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Unfortunately I won't be able to the same on mine, because I need my banking apps to work for two-factor authentication.
Just one bank in my area allows for a hardware key and I don't have an account there.
It appears that I'm forced to have an up-to-date device with its original OS to do banking.
Why LineageOS stopped supporting newer Xiaomi phones?
VoLTE also has ended the lives of many devices as 3g networks have shut down. Samsung's VoLTE isn't supported in Lineage, so that vendor is gone.
There could be a few reasons.
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Take something as simple and necessary like Messenger or WhatsApp. Try to use it with no previous knowledge, texting, calling, turning on camera during call. All the text the UI displays, how it is worded. It's ridiculously unintuitive, not inclusive, a real barrier. There should be law to mandate the UI of any app beyond a userbase of 100M. If you say that would severely restrict apps becoming that big, yeah that wo…
Recently I was helping someone in my life who'd gone through a stroke (not too old or tech-unsavvy) to learn a password manager and go through various websites' password reset flows. It really forced me to confront the reality of what you described, i.e. that computing really has become an inscrutable, confusing mess where nothing makes sense and we've just come to accept it. It used to feel like being "tech savvy" m…
You'll always need a password and some difficult second factor for your Apple/Google account, but when you've got that sorted, the rest becomes do much easier.
[0] https://privsec.dev/posts/android/choosing-your-android-base...
Installed lineageos on Mi A1 few months ago as some apps stopped offering android 9 support, this is one of the few phones that do not report unlocked bootloader to safety net so it works with banking apps too. For my surprise, the lineageos is much snappier and battery life is longer, so it's win-win. Be warned though, Google's own Android backup system is completely useless, so make sure you export your important d…
The only problem is that the process of installing an alternative OS on a phone is very technical -- much more than installing Linux on a PC, and even that is too much for most users.
Why LineageOS stopped supporting newer Xiaomi phones?
If the vendor locks the bootloader tightly, or uses a chipset that does so, then a custom ROM isn't possible. VoLTE also has ended the lives of many devices as 3g networks have shut down. Samsung's VoLTE isn't supported in Lineage, so that vendor is gone. There could be a few reasons.
Dear LineageOS and other third party Android OS users (including waydroid), Google wages a war against us using 3rd party apps as a proxy. They are pretending that Play Integrity API (previously SafetyNet) protects the user, and recommend it to app developers. What can you do against this? Before trying anything to circumvent PlayIntegrityAPI/SafetyNet, start by opening a ticket (sending a mail, adding a comment on p…
What do you mean by that? The secure boot chain (all the way from the boot ROM) must not be broken for "hardware-backed" Play Integrity to pass. How could you reuse firmware with that in mind?
I install Lineage on the phones of the elderly at local care homes and any people who are interested in prolonging the life of their old phones. Poor people can't afford a new phone every two years. When in your 80's you dont need or want the constant nagging of apps pestering you when all you want to do is text and call your family and friends. I use abd to delete/disable every unnecessary useless app and leave them…
>When in your 80's you dont need or want the constant nagging of apps pestering you when all you want to do is text and call your family and friends. I'm nowhere near 80 or retirement and I have the same sentiment. Add datamining concerns to the list. The modern smart phone can stay off my lawn. I get enough Internet here at my desk.
I install Lineage on the phones of the elderly at local care homes and any people who are interested in prolonging the life of their old phones. Poor people can't afford a new phone every two years. When in your 80's you dont need or want the constant nagging of apps pestering you when all you want to do is text and call your family and friends. I use abd to delete/disable every unnecessary useless app and leave them…
>ageist demeaning Doro Not everything is an ism. Doro makes phones for people with poor eyesight. Most of those people are old. Glancing at their product catalogue, it doesn't seem much different from what you're doing with Lineage OS. Not everyone will have a geeky son to make a customised Lineage phone. Doro fills a niche. Be thankful someone does.