LineageOS Android Distribution
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LineageOS Android Distribution
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Re: LineageOS Android Distribution
#2LineageOS was great a few years ago when I used it with my older Nexus devices, but it doesn't seem as maintained nowadays. There's no images for the newer Pixel devices and no Android 10 support, which is a huge shame.
Magisk/stock is what I've been using of late.
Re: LineageOS Android Distribution
#3LineageOS is great, my one complaint is that it is almost never available for the phones I own. You basically have to get phones according to their popularity in a certain subgroup: for example currently one HTC model and two LG models are supported, but close to everything from OnePlus.
I know I can get unofficial builds, put apart from the sometimes quite severe missing features (calling or camera not or only partially working) I don't want to trust random people on a forum to provide a build of an OS without including malware. It just looks like a prime target for all the intelligence services of the world, and a nice target for hackers. With official builds there's at least some accountability somewhere to mitigate this.
Re: LineageOS Android Distribution
#4LineageOS was great a few years ago when I used it with my older Nexus devices, but it doesn't seem as maintained nowadays. There's no images for the newer Pixel devices and no Android 10 support, which is a huge shame. Magisk/stock is what I've been using of late.
I don't think people use ROMs as much as they used to. Especially since mobiles are so fast nowadays that they don't get slow even if the ROM is bloated.
Re: LineageOS Android Distribution
#5LineageOS is great, my one complaint is that it is almost never available for the phones I own. You basically have to get phones according to their popularity in a certain subgroup: for example currently one HTC model and two LG models are supported, but close to everything from OnePlus. I know I can get unofficial builds, put apart from the sometimes quite severe missing features (calling or camera not or only parti…
This may help https://github.com/nitrocode/phone-code-names
Re: LineageOS Android Distribution
#6LineageOS was great a few years ago when I used it with my older Nexus devices, but it doesn't seem as maintained nowadays. There's no images for the newer Pixel devices and no Android 10 support, which is a huge shame. Magisk/stock is what I've been using of late.
There's some speculation that the newer Pixel devices will be getting mainline (or close-enough-to-mainline) kernel support. So it should be relatively easy to work on a clean postmarketOS build for those, as opposed to relying on the AOSP-like LineageOS.
Re: LineageOS Android Distribution
#7Been using lineageOS 16 on my OnePlus phone for years.
LineageOS has allowed me to use my perfectly fine phone much much longer than the normal upgrade cycle. And this has saved me money.
More importantly my phone remains in use rather than being thrown away and a new one purchased saving about 4 phones from landfill (my guess based on a 2 year upgrade cycle).
Apple with all their environmental goodness claims locks their phones down from both custom rooms and from re-use after donation. Most donated phones have an iCloud lock with no way to contact the previous owner to request an unlock,
Re: LineageOS Android Distribution
#8Been using lineageOS 16 on my OnePlus phone for years. LineageOS has allowed me to use my perfectly fine phone much much longer than the normal upgrade cycle. And this has saved me money. More importantly my phone remains in use rather than being thrown away and a new one purchased saving about 4 phones from landfill (my guess based on a 2 year upgrade cycle). Apple with all their environmental goodness claims locks…
> LineageOS has allowed me to use my perfectly fine phone much much longer than the normal upgrade cycle. And this has saved me money.
OnePlus actually does a pretty fine job of supporting even their "older" models. The OP3 and OP3T were running up-to-date "stock" OS's not too long ago.
Re: LineageOS Android Distribution
#9LineageOS is great, my one complaint is that it is almost never available for the phones I own. You basically have to get phones according to their popularity in a certain subgroup: for example currently one HTC model and two LG models are supported, but close to everything from OnePlus. I know I can get unofficial builds, put apart from the sometimes quite severe missing features (calling or camera not or only parti…
While popularity of phones plays some part, mostly this is down to the manufacturers. HTC are well-known for providing locked-down devices; even if you're looking for a near-stock experience, HTC tends not to be recommended.
Samsung is similar in this regard, though they get away with it somewhat more than HTC due to demand.
In short, don't complain to/about Lineage. Vote with your pocket and buy more open phones.
Re: LineageOS Android Distribution
#10LineageOS is great, my one complaint is that it is almost never available for the phones I own. You basically have to get phones according to their popularity in a certain subgroup: for example currently one HTC model and two LG models are supported, but close to everything from OnePlus. I know I can get unofficial builds, put apart from the sometimes quite severe missing features (calling or camera not or only parti…
About HTC, I used to run Lineage my One/m7. After upgrading to the One/m9 I switched to AICP, and I'm very happy with it!
AICP really let me down only once: I'm semi-religiously doing the weekly security updates. Once that broke the installation, because it was a major version upgrade (I think Oreo to Nougat). I suppose I should have wiped and installed it manually, but the AICP update center just enqueued it like a regular security update.