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It depends a great deal on whether it's possible to unlock the bootloader. Unfortunately, many of these cheap phones are loaded with the carrier's software. The
by rtl49 11y ago
It depends a great deal on whether it's possible to unlock the bootloader. Unfortunately, many of these cheap phones are loaded with the carrier's software. They don't want you to uninstall it, so they don't let you unlock the bootloader, which would enable you to modify the system partition on the device. This means you can't do much with it unless someone discovers a vulnerability that grants you root access.
- jnbiche 11y agoHe wouldn't need to load a custom ROM just to make and install an app that monitors a few peripheral sensors (all of which should be accessible via the Android SDK).
- rtl49 11y agoTrue, but he specifically mentioned the RbPi and Arduino in his comment. This makes me believe he's interested in more functionality than what is offered by the standard API.
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