Android is struggling to keep its market share in the United States, as Apple continues to take over in the market. But, despite Android as a whole losing ground, Google Pixel phones are becoming a bigger slice of the US market.

Counterpoint Research reports that, in Q2 2023, US smartphone shipments dropped by 24% year-over-year. That includes both iPhones and Android phones, and virtually every brand saw a drop in shipments. Samsung saw US shipments drop by 37% while Motorola saw a 17% drop. TCL saw the biggest decline at just shy of 70% year-over-year, and even Apple saw a 6% drop.

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[–] 12 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Is there an Android phone that supports dual boot? I would like to have that so can use Lineage or something similar and only boot into Google android when I need to use banking app or government ID that requires the safetynet antifeture. This would free me from carrying two phones. But I suppose a locked down bootloader can not support dual boot and an unlocked will not support the safetynet antifeature.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Use Magisk, it bypasses SafetyNet. No need for dual boot https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk

    You must install the Universal SafetyNet Fix afterwards https://github.com/kdrag0n/safetynet-fix

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    Tkank you. I already had magisk. I tried installing the safetynet-fix, bit unfortunately it did not resolve the issue on my Xiaomi Mi A2 phone.

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    almost every good android phones have locked bootloaders.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Get a pixel and install GrapheneOS. The whole install process is painless and easy.

    There is also this about SafetyNet Attestation

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    To add to this: In GrapheneOS you can install sandboxed Google Play in a secondary profile for banking etc. This way you can keep your main profile Google free and totally isolated from their preying eyes.

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