android question

[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 i'll pay the $20 to get it unlocked then put the 
cricket sim card in it.

On 12/31/18 10:15 AM, Matt Graham wrote:
>> On 12/30/18 10:57 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote:
>>> If it is a AT&T 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 rooted before buying it.
>
> Also note that things can be more complicated than that.  The Samsung 
> Galaxy S7 was listed on lineageos.org as working.  This is only 
> half-correct.  The Galaxy S7s that are sold in Europe and Asia can 
> have their bootloaders unlocked.  The Galaxy S7s that are sold in the 
> USA cannot.  So check very carefully before buying anything.  I 
> *think* the best bet right now is an LG phone; many are supposed to be 
> unlockable.  None of the LG phones my carrier is selling are listed on 
> https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/ though.
>
> The other thing casual users may not know is that it's possible to 
> uninstall some things that appear to be stuck forever.  "adb shell" 
> then "pm list packages | sort | more" and find the thing you want to 
> get rid of (com.facebook.evil or whatever).  Then "pm uninstall 
> com.facebook.app" or whatever and you will bypass that "can't 
> uninstall this from the settings->apps menu" problem. NOTE:  Back up 
> your phone before doing this, in case you accidentally uninstall 
> something you find you need later.
>