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 <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
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