Way back in the day, Samsung would even give the same name to completely different devices. "Galaxy S3 (International)" had a Qualcomm System-on-a-Chip and "Galaxy S3 (US)" was a whole bunch of different model numbers for each carrier, all with Samsung Exynos SoCs.

In the US at least, system updates are managed by the carriers. ๐Ÿคฆ A device wouldn't get updates made for another region because they are different builds for each region or carrier.

Verizon devices have never had unlockable bootloaders so they can't even get homebrew updates after Verizon stops supporting the device. Using open-source software and then locking it in should be illegal. ๐Ÿ˜…

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  • submitted 6 months ago by to c/dogs@lemmy.world
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    He had a tantrum because he wasn't allowed to have the decaying rabbit he sniffed out. Upon getting home, he put himself in the kennel and had a laugh about the whole thing... or had to catch his breath after the walk... but he does put himself in the kennel and snort and groan in protest when he knows he's been naughty; yipping, etc.

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