Does anyone know if any of these can be rooted or custom ROM very easily? (lemmy.world)

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I don’t need it to be with zero effort, but most of the instructions I find these days on XDA forums are extremely ambiguous and assume the reader is someone who does this every day and therefore knows most of the steps and what the terminology means.

Years ago when I used to do stuff like this more, directions were written meticulously and without abridgment of any elements. Seems today it’s not common for someone to go to the effort.

I’m extremely proficient, that’s not the issue. It’s just most instructions say stuff like “Step 1: root the phone. Step 2…” I’m like “whoa excuse me… how do I root this phone?”

Anyway, so all I’m asking is are there just comprehensive directions for any of these.

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[-] potentiallynotfelix 46 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

List of root availability status and guide if available

Samsung Galaxy A12: ✅XDA Forums
Samsung Galaxy j7 Refine: Your model requires root, might not be possible. Providing the specific model number(j737-something) can help.
Motorola E4: ✅Has official TWRP, you can find a generic rooting guide(or ask here) and root it with magisk.
UMX U693CL: ?XDA Forums this isn't a guide but it has custom recovery included, you should be able to flash magisk(if your device is even supported)
RCA Reno: Can't find any info easily
Jabrbox H460: Can't find any info easily
Sony/Ericsson Xperia LT22i: Might be possible? XDA Forums
LG L-83C: Might be possible with generic root method
LG AS730: XDA Forums
HTC Desire 530: CAUTION: Requires SuperSU(Proprietary). I would advise you use Magisk instead, it's the same as SuperSU but Libre and more modern. You can ask for help here if you need it, but pretty much replace the supersu zip file with the magisk apk, renamed to a zip XDA Forums

Some of these may not be as comprehensive as you like, but most of them seemed relatively simple. Also don't get discouraged by me not being able to find any info about them. If you put more effort in you might have better results.

BE CAUTIOUS! There are plenty of fake TWRP and Magisk websites, but the only place to get Official TWRP is twrp.me, or if it's not supported on your device, you can get a community build. The only place to get Magisk is on the Github page. It comes as an APK, but can be converted to a zip and flashed.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -4 points 2 months ago

You are way nicer than I am. It is better to have people google stuff before posting.

[-] potentiallynotfelix 8 points 2 months ago

OP did google, just didn't find good guides.

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