So I got a new phone, a Huawei ascend mate 2, android, with a bit of bloat ware on it it wont let me delete, so I figured now would be a good time to actually learn how I can just wipe the thing and put a generic android OS on it, without Huawei and facebook app that it wont let me delete
is this possible? is it necessary to "root" it? I've never gotten into phone and android stuff and I don't have the time to sift through google not knowing yet if any of the search results will actually do what I want
like, you know how if you get a PC from a store, and they have their windows copy on it with their shit software, and you can just reformat the thing and put an clean copy of windows on without manufacturer specific garbage, can you do that with android? can I do it with my chinese phone?
Look up your phone on the XDA Forums. Read the Android Development section. If there are ways to flash a new Android ROM on to it, the instructions and necessarily files will be there.
>>61390336
install gentoo
>>61390359
thank you, I did find a thread, and it looks like it worked last year, but it requires an unlock code from Huewai and their online form is now not working, plus I hear they're not responding to emails. So plan B, i'm going to return this thing if possible, and get a different phone
what model of phone is easiest to unlock and most compatible with latest stable version of android?
Read the sticky and fuck off.
>>61391799
yeah it doesn't answer my question, thanks anyway
>>61391424
Motorola.