• Android run on top of Linux. Once upon a time it was a Java VM sitting on a Linux kernel, it’s roots are still there though it’s blown up quite a bit since then.

    It’s not entirely incorrect to say Linux is somewhere between a bootloader and a bios for Android.

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      3 days ago

      I’m aware and I HATE it since you have to root it just to use scp/rsync effectively.

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          22 hours ago

          i just tried it and i’m not able to access any of the files i created nor any of the files that already exist on my phone; what am i missing?