I write apps for Android for a living. This summer I wanted to hack with LineageOS or something like that. XDA developers said there was a good build for a ne

I write apps for Android for a living. This summer I wanted to hack with LineageOS or something like that. XDA developers said there was a good build for a new Samsung Android tablet so I bought it. I guess I should have read more as Samsung does not use the standard Android bootloader to flash but something called Odin, which is not available (although some people say they have a Windows tool that works). I could query some other non-Samsung Android devices I had with the Android flash tool, but there were no good builds for them or I was unable to build, or I didn't want to risk flashing that specific device. I might try again this year. I'll look to see what non-Samsung tablets are selling near around here, then look online to see what might have a decent LineageOS or similar build, and then get it. If I flash and brick some cheap, new Android tablet it's not that big of a deal. It's one of the reasons I got into Android programming in the first place, that it is free/open and I can hack around on it like I can my Linux laptop. I thought by 2020 it would be easier to flash a tablet and install LineageOS but I guess it takes a little more effort. I did miss some things though like that Samsung does not use standard Android flash. If I really needed it I would have done it already, but I was doing it on the weekend for fun, so when I ran into trouble and other things came up, I shelved it for a little while.