What is the difference between cellular data being used on my phone and cellular data being used on my notebook? Data is data.

      • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
        121·
        9 months ago

        Yeah, installing a new OS on a phone isn’t something you do easily like on a PC.

        You have to unlock the bootloader, which requires an unlock code from the manufacturer, then you have to factory reset it, and that’s even if your phone/carrier allows it. Many don’t (which is why it’s so hard for me to replace my phone…grrr).

        So yeah, installing a new OS on your phone is typically going to require quite a bit of effort and some level of commitment as well as a device that’s bootloader unlockable and supported by an alternate OS (each device and model requires a custom build).

        It’s…a whole thing. It really shouldn’t be, but it is :(

        • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          9 months ago

          and that’s even if your phone/carrier allows it.

          This is why you should buy the phone outright yourself then get a SIM only deal, rather than paying for your phone in contract.

          • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
            5·
            9 months ago

            Yeah I do, but SIM unlocked and bootloader unlockable are two different things. Sadly, not every phone (or even the same phones made for different carriers) are allowed to be bootloader unlocked; I have no idea why, but it is and sucks.

            • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
              3·
              9 months ago

              Yeah it’s definitely true, even with the same manufacturer it can be hit and miss. You gotta do your research before you buy.

        • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
          3·
          9 months ago

          I haven’t done it in a while, but it kinda depends on the phone, some were very easy to flash in the earlier days of Android.

          • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            Yeah, my old Moto Play G4 was a breeze. Wasn’t quite “Press any key to continue” but not much more difficult.

            My OnePlus was a little more work, but that was mostly because of the OP website acting up and refusing to generate my bootloader unlock key. Also had to do things differently since it didn’t have an SD card to hold my install stuff like the Moto Play did.

            • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
              2·
              9 months ago

              I had one where you could literally run an app on the phone, no ADB or anything. Can’t remember what phone it was now but it might’ve actually been a Moto Droid

              • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
                1·
                9 months ago

                One one hand, that sounds extremely convenient. On the other, I shudder thinking what a malicious app could do with that 😆

                Edit: Unless you’re talking about doing it through TWRP. I had to flash that over fastboot, but once installed to the recovery partition, I could boot into that and install the rest of Lineage and extra packages straight from the SD card. Updating the system was just downloading the new Lineage .zip to the SD card, booting into TWRP, and clicking install.

                • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
                  2·
                  9 months ago

                  Exploits go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!

                  No, but I did use TWRP on my Droid 3 I think, and as I recall it was pretty nice.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        32·
        9 months ago

        Maybe, but it’s not worth it just for a few days, which is all I’ll need it for. I just forked over $15 for another 10 gb.