gonna talk about it on this account instead actually-
so i have two really old tablets from 2012, a nexus 7 and kindle fire
goal: play Colorful Stage on them
Nexus 7:
• charged overnight, it starts up
• found a sufficiently high version android rom that will run on it
• fastboot keeps returning mysterious errors, and googling them suggests i need to use a different usb cable. will keep an eye out for cables around the house as i clean, try them all later
Kindle Fire:
• it's charging! yay
so yeah, a bit of a roadblock, but it's coming along!!
i dont have much hope that the game will run well on either of them, but i should be able to at least get it running. thats my marker of success.
MIKU MIKU BEAAAMMM
THIS USB CABLE WORKS WE ARE OFFICIALLY GO FOR FLASHING A NEW ROM
it's installingggg
apparently it's normal for first boot to take a long time, on the order of hours, not minutes. sigh.
didnt work; rebooted into recovery mode. reformatting and trying again
im realizing how small the storage on this thing actually is; Colorful Stage will take up about 80% of it. it has an sd slot at least, as a last resort
second attempt let's goooo
back to the lineageos boot anim, good signnnn
YES IT WORKED IM IN LINEAGEOS
this project is dead i think
• im specifically seeking out roms of lineageOS that are android 8.1, since the game supposedly supports that
• however, the game does not show up in the play store
• so why not get it another way? well, no matter how i source the apk, i still need Google Play Services working properly to install + play it...
• ...which i do not. the play store will run *once*, then never again, instead giving an endless stream of notifications demanding i update Google Play Services, which i cannot do because i dont have Play Store working
• i cant install an update for that manually, either. i can find the apk but it doesnt seem to actually function. i will try again in the morning but im not hopeful
• so yeah Nexus 7 aint happening
• Kindle Fire cant get past 6.1 so thats fucked too
• i have a Galaxy S5 Active i could try but theres no fucking point, the goal was specifically for a tablet
:(
im pretty upset about this honestly. the three devices in question are all only 11-13 years old. theres no reason i should be unable to install a recent OS on them. this is either needless waste, or stuff i hold on to in hope of finding a use case and never do and then it goes spicy pillow.
im officially soliciting suggestions on what to do with them.
for some reason im trying again.
got further.
now the tablet reboots when i open firefox
@arborcodes you could try doing a linux install and using waydroid or anbox
