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.
>
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