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imfromthestars · 3/15/2025, 7:39:55 PM · permalink

I've only just managed to check the Red Magic specs this morning following your post. The specs seem decent enough, though it seems most of their devices are geared towards gaming.

A couple of pointers:

1\. The Magic Red system does not acknowledge Google's Play and Protect system, meaning there is no check on the app store that Magic Red uses to validate against malware.

2\. The bootloader is locked. Any breakage of this invalidates the phone warranty, if that is important to you.

3\. Magic Red "phones home" often using your telemetry data though I'm not certain what data is copied from your phone. Most Chinese manufactured phones do this. There are apps that can block this, but you need to know what you're doing first as you could block essential services like receiving relevant software updates.

4\. Some people have reported that they have been successful in loading custom ROM's such as Lineage and Calyx. Bear in mind though, when people talk about alternative customized ROM's they normally group Lineage, Calyx and Graphene OS in the same bracket, but this far is from accurate as Graphene's requirements are far more stringent than the other two, particularly around the area of Secure Boot.

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