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		jorisboris 81 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What we talk about when we talk about sideloading > As a reminder, this applies not just to devices that exclusively use the Google Play Store: this is for every Android Certified device everywhere in the world, which encompasses over 95% of all Android devices outside of China. So what happens in China? Should we buy Chinese Android phones?

hexagonwin 81 days ago [–]

chinese phones usually don't have gapps installed, but many of them also have their bootloader locked and not unlockable.

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