https://www.kingoapp.com/root-tutorials/how-to-root-galaxy-note2.htm On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 10:34 AM Bob Elzer wrote: > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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