What is the difference between cellular data being used on my phone and cellular data being used on my notebook? Data is data.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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    3 months ago

    Yeah, installing a new OS on a phone isn’t something you do easily like on a PC.

    You have to unlock the bootloader, which requires an unlock code from the manufacturer, then you have to factory reset it, and that’s even if your phone/carrier allows it. Many don’t (which is why it’s so hard for me to replace my phone…grrr).

    So yeah, installing a new OS on your phone is typically going to require quite a bit of effort and some level of commitment as well as a device that’s bootloader unlockable and supported by an alternate OS (each device and model requires a custom build).

    It’s…a whole thing. It really shouldn’t be, but it is :(

    • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
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      3 months ago

      I haven’t done it in a while, but it kinda depends on the phone, some were very easy to flash in the earlier days of Android.