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Re: LineageOS Android Distribution

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Post by aynawn »

xrisk wrote: post #35
datalist wrote: post #31

I have used CyanogenMod, and later LineageOS, for quite some time and was pretty pleased with it. The problem is it seems to be past its prime. It dropped support for mainstream phones more and more and is currenly limited to either very old handsets or rather exotic manufacturers. The most recent Samsung S series they support is from 2014, almost six years ago. CM and LOS were also popular on the Nexus 4 and 5, thes…

I think that's just because stock ROMS have become good enough that we don't need custom ROMS; except for purposes like de-Googling your phone or removing stuff installed by your OEM.

Custom supported roms will continue to get security updates whereas oem roms get updates for maximum 3 years since phone release.

From a security perspective, custom roms are still worth it.

Re: LineageOS Android Distribution

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Post by EamonnMR »

underdown wrote: post #29
Jemm wrote: post #7

Been 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…

I wish I could buy another new OnePlus one. Phone lasted me three and a half years before I broke the screen and decided to upgrade. All while never having a case. Phone has a metal bezel that extends out past the edges of the glass and a sandpaper textured back that actually allows you to grip it. Eventually I dropped it one too many times flat on its face. I should have just figured out how to fix the screen. Its a…

The Six comes with a very thin rubber case with great grip and enough shock absorption that I haven't totally smashed it yet.

Re: LineageOS Android Distribution

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Post by jasonjayr »

wongarsu wrote: post #3

LineageOS 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…

I've mentioned this in another thread way back, but looking for a phone I could run LOS on, I worked out that starting here:

https://stats.lineageos.org/

And drilling down to the most popular phone for your country seems to turn up a fairly well supported model. I ended up with a Moto Z2 Force (https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/nash) for pretty cheap, and I've been happy with it.

Re: LineageOS Android Distribution

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Post by admax88q »

jotm wrote: post #21
ikrtx wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Also because many apps won't run on rooted phones. Funny how I can't use my bank's app but can do everything in the browser. I get the security concern in that case, tbf, but not when it's some entertainment app.

For entertainment apps it's mostly about thinking they're preventing piracy.

Re: LineageOS Android Distribution

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Post by phh »

zozbot234 wrote: post #26
phh wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, nowadays, for devices that started from Oreo or later, there is this thing called Project Treble where every device are guaranteed to boot AOSP of the same version. It is possible to use that to create generic lineage image, that just works on all devices released with oreo or later. Of course with those generic images, not everything will just work, but calling and camera are a given. There are unofficial buil…

Project Treble images are less "generic" than they sound - they vary by stock-OS version (Nougat, Oreo, Pie, Q/10), 32-vs.-64 bits, A-only vs. A+B boot.

That's still only one source code for all of them. (Nougat never had treble) the difference there between actually one single image and five is build time. There is no additional development needed.

And that still means that with five images you target several hundreds (probably thousands) devices. More than lineage will ever support

Re: LineageOS Android Distribution

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Post by izacus »

aynawn wrote: post #41
xrisk wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that's just because stock ROMS have become good enough that we don't need custom ROMS; except for purposes like de-Googling your phone or removing stuff installed by your OEM.

Custom supported roms will continue to get security updates whereas oem roms get updates for maximum 3 years since phone release. From a security perspective, custom roms are still worth it.

Except that a huge chunk of Android CVEs I've seen are related to vendor code which does not get updated in custom ROMs either.

And those are the painful ones, since drivers have kernel access. The security situation on Android is really less than ideal :/

Re: LineageOS Android Distribution

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Post by wazoox »

OJFord wrote: post #12
zozbot234 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

The third OnePlus model is an old one now? I remember the first one coming out (and haven't kept track of how many there have been) but I honestly don't think I do anything that needs more than what the first one would give me. (I actually have a Motorola One, which is on the 'Android One' mostly-stock long-term upgrade committment, and was about £150 new 18mo ago? £100 phone or less would be plenty powerful enpugh,…

I still have my OnePlus One as a spare phone. I can confirm the only missing feature is a fingerprint reader. Photo and video quality are fine, power is more than necessary, battery lasts long enough...

Re: LineageOS Android Distribution

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Post by wazoox »

xwvvvvwx wrote: post #46

iPhone user here. Increasingly curious about Android. If I installed LineageOS on a pixel3a, how much information would be going to google by default? How easy is it to avoid google altogether?

Very easy; the default is to have zero google proprietary stuff. In fact, you have to jump through some hoops to get Google play store, Maps etc installed, and it's getting harder and harder as Google locks its services down.

Simply set up your default search engine to DDG or whatever you want and your LineageOS phone will send exactly nil to Google.

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