Advice on where to start - changing hardware in an old phone to newer hardware so it can function
I’ve been getting into CE recently, and I know this can be done (even if it is very difficult) but I need help on where to start and what I may need in order to do this, since I’ve never done anything like it before.
I have an old LG Cosmos 2 (VN251) with the slide out keyboard, and I want to make it my primary phone (text, call, and maybe YouTube)
The problem is, the internet system it used to use with Verizon does not exist anymore, but I know there is some way I can edit the hardware into using a more modern internet. How should I do this though? Any recommendations on what old phone parts I should buy to put into it? What kind of special tool/hardware should work?
If you have any other advice I’d love to hear it. I’m also hoping to get a degree in CE, advice on that would be great too!