Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Every day, watching my three granddaughters grow up......

The 10 month old is just learning how to walk.......

Ah, yes. Amen.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

no


Everyone around the world COME ON!

Yahoo

It's a celebration

[Boomerang]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Yahoo

It's a celebration

Kool

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by Cole

Think I've finally managed to get root access. The update to 7.1.1 seems to have removed my previous root access. Now I just need to get pixel launcher working and I'm done messing about with this phone

Step 1: flash this https://forum.xda-developers.com/one...s-1-0-t3409348
Step 2: Thank me
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Andrew025

Step 1: flash this https://forum.xda-developers.com/one...s-1-0-t3409348
Step 2: Thank me
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit

Already got it done. Keep up bro.

Edit: whoops, nevermind. Don't want custom ROMs. Happy with OOS, I mean it's no Paranoid Android circa 2014, but it's good enough

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by Cole

Already got it done. Keep up bro.

Edit: whoops, nevermind. Don't want custom ROMs. Happy with OOS, I mean it's no Paranoid Android circa 2014, but it's good enough

It's basically OOS, but better.

[MuseChaser]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Yahoo

It's a celebration

I'm here to do whatever I can, be it early morning, late afternoon, or at midnight... it's never too soon.

[nextcar]

Originally Posted by Boomerang

Kool

... and the gang!

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Dis gon be good

Did you pick up on it? We old folks be singin'.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Did you pick up on it? We old folks be singin'.

There's a party goin' on right here
A celebration to last throughout the years

Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk

[MuseChaser]

Originally Posted by Andrew025

It's basically OOS, but better.

You guys (Andrew and Cole) sound like you could maybe give me a few pointers. I'm not a very big fan of being FORCED into the cloud and handing over all my activities, contacts, and location to Google. I'm mostly a PC guy (cut my teeth on the Commodore 64, and have been "building" desktops since the old 8088/8086 years), using primarily Win7 w/ open source software, but I've got one Linux box I'm dabbling with and a bunch of Raspberry Pi media and audio boxes based on LibreElec/Kodi and Arch/Runeaudio. Recently I bought my wife a new Asus tablet and I figured I'd tinker around with her old Toshiba AT100 Thrive (dual core @800, 1 gig ram, Android 4.0.4). I managed to root it, flash a ROM, gain superuser access, blah blah, and even remove a couple previously untouchable pieces of bloatware. Using mostly apps from F-droid now, but I'm sure there's still a TON of Google-related stuff on there.

My goals? To know the tablet as well as I know my PC. To have it only use local information unless I specifically ask it to do otherwise. To be as google-free as possible.

Any pointers?

Thanks!

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by MuseChaser

My goals? To know the tablet as well as I know my PC. To have it only use local information unless I specifically ask it to do otherwise. To be as google-free as possible.

Any pointers?

Thanks!

The hardest part is finding a bare bone ROM for your device if there's even one, or an Open Source OS based ROM that isn't Android.

The newer versions of Android have a lot more tighter control over your files/camera/mic/etc access for individual apps and is locked down by default until you give it permission. Of course we would never know what the device is really doing behind your back even in Airplane Mode lol!

I miss that physical toggle switch for the radios on the older ThinkPads. Worst case I can always disconnect the radio leads and rip out the expansion cards, but can't do that on a phone/tablet/phablet.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by MuseChaser

You guys (Andrew and Cole) sound like you could maybe give me a few pointers. I'm not a very big fan of being FORCED into the cloud and handing over all my activities, contacts, and location to Google. I'm mostly a PC guy (cut my teeth on the Commodore 64, and have been "building" desktops since the old 8088/8086 years), using primarily Win7 w/ open source software, but I've got one Linux box I'm dabbling with and a bunch of Raspberry Pi media and audio boxes based on LibreElec/Kodi and Arch/Runeaudio. Recently I bought my wife a new Asus tablet and I figured I'd tinker around with her old Toshiba AT100 Thrive (dual core @800, 1 gig ram, Android 4.0.4). I managed to root it, flash a ROM, gain superuser access, blah blah, and even remove a couple previously untouchable pieces of bloatware. Using mostly apps from F-droid now, but I'm sure there's still a TON of Google-related stuff on there.

My goals? To know the tablet as well as I know my PC. To have it only use local information unless I specifically ask it to do otherwise. To be as google-free as possible.

Any pointers?

Thanks!

Head to XDA developers for your device and read up on EVERYTHING you possibly can.

Back before the iPhone, I had a string of different Android devices. My favourite was the Nexus 5. It came super mega stock with almost zero bloatware on it. Still flashed a different ROM on it almost every week, the choices were insane back then. My advice, try to find a developer who speaks english well, has a history of updating that's fairly frequent. Or delve into doing your own ROMs so you know exactly what goes into them.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by krayzie

Of course we would never know what the device is really doing behind your back even in Airplane Mode lol!

The sneaky electronic bastards!