In the scary part of everything. Phone is completely empty except for the last version of TWRP I could get to work (serves me right for having it on Android 7 for way too long).
Can’t flash last version of stock ROM (Android 10). Tried the Android 9 version, still no dice. Let us try Android 8. Ooooh, it’s doing something!!
edit 1: Alright, managed to seemingly successfully flash stock Android 8 zip, but it was stuck on the loading screen forever, tried again in twrp a few times and then realised for some reason the system partition wasn’t mounted. Now it is, and the loading screen does its thing… Let’s see if this works :/
edit 2: HOUSTON WE HAVE LIFTOFF. I tried flashing stock Android 7 and FINALLY that worked!!! I have somewhere to start from! Now to incrementally try and get to stock Android 10…
edit 3: After a lot of going around in circles, I’ve made the monumental upgrade from Android 7 to 8! A WHOLE NEW VERSION!! I must remember to always reboot into recovery first and wipe everything before booting into the system… now to try and get to the last version of 8, then attempt going up to 9.
edit 4: needed to do a painful slow version by version upgrade to get to the last version of 8 (some big changes in between I guess). Now to try and get to 9. Watching Good Omens s2 while I wait for things to flash. Naked Jon Hamm is always a selling point
I’ve managed to get Google Wallet to work on my dusty ancient custom ROM surprisingly (and it was rooted too). I’m hoping I can get it to work with Lineage OS when I finally chuck it on. But let me try and get stock updated to something released this decade 😂. I haven’t considered a new phone and especially not a Samsung because bloatware shits me as well. And ads, I’ve had no ads system wide on my smartphone since 2012 and hope to keep it that way…
If you mean ads - it was less a custom ROM and more the fact that it was rooted and I used AdAway.
However I’ve stuck to AdAway out of familiarity, there are numerous other options out there that don’t need root, DNS66, AdAway and Blokada 5 appear to allow rootless system wide ad blocking using a local VPN although I don’t know how that works in terms of battery life.
I have no idea, I think you need to edit the picture or something and then upload? Post in today’s DT, I remember a few people worked it out a couple weeks ago
In the scary part of everything. Phone is completely empty except for the last version of TWRP I could get to work (serves me right for having it on Android 7 for way too long).
Can’t flash last version of stock ROM (Android 10). Tried the Android 9 version, still no dice. Let us try Android 8. Ooooh, it’s doing something!!
edit 1: Alright, managed to seemingly successfully flash stock Android 8 zip, but it was stuck on the loading screen forever, tried again in twrp a few times and then realised for some reason the system partition wasn’t mounted. Now it is, and the loading screen does its thing… Let’s see if this works :/
edit 2: HOUSTON WE HAVE LIFTOFF. I tried flashing stock Android 7 and FINALLY that worked!!! I have somewhere to start from! Now to incrementally try and get to stock Android 10…
edit 3: After a lot of going around in circles, I’ve made the monumental upgrade from Android 7 to 8! A WHOLE NEW VERSION!! I must remember to always reboot into recovery first and wipe everything before booting into the system… now to try and get to the last version of 8, then attempt going up to 9.
edit 4: needed to do a painful slow version by version upgrade to get to the last version of 8 (some big changes in between I guess). Now to try and get to 9. Watching Good Omens s2 while I wait for things to flash. Naked Jon Hamm is always a selling point
I miss fucking with my phone, but google wallet won’t work with android forks sadly. Really sucks. Samsing bloatware annoys the crap out of me.
I’ve managed to get Google Wallet to work on my dusty ancient custom ROM surprisingly (and it was rooted too). I’m hoping I can get it to work with Lineage OS when I finally chuck it on. But let me try and get stock updated to something released this decade 😂. I haven’t considered a new phone and especially not a Samsung because bloatware shits me as well. And ads, I’ve had no ads system wide on my smartphone since 2012 and hope to keep it that way…
So you’ve been able to avoid ada using a custom rom? If so please guide me in your mysterious ways lol
If you mean ads - it was less a custom ROM and more the fact that it was rooted and I used AdAway.
However I’ve stuck to AdAway out of familiarity, there are numerous other options out there that don’t need root, DNS66, AdAway and Blokada 5 appear to allow rootless system wide ad blocking using a local VPN although I don’t know how that works in terms of battery life.
Awesome! Thank you for the info.
Have a wrong way round cat photo:
😻 Gibson pics are always most welcome. What a cutie patootie
I’m glad you like them 🙂 I’m sorry to be a pain, but is there a way to get them right side up using this site on a mobile browser?
I have no idea, I think you need to edit the picture or something and then upload? Post in today’s DT, I remember a few people worked it out a couple weeks ago