Liberating Mobiles

Android(Stock ROM)

Introduction

An Android System is very similar to Debian

General Procedure

1. Pre-requisites

  1. A system with ADB and Fastboot installed.
  2. A data compatible USB cable [Beware of cables that only support power!] for the device you want to liberate.

2. Search for custom Recovery for your device.
3. Search for a supported custom ROM for your device in device specific forums on forum.xda-developers.com.
4. Unlocking phone bootloader

  1. Go to Settings
  2. Click on About Phone
  3. Tap 5 times on the build information(number). You will get a message saying "Developer settings enabled."
  4. Now go back to Settings and go to Developer Options(mostly will be in System options/ you can search for it)
  5. Enable OEM unlocking and USB debugging
  6. Now, Connect your phone to the system

References

1. https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/info-android-device-partitions-and-filesystems.3586565/