I know it's a first world problem, but feels like I should do something with my Duo 2 other than let it further bit-rot in a cupboard. I already have an any Ayn Thor to play retro games on, so other ideas? Or just keep it as a museum piece?
Azahar does not support Surface Duo dual screen out-of-the-box. There is a fork that does, you can download the APK from the release assets: https://github.com/Slion/azahar/releases
That should make it a lot easier to get up and running. It's WIP, rough edges expected.
See also that post.
Any ideas about a battery replacement. My duo 2 only goes to 10% so kinda just a expensive paperweight at the momen as dies almost instantly.
Any ideas on battery replacement in the UK?
This is a small quick guide I used not even an hour ago to unbrick mine from the dreaded frp lock that has turned a ton of these phones into paper weights.
Step One: Get into a web browser. You can do this by viewing terms and service and clicking on pretty much any link that takes you to a web browser. From there get to any frp bypss site like https://gsmneofrp.net/en/
Step Two: Once you are in virtually any frp bypass site click on the button there that takes you to screen lock set. Do pin and repeatedly input any 4 digit pin of your choice like 1111 or whatever. It will crash after confirm but just keep doing it. (It took 20 attempts for me) Eventually it will let you though and you can setup as normal.
Hurrah you can now use your awesome two screen phone! If you try this and it does not work for your phone please leave a comment so people can keep searching for bypass methods for these phones.
