My current phone is from cricket. I don't like their idea of blocking a
feature the manufacturer built into the phone (sharing the internet
connection) and charging to restore it. The LG X charge I had when I
was with comcast enables the sharing of the phone's internet
connection. I think i'll pay the $20 to get it unlocked then put the
cricket sim card in it.
On 12/31/18 10:15 AM, Matt Graham wrote:
On 12/30/18 10:57 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote:
If it is a AT&T device then you are dead in the water. There is no
way to unlock the bootloader on those deives.
On 2018-12-31 04:55, Jim wrote:
Thanks Alexander, Stephen and Herminio. I've learned a lesson here.
Make sure the device can be rooted before buying it.
Also note that things can be more complicated than that. The Samsung
Galaxy S7 was listed on lineageos.org as working. This is only
half-correct. The Galaxy S7s that are sold in Europe and Asia can
have their bootloaders unlocked. The Galaxy S7s that are sold in the
USA cannot. So check very carefully before buying anything. I
*think* the best bet right now is an LG phone; many are supposed to be
unlockable. None of the LG phones my carrier is selling are listed on
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/ though.
The other thing casual users may not know is that it's possible to
uninstall some things that appear to be stuck forever. "adb shell"
then "pm list packages | sort | more" and find the thing you want to
get rid of (com.facebook.evil or whatever). Then "pm uninstall
com.facebook.app" or whatever and you will bypass that "can't
uninstall this from the settings->apps menu" problem. NOTE: Back up
your phone before doing this, in case you accidentally uninstall
something you find you need later.
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