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Re: LineageOS 20

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Post by narag »

I've wasted the best part of the past hour trying to find a phone that's supported and under 200€ in the online page of a nearby shop. Not sure about the reason, there are older and newer phones in both, but never at the same time :-(

Re: LineageOS 20

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narag wrote: post #51

I've wasted the best part of the past hour trying to find a phone that's supported and under 200€ in the online page of a nearby shop. Not sure about the reason, there are older and newer phones in both, but never at the same time :-(

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Re: LineageOS 20

#54

Post by pizza234 »

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?

> What benefits are you guys reaping from taking root, these days?

Backups!

Re: LineageOS 20

#55

Post by deng »

4cao wrote: post #15
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?

> What benefits are you guys reaping from taking root, these days? On stock Android 12+ (LineageOS 19+), superuser access is necessary even to customize the default color scheme. (Except on Google Pixel devices, which have the UI for this built-in: but that's proprietary, not part of AOSP.) The most common use cases would be easily installing and updating apps from third-party stores (such as F-Droid through their Pr…

If you install lineageos from microg

https://lineage.microg.org/

then F-Droid will already be installed with system extensions and you won't need root.

Re: LineageOS 20

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Post by 2-718-281-828 »

> 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 our massive array of supported devices!

somebody tested the camera app already? photo quality was definitely a severe weak spot of LOS so far.

Re: LineageOS 20

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Post by SXX »

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?

VPN for tethering users require root. The way Apple / Google screw with users to make telco happy is awful.

Re: LineageOS 20

#59

Post by meltyness »

wistlo wrote: post #46
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?

Yes, I stopped when I switched from a OnePlus 3T to Pixel 5. My provider (and employer) kicked the 3T off the wireless network because it was not "4G compatible", though it very much is. The Pixel 5 was discounted for purchase, so I got a new phone in a hurry and never rooted it. I really miss the pure red night color mode that required root, and with Magisk it finally became reasonably easy to cloak from bank apps a…

I'm more concerned about the carrier vertical agreements you allude to. I thought someone in government would have popped this pimple by now.

Re: LineageOS 20

#60

Post by wesapien »

acidburnNSA wrote: post #28
andrepd wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Magisk (root app) has options to hide itself to selected apps. I had one app complain abouy beinh rooted and I added it to the hidelist. It worked. After that, I just added all my apps that don't need root to the hidelist. There is also sanboxing that creates separate environments (personal/work). I've used Island and I'm now using Shelter sandboxing after reading privacyguides. I mainly used it to run two instances of a voip phone app so I can have 2 phone numbers.
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