Posted August 28, 2016 16 hours ago, terrytek said: yeah, i'm not willing to risk bricking my mother's phone to flash a stock rom onto it.i already bricked one phone trying to update it to the latest version, i'm not doing it again. Then your doing something very wrong, as long as you've got TWRP (or other recovery) access and a backup there's zero chance of a full and unrecoverable brick. Main Rig:- Ryzen 7 3800X | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | 16GB Team Group Dark Pro 3600Mhz | Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe Gen 4 | Sapphire 5700 XT Pulse | Corsair H115i Platinum | WD Black 1TB | WD Green 4TB | EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W | Asus TUF GT501 | Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144hz HDR FreeSync 2 | Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS | Server:- Intel NUC running Server 2019 + Synology DSM218+ with 2 x 4TB Toshiba NAS Ready HDDs (RAID0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 28, 2016 Author 1 hour ago, dizmo said: While I get that it sucks, I also think that people running devices almost three years old are also less likely to care if their devices are on the latest version of Android. Most people that really care will upgrade a little more frequently than that. Google generally supports Nexus devices up to 3 years old don't they? Sure, it's not as long as Apple, but if you've ever tried using an older device with newer IOS then I can see why. Google's recommended EOL is actually 2 years..... Not 3. The Nexus 6 will not receive the major update after Nougat. The 5X and 6P will receive one more major update. Judge a product on its own merits AND the company that made it. How to setup MSI Afterburner OSD | How to make your AMD Radeon GPU more efficient with Radeon Chill | (Probably) Why LMG Merch shipping to the EU is expensive Oneplus 6 (Early 2023 to present) | HP Envy 15" x360 R7 5700U (Mid 2021 to present) | Steam Deck (Late 2022 to present) Mid 2023 AlTech Desktop Refresh - AMD R7 5800X (Mid 2023), XFX Radeon RX 6700XT MBA (Mid 2021), MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon (Early 2018), 32GB DDR4-3200 (16GB x2) (Mid 2022 Noctua NH-D15 (Early 2021), Corsair MP510 1.92TB NVMe SSD (Mid 2020), beQuiet Pure Wings 2 140mm x2 & 120mm x1 (Mid 2023), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 28, 2016 2 hours ago, Master Disaster said: Then your doing something very wrong, as long as you've got TWRP (or other recovery) access and a backup there's zero chance of a full and unrecoverable brick. Yup, hard bricking is rare on most devices from what I can tell. A boot loop or a fastboot is recoverable in the vast majority of cases, especially the first one. That's just a matter of going into recovery, wipe and install a working ROM. I only got a fastboot once when I was new to the scene and it just took me an hour or so to figure out what to do and then get a working device again (had some driver/software issue making USB connection problematic if I recall). So it's definitely rare to get into a non-trivial problem/situation when you know the basics (assuming that your device isn't one of the few that are a nightmare to work with). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 28, 2016 RIP my nexus 5, hopes CM14, i have already flashed ASOP on my nexus 5 but it was laggy and also alot of bugs such as cell network not working and battery saying i have 30 years standby times, I wish. Magical Pineapples