And here we go again. After I had been on a sick leave for three weeks because I ended up in a panic disorder state (which I got out after three weeks) I decided to prevent me from ending there again. I packed 8 banana boxes with all my projects (pc, paintings, camera and photography, writings, etc. etc.) and took them to my parents storage. Phew. That was that. I was so relieved.

But then they put this big container for electricity waste on our yard. The first laptop I found (Lenovo Ideapad which did not boot up even after hard resets etc.) gave me 128Gb ssd and 4Gb ram stick. The second one I found was Samsung 940x. No ssd installed but found one of my Ubuntu Mate installatios Usb stick and that machine is fast! Not having money now to either buying an ssd or sdcard (thought that Tails on sdcard could be good with this one).

Then there was two backs of wires. After I had sorted out the ones I think I can use I noticed a phone. Pixi3 4.5 4G model. Made a factory reset and charged it full and it works. But could I install LineageOs on it? Yes! 14.1 should work. So how to do it? I have only once rooted one very difficult phone and that was some years ago and because it was so painfull process my mind has pressed that to oblivion.

First to root. Well here is a nice oneclickroot apk. Nice! Install and check and yes, I got confirmation my phone can be rooted. But have to subscribe. I don't want to. Uninstalling oneclick.

But what about kingoroot apk. Installing. Root. Unable. Aargh. Uninstall kingo.

But are there other oneclicks? Yes, xda developer forum suggests many. Framaroot. Site not working or something. Root Master. An advertisement site. Aargh.

Ok. I install oneclick on pc. Doesn't recognize device. Manual check and no, not root for my 5017x model. Well I install kingoroot on my pc. Kaspersky things not. After stopping three different adawares my russian friend decides to delete the whole installation file from my machine. I accept.

So here I am. Wanting to get LineageOs to a crappy old android phone which I won't probably even use but just can't leave it. I wan't to try that Lineage and it can't be that difficult! I remember that last time I downloaded Android SDK tools or ADB or something and installed twrp or something and connected usb and got supersu and root access. Now I just can't find easy enough instruction to complete this procedure.

So... if there is someone who tries to spread LineageOs to the world and you like challenges - here I am. Alone in this cruel world which seems to mock me. Without getting a hit from managing to win this stupid crappy phone. If there is a very easy step by step guide - I didn't find it. I searched. Android. Maybe we just have to depart and maybe you just have to end up to the same place where I rescued you from. If you do not want to be saved - fine.

Edit: Decided to still try. found really good instructuions from xda forum for this phone. Very detailed and links to all things you need to download. Clicked the first link and ended up to endless advertisement site which you can't get back.