>0 WuMing2 @ 2026/09/04 13:19
IRC is complicated because of my TZ. Mailing list apparently has not much use. Here too but I like it better. Fond memories of BBSs. New to Android. Not to UNIX and UNIX like desktop. Anyone willing to explain the practical difference between rooting Android and flashing Android? I explain. I have an old Samsung Galaxy phone. Want to try Sailfish OS. Original procedure from 2022: TWRP, Lineage OS (LOS) then Sailfish OS. I have read about Odin to flash partitions with firmware images. Then came Heimdall. Then samloader-rs, built on the latter, as part of instructions to install newer LOS. Do I still need TWRP with Heimdall/samloader-rs and LOS recovery? Do I still need rooting?
>1 ecjonas @ 2026/09/10 00:33
>>OP To root Android is to get access to the root account. To flash Android is to completely rewipe the hardware EEPROM and write a new firmware to it. Samsung devices are tricky to flash, check your flash lock status. It's shown on the download screen I think?
>2 WuMing2 @ 2026/09/13 11:11
>>1 Not sure about the meaning but in very small characters with some zooming I can barely read: Odin Mode Product Name: GT-I9505 Current Binary: Samsung Official System Status: Official Knox Kernel Lock: 0x0 Knox Warranty Void: 0x0 Csb-Config-Lsb: 0x30 Secure Download: Enable Write Protection: Enable eMMC Burst Mode: enabled