On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Russell Coker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:29:13 Paul Dwerryhouse wrote: >> On 12/08/14 16:03, Russell Coker wrote: >> > Failing that has anyone got KDE's support for media devices to work with >> > an >> > Android 4.4 device connected via USB? >> >> Or root your phone, install busybox (or Debian) and run an ssh/sftp >> server? ;) > > http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-on-linuxubuntu/ > > http://nexus4root.com/ > > How reliable is the process of rooting a phone using instructions such as the > above? Can I expect it to work without wiping the phone data? > I cant speak for the nexus4root but have used heimdall to root and/or install customs Roms on 3 GS3's a galaxy note 10.1 and a galaxy TAB 2 all with no problems to date YMMV
Normal rules apply fully charge battery be patient if it takes some time and as always there is a small risk of bricking if power goes out etc but that can be mitigated a bit by using a laptop with a fully charged battery as well to do the job > The Nexus 4 doesn't have the external SD card issue, but it would still be > nice to have it rooted if possible. > > -- > My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ > My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ > > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main -- Mark "Pockets" Clohesy Mob Phone: (+61) 406 417 877 Email: [email protected] G-Talk: [email protected] GNU/Linux..Linux Counter #457297 - "I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code" "Linux is user friendly...its just selective about who its friends are" _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
