Re: android question

2019-05-26 Thread Stephen Partington
One of my favorite sites to start on is xda On Sun, May 26, 2019, 12:21 PM Todd Cole wrote: > interesting I have a Samsung S5 with Teamwin with SUroot and LinageOS ver > 16 and openGapps aroma built from android 9 rooted for over three years > other than flashing to a new version rom too early

Re: android question

2019-05-26 Thread Todd Cole
interesting I have a Samsung S5 with Teamwin with SUroot and LinageOS ver 16 and openGapps aroma built from android 9 rooted for over three years other than flashing to a new version rom too early I have not had any issues even with google apps but I only use a few but was able to buy several

Re: android question

2019-05-26 Thread Stephen Partington
Magisk has worked very well for me. With only a couple of hiccups. On Sun, May 26, 2019, 10:31 AM Michael Butash wrote: > See Inline: > > On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 5:05 AM wrote: > >> > Will not have root unless your phone is rooted. >> I've been toying with this idea for a while... >> What am I

Re: android question

2019-05-26 Thread Stephen Partington
This will vary from device to device. The only way a carrier will know is if they have software on your phone. Risks are a softbrick. (recoverable) or sometimes a hard brick that is very hard or improbable to recover from. This will vary from device to device. On Sun, May 26, 2019, 5:05 AM

Re: android question

2019-05-25 Thread Stephen Partington
Install one from the play store. Will not have root unless your phone is rooted. On Sat, May 25, 2019, 6:09 PM David Lopez wrote: > does anyone know how to get a terminal window up on android phone. > what i'm thinking is to issue 'ls' commands etc. > > david > > -- > David López > Software

android question

2019-05-25 Thread David Lopez
does anyone know how to get a terminal window up on android phone. what i'm thinking is to issue 'ls' commands etc. david -- David López Software Engineer --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe,

Re: android question

2018-12-31 Thread Matt Graham
On Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 10:42 AM Jim 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. But if they just let you use the phone's full features, how are they going to

Re: android question

2018-12-31 Thread Bob Elzer
There are two kinds of unlocking, carrier unlocking which lets you use the phone on any carrier, this is free providing you have paid for your phone your carrier will provide you with a code or an app to unlock it. this has nothing to do with using your phone as a mobile hotspot. the other

Re: android question

2018-12-31 Thread Jim
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

Re: android question

2018-12-31 Thread Matt Graham
On 12/30/18 10:57 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: If it is a AT 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

Re: android question

2018-12-31 Thread Jim
Thanks Alexander, Stephen and Herminio.  I've learned a lesson here.  Make sure the device can be rooted before buying it. On 12/30/18 10:57 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: If it is a AT device then you are dead in the water. There is no way to unlock the bootloader on those deives. On

Re: android question

2018-12-30 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
If it is a AT device then you are dead in the water. There is no way to unlock the bootloader on those deives. On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 10:52 PM Stephen Partington wrote: > This really will vary depending on the device. And if you are still paying > for it. If paid you can try the provider you

Re: android question

2018-12-30 Thread Stephen Partington
This really will vary depending on the device. And if you are still paying for it. If paid you can try the provider you bought it from. On Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 9:00 PM Snyder, Alexander J There are lots of quality bootloader tools here. Also, lots of custom > ROMs. Beware virus and spyware, only

Re: android question

2018-12-30 Thread Snyder, Alexander J
There are lots of quality bootloader tools here. Also, lots of custom ROMs. Beware virus and spyware, only use ROMs the community vouches for, from known/respected people. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android Thanks, Alexander. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+ On Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 20:39

android question

2018-12-30 Thread Jim
Does anyone know of a way to unlock the bootloader of an android device if the manufacturer has locked it and won't supply a code to unlock it?  Where would be a good place to look? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org

Re: OT android question

2014-04-26 Thread Stephen Partington
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sylkat.AParted Is the first thing I have found. Looks interesting. On Apr 25, 2014 10:48 PM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.com wrote: I have an android tablet and have link2sd installed on it so there's room to install what I want on it.

Re: OT android question

2014-04-26 Thread Stephen Partington
well if you have root, busybox, and adb you can use terminal commands on any partition you want. In addition i think clockwork recovery has some partitioning tools also. there is also android partition manager looks like you can push images with it. and Diskinfo looks useful for gathering

Re: OT android question

2014-04-26 Thread Derek Trotter
The tablet is one of those Nextbook things that Walmart was selling last year for $70. I've looked and not found support for it in any of the android apps that let you modify partitions. If I could find something that would, I'd use it to expand the partition used for installing apps. Do

OT android question

2014-04-25 Thread Derek Trotter
I have an android tablet and have link2sd installed on it so there's room to install what I want on it. This works fine, however I have to have the ext3 partition with the same data on multiple sd cards I use in the tablet. I once heard about an app that creates an image file on the part of