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K
Jun 2, 2005

Meet me at midnight
What's the most recent OS I can update my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (SPH-L900) up to? There is an app I need to run that accompanies a new device I bought but it's only compatible with Lollipop and up, and I can't upgrade my phone until May (my Note 2 is a backup, as my Note 5 has a busted LCD and it costs more to replace than just waiting it out a couple months).

Can I push past Kitkat without rooting it? If I not, and I do root it, what's recommended in terms of pushing up to the most recent OS in terms of what it can handle from a hardware perspective? Can I get all the way to Nougat or Marshmallow? Feel free to yell at me and send me to the rooted thread, but wanted a more general opinion first.

Search results are terrible so far. Need hlep.

K fucked around with this message at 02:57 on Mar 22, 2017

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K
Jun 2, 2005

Meet me at midnight

Ihmemies posted:

Go dig XDA forums. Some guy had a p good (considering the lovely hardware) 6.0 ROM for my Note, also he made a 7.0 ROM but I never got around to update to it. Ypu just need to learn a bit about janitoring your old shitphone. I wouldn't do it again, but at least it's an experience!

Thanks. I'll take a look. I only need this thing to be stable for two months until I upgrade...


LastInLine posted:

This is good advice. Nothing will do more to make you buy good phones than to try to work around the shortcomings of bad ones for a while.

The next phone you buy you'll take long term support into account.

Well said.

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