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Do fake phones have any use? - Arga - Mar 5, 2016
A friend of mine asked whether I was able to change the OS or make use of a phone he bought which turned out to be fake. I don't really know what to say about it but it's a Lenovo S660P (It's Chinese apparently).
* - Scar . - Mar 5, 2016
How is the phone fake? As far as I'm concerned it has low end specs but it's still a smartphone.
* - Arga - Mar 5, 2016
(Mar 5, 2016 12:16 PM)Scar . Wrote: How is the phone fake? As far as I'm concerned it has low end specs but it's still a smartphone.
I understand what you're saying there.
So far I haven't been able to find any ROMS or Kernels that will work on this phone.
* - moartea50 - Mar 5, 2016
If it's fake don't bother changing the OS.It will be a useless piece of metal anyway.
* - Erwin Schrödinger - Mar 5, 2016
It really depends on what OS is on the phone already.
Upgrading from an old Android to the newest version is a piece of cake.
* - Arga - Mar 5, 2016
(Mar 5, 2016 04:06 PM)Erwin Schrödinger Wrote: It really depends on what OS is on the phone already.
Upgrading from an old Android to the newest version is a piece of cake.
The current OS is Kitkat 4.4.3
If you could show me how or direct me to a place where it would show me that would be much appreciated.
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* - minimalist - Mar 5, 2016
It doesn't have much, if any, developer support. Plus, the cheap skin is a deterrent - it's pretty much useless.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/one-lenovo-s660-t2844503
* - Arga - Mar 5, 2016
(Mar 5, 2016 06:08 PM)Minimalist Wrote: It doesn't have much, if any, developer support. Plus, the cheap skin is a deterrent - it's pretty much useless.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/one-lenovo-s660-t2844503
lmao that thread is 2 years old
I figured it'd be useless. If I could've at least update the android version that'd be nice.
* - minimalist - Mar 5, 2016
(Mar 5, 2016 06:45 PM)Arga Wrote: lmao that thread is 2 years old
I figured it'd be useless. If I could've at least update the android version that'd be nice.
KK is actually surprisingly nice. If I could get back onto that OS version with my newer phones then I'd definitely hop on that.
* - Arga - Mar 5, 2016
(Mar 5, 2016 06:51 PM)Minimalist Wrote: KK is actually surprisingly nice. If I could get back onto that OS version with my newer phones then I'd definitely hop on that.
I don't have any knowledge around android phones and switching ROMS/Kernels etc, I've rooted before and didn't see much rather than more options.
I have tried looking around about how but none of them are usually clear and require to download some pretty shady stuff. on XDADev for some reason I'm never able to find what I'm looking for.
If anyone can point to me how I would be able to up the KK version on this that would be much appreciated. 🤝
The "update" on this phone isn't doing jack shit, is there another approach to update the current KitKat version on this phone?
* - xxDr3aMz - Mar 12, 2016
What do you mean fake. As in some chinese nigga like mw created his own OS?