i have the same phone and gave up when walmart stopped supporting their app on it, I got a brand new lg v20 on ebay for $200 mpdel h918 for tmobile it runs android 7.0 let me know if you get this updated, from my understanding one of the last updates of the note 2 locked it so it can't be rooted. I've been looking but haven't found a recent root. i would really like to root mine so i can do some useful things with it. On Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 7:41 AM Stephen Partington wrote: > I have done lots of Roms in the past, they are pretty basic to sort out > with reading and some basic concepts of Linux and the funny partitioning > that android relies on. but just a quick look you can get up to about > android 7 or so with LineageOS (fork of Cyanogenmod before they went off > the deep end. > > https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/t0lte This has info about the Note2 > and LineageOS. Super simple to set up. especially on older devices that > have been hugely documented. (install steps here > https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/t0lte/install) > > Personally I am using the OnePlus3 the OxygenOS CE that they are running > is i think my favorite stock experience EVER. Add a little root, and > Substratum and the device does everything I want. even for a 2 year old > device. the only reason I want the OnePlus6 is for the new spectrum on the > radio. The 3 is still a really decent device. You can find them around for > about 200 to 300 still. Also you can look into the Essential phone. Also > really good in concept, but I am not sure how well it is doing as it went > on sale for prime day and dropped over 50% off MSRP. > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 8:40 PM Victor Odhner wrote: > >> My Samsung Galaxy Note II has been left behind. >> * Samsung/T-Mobile offer no updates, I’m stuck at 4.2. >> * T-Mobile has increased coverage, >> but my phone doesn’t reach their new channels. >> * The new thermostat I’m working with requires 4.5, >> so I have to use my wife’s to control it. >> * The new version of weatherunderground.com >> doesn’t work on what I’ve got, and it’s got >> all the local amateur weather stations. >> >> I think 5-1/2 years is pretty good for a phone, but it burns me being >> abandoned like that. >> >> Before I cave in and buy a new phone, since I’m letting go of this phone >> as it is, . . . >> . . . is it time to root it, and install a new ROM that knows the Brave >> New World? >> >> I see these: >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEkN919cHpk >> >> >> https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-2/general/4-5-6a-t3269950 >> >> Is this a possible solution for me? >> … and if I did do this, could I later convert it to operate as just a >> WIFI device as I moved on with a new phone? >> >> There is no way I’d take on this job myself, with all that talent out in >> LinuxLand. >> I *would* trust (and pay) a consultant who has done this kind of thing >> repeatedly, without recent bricking events. >> >> Please advise . . . >> >> Thanks, >> Victor Odhner >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss