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If you're not constrained by the hardware, then take the time to install LineageOS (https://lineageos.org/ https://lineageos.org/). If you need Google's flavour
by scrollaway 8y ago
If you're not constrained by the hardware, then take the time to install LineageOS (https://lineageos.org/ https://lineageos.org/). If you need Google's flavour of Android you can get it from OpenGAPPS (https://opengapps.org/ https://opengapps.org/).
I did it for my mom's phone and most recently my own (which until I hit some software issues was running Google stock). It's really easy nowadays, with some tech skills and assuming your phone isn't obscure.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoI just got a Pixel 1 planning to do that very thing. I thought I was getting a great deal; they're about $200 on Amazon. I ran into an apparently common issue where it won't connect to Windows through its bundled USB cable (or any other USB cable...). Plugging it into my external monitor, which is also a USB hub, solved that problem. Except that in bootloader mode, it is once again unrecognized, making it impossible to unlock.
- neumann 8y agoi had that problem with a google pixel. the 5th cable worked. buy a bunch of random ones online.