Re:Intel Fights for Its Future
by kevin_thibedeau on Monday March 12, 2018 @10:16AM
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Switch to LineageOS. The Moto G series is well supported up to Nougat. It will not be any slower either.
Re:Intel Fights for Its Future
by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday March 12, 2018 @08:28AM
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I assume aftermarket ROMs are a non-option for you?
As a Verizon customer:
- Devices that support Verizon's bands & CDMA are mostly only sold as Verizon branded devices. (CDMA is less important every year but I still occasionally need 3g)
- ~All Verizon phones have locked bootloaders and no official way to unlock them.
- Manufacturers don't make the easy mistakes which let you unlock their bootloaders anymore.
I will not be a Verizon customer for much longer.
Depending on your device, installing an aftermarket ROM can range from "easily accomplished from initial query in a search engine to ROM installed within 1 hour" to "I am stuck in a nightmare of poorly written, contradictory forum posts written in a mishmash of languages with lots of instructions that say 'this is easy, but WARNING COULD BRICK YOUR DEVICE'." Who has the time or patience for such confusion?
Short support cycles seriously dent the feasibility of keeping the same phone for even two years...