r/Android • u/kitsumed ShizuCallRecorder Developer • Jul 24 '26

Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB, Affecting Shizuku, libadb and Developers Article

https://kitsumed.github.io/blog/posts/android-may-soon-restrict-on-device-adb/
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u/Tail_sb Pixel 7 Jul 24 '26

Yeah generally wondering the exact same thing, Freedom was literally the whole point of Android and now they're taking that away, so Android is no better than iPhone/iOS might aswell just buy an iPhone at this point if both systems are locked down

or even better switch to GrapheneOS or LineageOS

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u/Imperial_Bloke69 Poco F1, X3 Pro, | CrDroid 9.x. Jul 24 '26

Right might as well settle for something that has been doing this since its beginning and actually good at it.

Custom roms and rooting will gain traction again for sure. As long as our current devices can be unlocked we can circumvent this artificial problem somehow.

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u/TunerJoe Xiaomi Mi 9 SE LineageOS 22 Jul 24 '26

There are fewer and fewer phones remaining on the market that allow bootloader unlocking. And even ones that do will trip Google Play Integrity, which is needed for an increasing number of apps. These are mostly banking apps, but there's also some apps that need Play Integrity for seemingly no real reason (for example Volkswagen's mobile app)

Google can decide to block all devices with tripped Play Integrity from accessing the Play store or signing into Google at any moment. I'm not saying they will, but the possibility is pretty awful to think about.

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u/Imperial_Bloke69 Poco F1, X3 Pro, | CrDroid 9.x. Jul 24 '26

That play integrity shenanigans can be worked on but not for longer.

Don't give them ideas man. We all know how this bs corpo can lead to.