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I would rather worry about the non-replaceable battery and the missing microSD card slot. You can upgrade a 3.5 year old Galaxy S4 to over 128 GB storage (~35

by jhasse 10y ago

I would rather worry about the non-replaceable battery and the missing microSD card slot. You can upgrade a 3.5 year old Galaxy S4 to over 128 GB storage (~35 € for a microSD card) and a fresh battery (~10 € for a new one). And with custom ROMs you can also run Nougat (I'm personally still running Marshmallow on mine though).

heywire 10y ago
Unfortunately there are some models of the S4 which cannot run a custom rom (AT&T model, for example).
- jhasse 10y ago
  This one? http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=jflteatt http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=jflteatt Luckily I'm from Germany and we have the international version (with a Qualcomm SoC). But it's true that you have to be careful which phone you buy if you want to run a custom ROM. For example there are several "Value Editions" of Samsung's phones which can't be rooted.
  - heywire 10y ago
    Yes, that's the one. Unfortunately around the time of the introduction of the Android 5 update on that handset, they also locked down the bootloader. As far as I'm aware (and a quick search of the XDA forums), it seems that it will probably never be unlocked. Such a shame because it is a great phone being left behind.
    - jhasse 10y ago
      Ah I see :/ Btw: You can officially unlock the bootloader of some of LG's phones, see http://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev?categoryTypeCode=ANRS http://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader....
      - voltagex_ 10y ago
        It worries me that the unlocking of many phones relies on manufacturer websites that might not be there one day. Hell, even the Xiaomi Mi4c required unlocking with "identity verification" via SMS.
        jhasse 10y ago
        What's the alternative though? We probably don't want the phones to be unlocked from the start for security reasons.
        voltagex_ 10y ago
        The Nexus approach - fastboot oem unlock, maybe controlled via a software switch in the OS.
matwood 10y ago
> I would rather worry about the non-replaceable battery and the missing microSD card slot. You're one of the last few remaining ;)
- tboughen 10y ago
  People are still impressed with the hardware of my 10 month old Lumia 950xl. Removable battery, microSD card slot, physical camera button and top notch camera. They are so useful, my next phone will have all these features too.

by jhasse 10y ago

heywire 10y ago

Unfortunately there are some models of the S4 which cannot run a custom rom (AT&T model, for example).

jhasse 10y ago
This one? http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=jflteatt http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=jflteatt Luckily I'm from Germany and we have the international version (with a Qualcomm SoC). But it's true that you have to be careful which phone you buy if you want to run a custom ROM. For example there are several "Value Editions" of Samsung's phones which can't be rooted.
- heywire 10y ago
  Yes, that's the one. Unfortunately around the time of the introduction of the Android 5 update on that handset, they also locked down the bootloader. As far as I'm aware (and a quick search of the XDA forums), it seems that it will probably never be unlocked. Such a shame because it is a great phone being left behind.
  - jhasse 10y ago
    Ah I see :/ Btw: You can officially unlock the bootloader of some of LG's phones, see http://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev?categoryTypeCode=ANRS http://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader....
    - voltagex_ 10y ago
      It worries me that the unlocking of many phones relies on manufacturer websites that might not be there one day. Hell, even the Xiaomi Mi4c required unlocking with "identity verification" via SMS.
      - jhasse 10y ago
        What's the alternative though? We probably don't want the phones to be unlocked from the start for security reasons.
        voltagex_ 10y ago
        The Nexus approach - fastboot oem unlock, maybe controlled via a software switch in the OS.

matwood 10y ago

> I would rather worry about the non-replaceable battery and the missing microSD card slot. You're one of the last few remaining ;)

tboughen 10y ago
People are still impressed with the hardware of my 10 month old Lumia 950xl. Removable battery, microSD card slot, physical camera button and top notch camera. They are so useful, my next phone will have all these features too.