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Meta discontinues Messenger Lite for Android, it will be unavailable after Sep 18. Users need to install regular Messenger app instead (beehaw.org)
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I have not found any news article on this on a whim. Because my friends and family, I need to use Facebook Messenger, and Messenger Lite was a OK client - lightweight, no unnecessary features, etc., compared to the regular Messenger app.

Now I'm a little torn, having a Meta app on my phone is already bad, but having to downgrade to the bloated Messenger app? Not sure I will make a change. What are your thoughts?

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[–] 8 points 3 years ago (5 children)

Most phones can be unlocked provided you own it. Easier than you might think!

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago*

    Carrier unlocked and oem bootloader unlocking are two very different things.

    In canada, all phones must now be free of carrier locks, but bootloader unlocking is a pain. The us version of my current phone can be oem unlocked.

    Mine can't.

    So, i use a lot of adb/shizuku

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

    If I can get a custom ROM to work on my current phone, I'm all for it! I was looking at specific unlocked phone brands because some custom ROMS are optimized for that hardware.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Check out the XDA Forums section for your carrier's version of whatever model of phone you have. Not all carriers make it trivial (or even possible) to unlock the bootloader and flash custom recovery images, but if it's possible then someone there has certainly done it.

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