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Re: LineageOS 20

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Post by geo-matik »

dur-randir wrote: post #77
meltyness wrote: post #5

Has anyone else ceased rooting their phone? It has begun to seem like an unnecessary risk, with the appearance of Android policies necessitating VPN Hotspot make manipulations to nftables, ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.mygod.vpnho... ), trusting Magisk, going without Clockwork Mod on many platforms, eschewing security updates. What benefits are you guys reaping from taking root, these days?

- TitaniumBackup - ability to monitor battery consumption - some dpi evasion apps (they sometimes work where no vpn gets through) - packet capture - Macrodroid - view wifi passwords - edit gps.conf, wifi configs, add custom root certs, change default font, etc - ssl cert unpinner - call recording - install Youtube Vanced over original one - allow screenshots from any app - forbid quick tiles access from lock screen (…

Half of these I have with my unrooted custom ROM. Beside, for most you only need root once and can remove it afterwards.

Re: LineageOS 20

#122

Post by opan »

leeoniya wrote: post #3

i recently discovered that google continues to neuter the ability to change the default Gallery and Camera apps settings (Android 11+). does lineage bring this config back or do you still have to edit files and move stuff to /system/priv-app? not sure if there was ever a way to change the default Contacts app through UI. hoping this new lineage is available for Zenfone 9 soon, which just got Android 13 OTA this month…

I run LineageOS without gapps and have no trouble setting defaults.

Re: LineageOS 20

#123

Post by rkagerer »

chenxiaolong wrote: post #81
meltyness wrote: post #5

Has anyone else ceased rooting their phone? It has begun to seem like an unnecessary risk, with the appearance of Android policies necessitating VPN Hotspot make manipulations to nftables, ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.mygod.vpnho... ), trusting Magisk, going without Clockwork Mod on many platforms, eschewing security updates. What benefits are you guys reaping from taking root, these days?

I root my phone for a few reasons (in no particular order): * Reverse engineering, mostly to satisfy my own curiosity, but also to verify that the few third party apps I install don't do scummy things behind my back. I mostly use frida [1] for this and if I want to change the behavior of something permanently, I make a module for LSPosed [2]. * Get rid of Android's awful app links feature [3]. I despise Android >=12'…

I wish a solution like [6] were more widely accessible to those without a deep understanding of Android boot system internals. I'd love to be the holder of my own master keys, and the ADB password override feature sounds convenient.

Re: LineageOS 20

#124

Post by Georgelemental »

dur-randir wrote: post #77
meltyness wrote: post #5

Has anyone else ceased rooting their phone? It has begun to seem like an unnecessary risk, with the appearance of Android policies necessitating VPN Hotspot make manipulations to nftables, ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.mygod.vpnho... ), trusting Magisk, going without Clockwork Mod on many platforms, eschewing security updates. What benefits are you guys reaping from taking root, these days?

- TitaniumBackup - ability to monitor battery consumption - some dpi evasion apps (they sometimes work where no vpn gets through) - packet capture - Macrodroid - view wifi passwords - edit gps.conf, wifi configs, add custom root certs, change default font, etc - ssl cert unpinner - call recording - install Youtube Vanced over original one - allow screenshots from any app - forbid quick tiles access from lock screen (…

Stock Android allows viewing Wi-Fi passwords these days

Re: LineageOS 20

#125

Post by TwoNineFive »

2-718-281-828 wrote: post #57

> ohmagoditfinallyhappened - LineageOS now has an awesome new camera app called Aperture! It is based on Google’s (mostly) awesome CameraX library and provides a much closer “to stock” camera app experience on many devices. Massive kudos to developers SebaUbuntu, LuK1337, and luca020400 who developed this initially, designer Vazguard, and to the entire team for working to integrate it into LineageOS and adapt it to o…

> photo quality was definitely a severe weak spot of LOS so far.

This is because of the proprietary closed-source blobs needed to make many newer cameras work. Lineage can't redistribute that code or they would get into legal shit.

Re: LineageOS 20

#126

Post by TwoNineFive »

geo-matik wrote: post #121
dur-randir wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

- TitaniumBackup - ability to monitor battery consumption - some dpi evasion apps (they sometimes work where no vpn gets through) - packet capture - Macrodroid - view wifi passwords - edit gps.conf, wifi configs, add custom root certs, change default font, etc - ssl cert unpinner - call recording - install Youtube Vanced over original one - allow screenshots from any app - forbid quick tiles access from lock screen (…

Half of these I have with my unrooted custom ROM. Beside, for most you only need root once and can remove it afterwards.

This is a weirdly arrogant authoritarian attitude you have against other's using their devices.

By using that unrooted custom ROM, it's not like root doesn't exist anymore, you just don't have it. The people who built the ROM have root, not you. They own your phone. It's their phone, not yours.

Having access to a root shell isn't bad, or dangerous, or a security risk. Not having means not having ownership of the device.

Re: LineageOS 20

#127

Post by kQq9oHeAz6wLLS »

otterlicious wrote: post #106
britneybitch wrote: post #7

Is there a reason LineageOS doesn't support recent Pixel hardware? I was planning to buy a Pixel to run Lineage, but the newest supported Pixels (5/5a) only have a support window of 3 years instead of 5 years for Pixel 6/7. And Pixel 5 is already close to 3 years old. I don't want to switch now if in a year I'll get hit with EOL and have to buy new hardware and switch to another OS.

LineageOS will keep providing OS updates long after Google stops providing updates for those Pixel devices, so you wouldn't have to buy new hardware or switch to another OS in a year.

Can confirm; on a Pixel 3 (blueline) and Lineage 20 is fully supported.

Re: LineageOS 20

#129

Post by TwoNineFive »

meltyness wrote: post #5

Has anyone else ceased rooting their phone? It has begun to seem like an unnecessary risk, with the appearance of Android policies necessitating VPN Hotspot make manipulations to nftables, ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.mygod.vpnho... ), trusting Magisk, going without Clockwork Mod on many platforms, eschewing security updates. What benefits are you guys reaping from taking root, these days?

Privacy and autonomy. If I don't have root then someone else owns it, and by extension, me.

Have zero cloud dependence. Nobody has my data but me. I pay nothing and give up nothing.

My phone is a linux box. I can ssh to it any time I want to get a shell. It has a permanent reverse ssh shell and OpenVPN connection out to my other systems. And no, this has almost no impact on power usage (if done correctly).

Real filesystem access without restrictions. This allows for full rsync backups and restores of any app and any data on the phone. I built a script that lets me easily backup and restore individual apps and even move/copy apps between Android devices. I also sync a variety of files on a regular basis (music, pictures, ebooks,...)

tcpdump to capture packets. I actually do this every couple of weeks/months, but it's not something I do regularly.

Call recording that actually works is impossible without root. skvalex is the best.

Adblocking, Bouncer, real screenshots in any app, real firewalling, disabling Doze and other stupid power savings that breaks shit, and a lot more.

Re: LineageOS 20

#130

Post by 2-718-281-828 »

TwoNineFive wrote: post #125
2-718-281-828 wrote: post #57

> ohmagoditfinallyhappened - LineageOS now has an awesome new camera app called Aperture! It is based on Google’s (mostly) awesome CameraX library and provides a much closer “to stock” camera app experience on many devices. Massive kudos to developers SebaUbuntu, LuK1337, and luca020400 who developed this initially, designer Vazguard, and to the entire team for working to integrate it into LineageOS and adapt it to o…

> photo quality was definitely a severe weak spot of LOS so far. This is because of the proprietary closed-source blobs needed to make many newer cameras work. Lineage can't redistribute that code or they would get into legal shit.

everybody here is aware of that ...
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