how to root ME7 and that is exactly what I did. To this day months after the ME7 update developers still haven't cracked the S4 bootloader despite a $5,000 reward on XDA forums to whoever can crack it first. So anyway I ran ME7 stock plus root till yesterday. I manually removed all the bloatware but it was still stock software and sucked. Verizon released MJ7 update earlier this month. This was a BIG update to Andorid 4.3 and also unlocked the phones ability to connect to AWS bands (in select citys) so I could get HUGE data speed gains. I wanted this update but no root method existed yet so I couldn't just ODIN the firmware and root. After some research I figured out how to use the MJ7 update and keep root access. I ended up having to ODIN the ME1 update and taking a OTA update to MJ7 after the exploits. So now I am rooted on the newest Android 4.3. On to debloat. Oh wait Verizon has included this KNOX software that detects if you modified or remove software from the operating system. If it detects you are fucking with shit it voids the warranty on the phone supposedly. So now I need to figure out how to bypass that or just not give a fuck because I returned plenty of phones to Verizon with aftermarket bootloaders and ROM's installed. Only this time I would be a stock operating system with some software removed. Yep more cool stuff but they also fuck you at the same time. A lot of developers are not making software for this phone anymore because of the restrictions put in place, and users are selling the phones. Once again, thanks Verizon, Samsung, and Obama.
inb4 cool story bro
inb4 buy a iPhone
inb4 didn't read
inb4 cool story bro
inb4 buy a iPhone
inb4 didn't read
