Hello Rohan, On 6/3/17, Rohan McLeod via luv-talk <luv-talk@luv.asn.au> wrote:
Craig Sanders via luv-talk wrote:
On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 01:49:50AM +1000, russell@coker.com.au wrote: BTW, this shit doesn't happen on my phone (which is running cyanogenmod CM7 - Android 4.x IIRC). It only happens on the tablet, running stock google android (5.1.x, whatever was the last released issued by google before they stopped issuing firmware updates for nexus 7). That's because I have control over what is installed and what runs on it.
Fortunately it's still as fast as newer Android devices like my Nexus 6P (and noticably faster than like I already said, I don't want to just hide the problem by getting a faster device where the symptoms aren't noticable, I want to eliminate them by deleting the unwanted apps.
Can I ask either Craig or Russell; as extremely knowledgable Linux users; their opinion of things like Kingroot https://kingroot.net/; as an alturnative to replacing the supplied version of Android ?
regards Rohan Mcleod
The only way I would go is with Cyanogenmod, but then I do not have a suitable handset, nor the experience. Like others said, it gives them root access to your phone, and I would not go there. Some of them may make it easy, but at what cost, and not directly in dollars. Remember that Android is a set of applications and user interface on top of the adapted Linux kernel. While the Linux kernel is GPL and such, not all the framework above that is, unless you go for Cyanogenmod. I have read reports of Cyanogenmod being factory installed and available for purchase, but I have not seen it, nor gone looking. Maybe some others could contribute in that regard. Regards, Mark Trickett