How to ROM or FLASH an Old Android Tab?

Saturday, October 7, 2017

By the way, Linux Phone Lineage OS is very expensive.

I saw lot of torrent images for various phones at Linux torrents.

I have over 10 Nokia phones all working fine nd never tried to ROM or FLASH them

By the way, my son in law bought me a Samsung Tablet and another Android phone (its sim is blocked by the manufacturer).
I do not understand how manufacturers and vendors steal money from gullible customers.

 

How to ROM or FLASH an Old Android Tab?

This is a mail I posted to a friend.
How to ROM or FLASH an Old Android Tab?
I did a survey on how to erase the current operating system and install a new version of Android and was bewildered by its complexity.
They are bound by rigid protocols of Android and Google Giants.
Unlike computers, the hardware parts are brittle and finding a “patch” for a broken piece is not easy.
Besides, the terminology is funny, and only term I liked was BRICK for a stalled hardware.
Only open source ROM (Kernel should be the correct term) was CyanogenMod but developers had given up developing it and a firm has taken over it.
There is a Romanian guy who wants to make open source hardware!
But the problem is that there is no seamless integration since OEM guys are reluctant to give up their monopoly.
If one fiddles with the system it may end up as a Brick.
If you find any article that simplify this (Linux Magazine may not do it) minor process, please let me have it.

By the way, having gone for Zeroing I have stop reading big articles, especially political ones.
I have lot of time at hand after "Zeroing In" and sleep well after dropping Caffeine almost to Zero.
Unfortunately, Ubuntu’s Canonical and Firefox have stopped developing an Open Source Phone. 

CyanogenMod is arguably one of the (if not the) most installed Android ROM in the world, and for good reason.

It offers a ton of great features, is available for more devices than most other ROMs of it's type, and has the type of polish and support that makes it easy to fall in love with.
We have Kit Kat (version four in this country) in this country and the Android is on version seven or higher.
Even the Kindle Tab, a total failure, I believe.
Luckily, I bought a Lenova Tablet in Singapore and it is miles ahead of my Kit Kat Tablet which I want to erase and upgrade but the only problem is its RAM which is limited and it breaks up before a full film is viewed.

Lenova Tab froze and I could not replace it battery.

That is why I discourage people buying Tablets with a Frozen Battery (one cannot replace it and that is their business plan to lure the next generation of tablets).

I have of course migrated to bare bone NUC which is damn cheap!

I am glad that I got a good laptop for my son and if you have a laptop do not throw it away, in spite of its weight.

It is pleasing to see a film on a laptop.
One who buys an Apple iPOD is probably stupid or has lot of money to spare.
They have stopped making Laptops with a DVD driver.

Apple is very expensive, I saw my daughter spending over 100 dollars for a Apple Screen saver with a insurance plan.

A good product should not go for issuance plan.

This why encourage people to use Linux and Linux protects old and new hardware.