[Bglug] Looking for rootable phone

[Andrew Howlett]

There are two features I need:

1. turn on automatically when power is connected. don't need root for this, but my existing phone won't do it and g4 will

2. turn on hotspot when phone boots and check every ten minutes to make sure hotspot is still up. in theory there are apps that should do this but none of them were reliable enough for me. needs to be reliable because i'm remoting an alarm system through this phone.

andrew h.

On 2021-03-17 10:11 a.m., Paul Widmer wrote:
> Glad to hear you got something Andrew.  I will post here if/when I have some time to play with this and root some and old phone.
>
> What are some of the motivators in using a rooted phone?  In the past I did it to have a hotspot.  Now this is mainstream ;)  Now I would prefer a phone where I can remove all the default apps and have the option of only having what is needed.  Why do others want to have a rooted phone?
>
> On Wed., Mar. 17, 2021, 9:56 a.m. LP, <LPCC at pm.me <mailto:LPCC at pm.me>> wrote:
>
>     If you go to XDA-Developers
>     LinuxPusher has excellent install instruction follow up for Moto G4
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>     -------- Original Message --------
>     On Mar. 17, 2021, 9:51 a.m., Andrew Howlett < andrew at howlett.net <mailto:andrew at howlett.net>> wrote:
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>
>         Hi guys. Looked at a bunch of phones. Price is an issue. Ordered a moto g4 on ebay for $75. Limited to android 7 but should do what I want and excellent instructions on the web. Will post more when it arrives.
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