Hi there, a few years ago I was using both an Android and iOS devices both Rooted/Jailbroken and loved the way TWRP recovery and custom roms work on Android unfortunately my Samsung got smashed beyond repair so I stuck around with my iPhone, since then the Jailbreak scene has gone s**t and the constant 3rd party app revokes are just annoying beyond belief!! So I’m coming back to Android, before I buy a new device I was wondering if anyone had a idea of which would be the best to get? as in can have TWRP recovery and most of the custom roms installed, I ask this because I was under the impression that it could be done to any Android device and have since found out that this isn’t the case, I have a rooted Samsung tablet but unfortunately it only has 3 or 4 roms which only 2 of are any good and I love to swap and change so it’s a bit of a letdown on that side of things. If anyone could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated, thanks
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So I recently got a second-hand LG Cookie and I was wondering if I could flash it to Android. I've looked around on the Interwebz but nobody seems to have any useful information.
Can you guys help me out?
Thanks in advance.
Sorry, but not even by a long shot.
Android needs to be ported to the device for it to even run on that specific phone. It's taken well over 6 months to get a somewhat working version of Android on the Rhodium, and that's with many capable developers and one of the most popular smartphones sold in a while. I'm somewhat doubtful that Android will be ported to your device, so I'll guess that you'll never get and Android port, let alone a flashable version.
It has more to do with the phone only having 48MB of internal NAND.
I'll just throw it out there: someday I want to work for Google on Android. There, I said it. You've gotta dream big, right?
But I'm completely serious about it, and I know that means starting from the bottom and doing the little things, like playing with the Android SDK, rooting, the app inventor, and other simple things like that.
However, I look at forums and see all these posts about unlocking bootloaders and using adb and I'm just lost, especially with adb. I've been trying to understand it since I got my first Android phone back in 2010. I've read countless articles online about adb: what it is, how to use it, and how it works, but I still don't get it. I also know that adb is a pretty basic thing when it comes to development.
I currently have two Android devices I use regularly: my AT&T Atrix 2 is running stock 4.0.4 ICS and is rooted, but it's going to be replaced soon by a VZW Galaxy S4 or HTC One, if they ever get it. My Acer Iconia Tab A700 is running stock 4.1 Jelly Bean, and isn't rooted.
The devices I don't use anymore are my original Atrix 4G, which fell victim to a custom ROM tragedy (hard brick), and I also have my old HTC Aria (my first Android phone, which I flashed a Froyo ROM to shortly after getting it) currently running CM7 which I used for about a month until my Atrix 2 replaced my original one.
I'm out of luck when it comes to downloading things to play around with as my home internet is an AT&T 3G MiFi with a 5GB monthly data limit (shared by a family of four) and my phone has a 2GB limit.
I just finished up my first year of college as a Computer and Multimedia Graphics major, and I'll be taking courses on Computer Maintenance, Animation, GUI Design, and 3D Modeling among others.
So all the ranting aside, is there some easier explanation of adb that someone could give to me, and give me some starting advice with developing and hacking?
If you want to work for Google/Android, the first thing to do would be to read the official documentation :
hxxp://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html
And you can find some nice tutorial like the one below on the internets:
hxxp://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/android/android-adb-quick-guide/
Hi guys, I'm a bit of a newbie to both xda and android development, but this is actually my first android device received second-hand from my dad. I've been able to get around and flash Hellfire Sandwich 1.9, which is what I've been on for a while, but I just wanted to move on to a more recent android version. I also planned to improve my phone so that it can play games more efficiently and perform better overall.
Of course, the problem is that the support for this phone is dead because of Cyanogenmod giving up on this device as well, along with the fact that it's been 5 years since the phone was released. So I was just wondering if there was some sort of trick to convert the G2x into an O2x, allowing me to download some roms and stuff to help this seriously old device and get the most out of it. Any help is appreciated, thanks.
Hello,
I won an LG Q6 phone from a company raffle last year and I just received it today. And I'm lovin' Android. Being an Apple fan ever since iPhone 5 was launched, well it's something different and new. Though, I have no idea how to completely wipe off the device and to install the OS fresh from start just like what I do with iOS. I don't know where to get the latest version every of Android which is Oreo. Right now, I believe I am under the Android Nougat.
I am a mac user, so good thing there's an LG app to update my phone. But just to update my phone though. I am happy with the apps, they're faster than my iPhone 6 Plus. Right now, I am still waiting for the availability of the iPhone X. Though, I have two choices that my phone company has aside from iPhone X. It's either a Samsung Note 8 or a Samsung S8. Seriously, the functionality of apps in Android blew me away, beginning from FB's bubble thingy though annoying, but it's amazing. Even the alarm clock has a feature to draw a pattern before turning it off. And the control center really is an actual control center.
Moving forward, may you please help me out with this? Decision stuff, and with the cyanogen thingy though I do not look forward to root my device, maybe after the warranty expires, it's like jailbreak thingy right? How about just by using the official releases the OS from the manufacturer? I am a bit familiar with this as I used to update the firmware of my Sony Ericsson W800i before and my BlackBerry Curve too.
I'll be waiting for the reply of everyone. Also, I prefer using macOS. Yet, I think I really prefer to use Android as my phone. Seriously. Though I hope it integrates well with my mac.
Another thing, I would like guides about cases for Android phones and screen protectors, as well as memory card guides (don't have this on iOS devices).
Thanks.
Go for the Note mate and never look back
Hi there, part of my lockdown chores involved digging through some boxes of old tech. I stumbled across my old HTC Desire and would love to get it working of that's possible? Appreciate its 10 years old but if I can use it as a backup I'd be happy, I'm aware I'll probably get very limited functionality and apps compared to todays offerings but if it functions as it did when I purchased it I'll be happy. I think I tried to load a custom ROM last time I used it (Cyanogen MOD at the the time), it worked to a degree but problems started when the Playstore updated so I boxed it. Can anyone point me to some guidance if its candidate for a resurrection? many thanks.