[PLUG] Upgrading rooted Samsung Android phone

[elcaseti .]

There are some other alternative ROMs out there.  Maybe one for your
phones.  "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_custom_Android_distributions
"

On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 7:02 PM, Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:

> The table in question is the Samsung Note 10.1 WiFi (2012) The model #
> is GT-N8013. They hit around it but not it. There were a lot of them bought
> but we got dropped as once the Jan 2013 upgrade went out there was no
> more upgrades, there were some updates, so if you have apps or code that
> needs a newer version of Android then 4.1.2 you are done.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Alas, no Note 10.1 Wifi (2012) For some reason those of us who bought it
> > were abandoned by Samsung on that one as the last upgrade came out in
> > Jan 2013. These guys do not support it either. So bad because us poor
> > buggers
> > that bought the thing paid a king's ransom for it. It is still a great
> > unit, but needs
> > to be upgraded. I have been told that the device got "crunched" in the
> > Apple
> > Samsung fight back about that time.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 6:27 PM, David Bridges <dbridges at austin.rr.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> If you device is supported I think that LineageOS is a great option.
> >> You can see if your device is support at the following link.
> >>
> >> https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
> >>
> >> By default the device is not rooted but it can be added although I
> >> personally do not have a need for it.
> >>
> >> The particular device you mentioned does appear to be supported and
> >> from looking over the information at the following page for the Galaxy
> >> Note 3 (T-Mobile)(hltetmo) the installation of 14.1 (based on Nougat)
> >> should be fairly straightforward.
> >>
> >> https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/hltetmo
> >>
> >> --
> >> David
> >>
> >> On Fri, 2017-07-07 at 21:03 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> >> > If you're rooted you can't do it in the usual way (over the air) - if
> >> > you go into System Settings > General > About Device > Software
> >> > Update
> >> > you get "Your device has been modified, software updates are not
> >> > available,"
> >> >
> >> > According to internet advice you can upgrade a rooted Android phone
> >> > with Kies, a Samsung app normally used to sync your phone with your
> >> > computer. Unfortunately, you must install Kies on a Windows or a Mac
> >> > computer. Just as well - the last thing I'd ever want to do is sync
> >> > my
> >> > phone with my computer.
> >> >
> >> > My phone is a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (now KitKat 4.4.2),
> >> > which
> >> > I have loved since I got it three or four years ago. I paid someone
> >> > $10
> >> > to root it for me because I couldn't figure out how to do it myself.
> >> > Being rooted is great - for example, I uninstalled the texting app so
> >> > I
> >> > can no longer receive the spam text messages from the carrier (now
> >> > Metro
> >> > PCS).
> >> >
> >> > If anyone knows how to upgrade a rooted KitKat phone to Lollipop or
> >> > later, I'm all ears. And if no one here knows, maybe this could be
> >> > addressed at the next Clinic.
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> Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
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