vestmoria

cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/1033120

on my last post I wrote device is a redmi 9c. Turns out it's a redmi 10c and the custom ROM I wanted to install https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-13-unofficial-lineageos-20-0-unified-for-redmi-9a-9c-10a-blossom.4609367/ won't work.

Anyhow, to unlock the device the official way I have to identify to their services through a phone line, not internet, and purchase a sim card, which I'm not going to do to experiment with this device.

I have no use for the stock software in the device and I'd rather have anything foss that works or kinda works.

If you ever experimented with this particular model or know what could work, feel free to post an answer.

debian 12.5

cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/1031833

most guides I found online are for windows based computers and those that even name linux are outdated.

• Linux distro I run: debian 12.5, adb and fastboot installed through apt

• Phone I want to experiment with: redmi 9c

• Firmware I'm installing: https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-13-unofficial-lineageos-20-0-unified-for-redmi-9a-9c-10a-blossom.4609367/

fastboot devices recognizes the device and I can also boot the phone to fastboot: it shows a black (not blank) screen with the word FASTBOOT printed orange.

I tried following https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/complete-guide-flashing-factory-images-android-using-fastboot-0175277/ but fastboot flashing unlock and fastboot oem unlock return FAILED (remote: 'Token Verify Failed, Reboot the device ')

developer options and OEM unlocking are both activated on the device

I still use an unsupported 2018 Asus ZenFone Max (M1) ZB555KL X00PD with a broken screen. I’d like to change the screen.

Measures of the device: 156 x 77.5 x 10.6 mm (6.14 x 3.05 x 0.42 in).

Now, I don’t know if these are standard measurements for a certain set of smartphones (the ones that can be held and used with just one hand) or if any company can choose what size it uses for their devices, making finding a screen that fits incredibly more difficult.

The other question is, how difficult would it be to do it myself?

I explain what I mean with lock screen: not the launcher.

Lunar launcher (home screen) rotates automatically. Im looking for something like that but for the lock screen: the screen a user sees when he puts the device to sleep and turns it on again or reboots the system and has to enter the password.

according to the vendor, pixel 7a can scale up to 90Hz. Will that also be the case with graphene or lineage or is this something that completely depends on software?

If a device's screen is bright, will the foss I install be also bright?

the pixel 7a has a 64MP camera shooter. Will the foss I install use it to its full potential?

If a phone's battery last much longer now, will that also be the case if I install graphene or lineage on the device?

The pixel 7a with stock rom can wireless charge. Will that also be the case with graphene or lineage?

If the camera phone's tends toward darker colors, will that also be the case with graphene or lineage installed?

the android device I might buy with the audio format I usually listen to.

Some of my flacs are way over 3 mbps (up to 6 mbps). The bluetooth on my desktop supports speeds up to 1 mbps. If the pixel is going to support similar rates, I don't see how this is going work.

ETA: Im still going to nuke the device and install graphene or lineage on it. Do both foss support higher rates?

if I buy a pixel 7a within the next 5 days they'll add on top of the 20% off they already offered, a free pair of pixel a-series buds (retail price $100), so I'd get a 33% discount on both items.

online reviews say it's compatible with every android device, but Im going to buy this model to delete the software and install either graphene or lineage, so, will these buds work with either OS?

I visited 3 stores looking for the pixels 7a. One of these stores (best buy) sells it at a 20% discount for only 2 weeks, brand new, 128 GB, so I may go for it to buy and nuke to install graphene OS, then relock it.

A poster suggested me to avoid verizon, because they lock the bootloader to prevent you installing anything else.

This one seems to be a pixels directly from google: on a table displaying other google devices and earbuds, but I wouldn't want to buy something I cannot relock on non-stock software.

ETA: what port does it use for charging?

When I go to bed I use my smartphone to listen to something soothing and I fall asleep. It usually takes less than an hour.

Im looking for an application that turns the device off after one hour, pretty much like the sleep command works (on linux):

sleep 60m && shutdown now

alternatively, your ways to save as much battery as possible after the hour passes (won't use the device for the next 8 hours)

thinking about paying $500 for a pixel 6 to nuke it and install either lineage or graphene. Main reasons: security, I want to degoogle, hate bloatware, I want complete freedom to choose what apps I want on my device, smartphones are notoriously known for their short support cycles (to me 4 years is not enough).

what I don't know is why graphene developers have chosen proprietary hardware from what has to be one of the most foss unfriendly companies