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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?
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all roms need root.
What do you mean by "need root"? To flash? A few comments above people were mentioning how grapheneos was explicitly against rooting, so not giving users root during runtime is definitely a thing.
Apologies if this is somewhat of a thread hijack, but what's the current state of "Android apps on Linux?" and is anyone aware of a guide to make this easier? It's in the state of one of those things that ought to be really easy and is probably (I'm not sure) hard due to Google resistances (as in, you used to just be able to run them in Chrome? My use case is "my kid has a Chromebook, and along with the stupid games,…
I had a Chromebook a few years ago and at that time one could run Android apps on it, is that no longer the case?
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How do I connect to a second VPN simultaneously?
Sadly, you can't, but most android VPN software will let you set the DNS servers and you can point to an advlocking resolver.
Does anyone know if it's possible to download and run the new Aperture camera on other devices? I see the source code at https://github.com/LineageOS/android_packages_apps_Aperture - but there are no downloads listed on https://www.apkmirror.com/uploads/?devcategory=lineageos
Why would you do this when GCam is the best photo camera available for Android phones? (Not video)
plus even on SD devices gcam can crash because of various reasons, so this could be easier to install, if just APK would work, though I doubt it will be that easy
also gcam options are really bare bone, can't even choose the resolution and other stuff, so in theory this could offer more options
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 did for a year then I realized Termux existed and now I run Arch Linux on my Android phone. It might still work without root (I didn't follow up to see if it would work)
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…
Apologies if this is somewhat of a thread hijack, but what's the current state of "Android apps on Linux?" and is anyone aware of a guide to make this easier? It's in the state of one of those things that ought to be really easy and is probably (I'm not sure) hard due to Google resistances (as in, you used to just be able to run them in Chrome? My use case is "my kid has a Chromebook, and along with the stupid games,…
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I had a Chromebook a few years ago and at that time one could run Android apps on it, is that no longer the case?
You definitely can. The experience is a mixed bag: they aren't often optimized for no-touch devices, and they often need more resources than low end devices can provide. But they definitely run without much work to install. I thought i was smart getting my kids Chromebooks but the frustrations about how poorly they run supercedes the value in my opinion.
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I think the same, that's why I settled on LineageOS+MicroG. No google spyware with near-perfect compatibility with the few non-Free apps I need to use. Slap an OS-wide content blocker for trackers and ads (AdAway) and a firewall in whitelist mode (AfWall+), and you're good to go! Great battery life and no spyware.
Does it get around root-detecting corporate spyware like Microsoft Authenticator by chance?
Your best bet is to just search for how to setup Xposed on your phone+ROM then try the different modules to see if one works for. Ideally build it yourself from source since you don't want to trust random code being injected into your trusted apps.