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I have carried this phone solo for 2 days now and she does everything but her battery needs some recharge in late afternoon.

I am not done determining the best combination of browser and stand alone apps to do everything my other phones do and so far Netflix seems to be the only thing that does not work.

My best process for apps for this phone has been has been to use apk mirror on my computer which allows me to search an extensive set of older app versions (easily) and download the apk and then transfer to my phone's microsd card for installation. By far Firefox (opera mini works but less well) seems to be the best choice for accessing many things in place of the dedicated app (amazon, ebay) but some older versions of apps work just fine (audible), it's a mixed road to success.

Super Rare. New In Box

Hey to those of you who like this phone, I just recently bought one from Ebay and am working to a path of restoring it to a useful state. When I received this phone it was in very bad shape (listing said unlocked, restored, good condition)...um no. Upon arrival the battery was completely discharged, after getting enough charge in the battery, the power button woke the phone not to a setup screen but to the home screen, after a reboot the phone boot looped for about 30 minutes until I finally got into the settings to reset/restore to new. I spent a day trying out the android 6 with apps but unfortunately after a bit the phone boot looped 2 more times.

I decided the best path was to unlock the bootloader and do a custom rom but unfortunately the phone was carrier locked! Over a few days I got the phone carrier unlocked, unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP, and flashed the android 11 AICP rom, root, and gapps (see pictures).

The phone is useable, Wi-Fi, BT, texts/calls but for a reason I cannot yet figure out the phone can connect to my cell service make calls and text but will not do a LTE data connection (still trying to get that working). Apps are no problem but 2 gigs of ram means apps one or two at a time.