workgood@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agowhy dont android phones have a bios like computers and be able to load a generic arm linux iso or windows one,or be easily rooted?message-squaremessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1110arrow-down1message-squarewhy dont android phones have a bios like computers and be able to load a generic arm linux iso or windows one,or be easily rooted?workgood@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSPRUNT@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·3 days agoBecause what are you gonna do? Buy all the individual components and put it together yourself?
minus-squareGreyscale@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·3 days agoWhen I can order a RK3399 on aliexpress and get a PCB fabbed in china for a few dollars, what’s stopping me? Just because you don’t know how doesn’t mean other people shouldn’t.
minus-squareGreyscale@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoAre you some sort of moron? It would appear so.
minus-squaresuodrazah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoYes. Plenty of us already doing this and things like it.
minus-squareLittle8Lost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThe closest i can think of to that is buying a bunch of broken shiftphone/fairphone and making a new phone with the working parts. But its not really choosing the design but instead a type of repair with spare parts. in that sense other phones can also be repaired this way but they need a lot more skill like ungluing without breaking.
Because what are you gonna do? Buy all the individual components and put it together yourself?
When I can order a RK3399 on aliexpress and get a PCB fabbed in china for a few dollars, what’s stopping me?
Just because you don’t know how doesn’t mean other people shouldn’t.
Dozens of you.
Are you some sort of moron? It would appear so.
👌
Yes. Plenty of us already doing this and things like it.
The closest i can think of to that is buying a bunch of broken shiftphone/fairphone and making a new phone with the working parts.
But its not really choosing the design but instead a type of repair with spare parts.
in that sense other phones can also be repaired this way but they need a lot more skill like ungluing without breaking.