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Aquavit

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5. Locked bootloader...

Reply to jtuck004 (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 1, 2014, 12:17 AM

Jul 2014

I can't seem to get my way around the locked bootloader on this phone (mine is set up with Virgin Mobile service). If I can ever figure out how to unlock the bootloader, putting Ubuntu on looks fairly straightforward...

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Ubuntu on an Android phone [View all] Aquavit Apr 2014 OP

That can mean two things Recursion Apr 2014 #1

Have you tried it yet? n/t jtuck004 Apr 2014 #2

Not yet Aquavit Apr 2014 #3

$20 at Radio Shack for one of those, worth getting to just try, and then jtuck004 Apr 2014 #4

Locked bootloader... Aquavit Jul 2014 #5

I have a left over phone Aerows Oct 2014 #6

i can run it on my devices your bunny wrote Dec 2014 #7

I actually managed Slackware on my ASUS Recursion Jan 2015 #8