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Re: LineageOS 19

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Post by ajvs »

colordrops wrote: post #160
m3adow wrote: post #40

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Having the sandboxed Google Play services would be wonderful. I'm currently using LineageOS with microG and Aurora store, but quite a lot of apps do not properly run with microG. Having some kind of fallback alternative in a second user or even better a work profile would be great.

What apps dont run for you? Everything is working fine for me. Are you also using Magisk with the DenyList enabled?

Uber maps are totally inaccurate when you try to zoom in/out with microG (even with Mapbox), unfortunately had to reinstall GApps because of this.

Because of this I'd love to see GrapheneOS' sandboxed Google Play Services shims I'd love to see integrated into LineageOS.

Re: LineageOS 19

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Post by colordrops »

tymscar wrote: post #153
Markoff wrote: post #37

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You can install apps from Play Store through Aurora store without GSF. But I agree with your sentiment.

You can’t install paid apps and your google account can be terminated at any point for using Aurora store. So it’s out of the question for a lot of people

Other than paid apps you can use an anonymous or burner account for Aurora - no need to put your Google account at risk.

You can also migrate off google and not worry about it.

Re: LineageOS 19

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Post by ajvs »

deng wrote: post #82

I just switched to LineageOS 18 w/ MicroG and oh my lord is this stuff still complicated. I'm fairly familiar with this stuff and yet still it took me many hours to set everything up correctly. To be clear, this is not the fault of LineageOS, this is simply the state of the FOSS Android environment and the fact that Google has no interest in supporting this setup whatsoever, to put it mildly. Not only is it complicat…

You didn't need to transfer application data, swapping ROM/OS shouldn't touch that.

Re: LineageOS 19

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Post by nfriedly »

onli wrote: post #117
scns wrote: post #20

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https://www.sustaphones.com/ Gives you filters for battery replacement difficulty and headphone jacks. edit: add explanation

Thanks for linking to the site. I just updated it to include the new version. It's called 19.1 in their wiki and I'll just copy that version number for now.

That's a really cool site! Any chance you could add an additional filter for microSD support?

Re: LineageOS 19

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Post by dimensionc132 »

karteum wrote: post #10

I wish that LineageOS could accept the "signature spoofing" patch that is needed for microg (possibly with a toggle switch that would be "off" by default), so that we could avoid the need for the less-frequently-updated https://lineage.microg.org/ and properly install apps from Play Store without the Google Service Framework (that essentially give root access to Google on your smartphone). (and actually I also wish t…

Install a custom rom such as MokeeOS which is derived from Lineage sans microg

Re: LineageOS 19

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Post by dotancohen »

josephcsible wrote: post #87
dotancohen wrote: post #54

How similar do the devices have to be? I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite. LineageOS supports Galaxy Note10, Galaxy Note10+, and Galaxy Note10+ 5G. Might one of those builds work on my Galaxy Note 10 Lite?

In general, it has to be exact. There are some exceptions (e.g., the same build works on the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T), but that's rare, and it will be very clearly indicated if that's the case. Unfortunately, your phone does not appear to have such an exception.

Thank you.

Re: LineageOS 19

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Post by kevin_thibedeau »

FrenchAmerican wrote: post #141
deng wrote: post #82

I just switched to LineageOS 18 w/ MicroG and oh my lord is this stuff still complicated. I'm fairly familiar with this stuff and yet still it took me many hours to set everything up correctly. To be clear, this is not the fault of LineageOS, this is simply the state of the FOSS Android environment and the fact that Google has no interest in supporting this setup whatsoever, to put it mildly. Not only is it complicat…

After hesitation, I opted to go full on the "privacy above all" path - out of curiosity if it was possible and bearable. So no root, no GFS or substitute at all. Only tracer free apps (except my bank) and using browsers. I use a set of privacy add-ons (canvas fingerprinting etc) for wandering on the web and the "WebApps" app to isolate the web sites I use regularly and where I need to log into my account. Then the Tr…

If you're going to that level you should also consider your phone always compromised and unsuitable for running a banking app. Humans got by without them for a long time.

Re: LineageOS 19

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Post by yc-kraln »

SECProto wrote: post #115
lazyier wrote: post #34

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I won't buy a phone that I can't run LineageOS on. MicroG. Life is too short to struggle and play games with the spyware that ships on phones by default nowadays. Better to be able to blow it all away.

> I won't buy a phone that I can't run LineageOS on. MicroG. I won't buy one that doesn't have an aux port. Do you know any lineage-supporting modern phones that have an aux port (and an SD slot, ideally!) by chance?

Same. I had a OnePlus 5T and now I am on a Moto Edge.

Re: LineageOS 19

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Post by SECProto »

tjader wrote: post #126
SECProto wrote: post #115

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> I won't buy a phone that I can't run LineageOS on. MicroG. I won't buy one that doesn't have an aux port. Do you know any lineage-supporting modern phones that have an aux port (and an SD slot, ideally!) by chance?

You can filter for that on https://lineageosdevices.com/

Thanks for this link, exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. The lineageOS site is kind of impossible to use for that purpose - it uses random names that don't have anything clearly to do with the device

Re: LineageOS 19

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Post by snvzz »

zekica wrote: post #106
aaaaaaaaata wrote: post #55

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Lineage actively and knowingly break the Android Security Model in order to achieve widespread compatibility and reduce e-waste. Security is not their top competency, nor mission. Check out the pages on GrapheneOS.org, definitely seems they're who you're after.

Lineage doesn't "break" android security model. It works around OEMs that don't support installing your own keys in the bootloader. Otherwise, security model works the same as any other android. LineageOS's first priority isn't security - it's freedom. Graphene and CalyxOS have security as the first priority - but have only a couple of phones on their support list and they deprecate old devices as soon as they stop r…

>LineageOS's first priority isn't security - it's freedom.

But, importantly, they also care about security, and you'll get security updates faster and more often than with the vendor's stock ROM.

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