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Re: LineageOS 20

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Post by jjcon »

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…

I’m curious about this as well. Are these packages open source as well? I’d love to peruse the camerax code -

edit - someone else linked it: https://github.com/LineageOS/android_packages_apps_Aperture

Re: LineageOS 20

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Post by CretinDesAlpes »

I don't want to hijack this post but I wanted to let people know I am running a Fairphone 4 (5 year warranty, 5G ready, one of the most ethical and repairable phone that exists in the market) with CalyxOS (which is based on Android 13). The experience is pretty amazing, and with a combination of FOSS apps through F-droid and microG + Aurora Store, I have managed to have a fully functional phone without connecting my phone to a gmail address/account. All my bank apps are working 100% surprisingly (I am in the UK and also have a French bank).

I am really grateful to open source developers spending time doing this, be it LineageOS, CalyxOS, microG, Aurora, F-droid or all the open source apps on F-Droid. It's also interesting to see how Google is now departing from the native open source Android, making its own version optimized for the Pixel phones (and only releasing their flagship app like Camera for the Pixel) and locking you in with a Google account like Apple is doing!

Re: LineageOS 20

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Post by petodo »

yoavm wrote: post #50
petodo wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

he means you can't install custom ROM without unlocked bootloader which is essentially root access

Root access and unlocked bootloader are very different things. Many apps need root access to work, and having an unlocked bootloader won't help. On the other hand, installing another ROM requires an unlocked bootloader, but having root access won't help with it.

you can't have root access without unlocked bootloader, simple as that

I can access everything as root from recovery with unlocked bootloader without having actual root in system, root just make it more convenient after proper boot

Re: LineageOS 20

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Post by [deleted] »

CretinDesAlpes wrote: post #62

I don't want to hijack this post but I wanted to let people know I am running a Fairphone 4 (5 year warranty, 5G ready, one of the most ethical and repairable phone that exists in the market) with CalyxOS (which is based on Android 13). The experience is pretty amazing, and with a combination of FOSS apps through F-droid and microG + Aurora Store, I have managed to have a fully functional phone without connecting my…

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Re: LineageOS 20

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[deleted] wrote: post #65
CretinDesAlpes wrote: post #62

I don't want to hijack this post but I wanted to let people know I am running a Fairphone 4 (5 year warranty, 5G ready, one of the most ethical and repairable phone that exists in the market) with CalyxOS (which is based on Android 13). The experience is pretty amazing, and with a combination of FOSS apps through F-droid and microG + Aurora Store, I have managed to have a fully functional phone without connecting my…

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Re: LineageOS 20

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Post by HelixEndeavor »

CretinDesAlpes wrote: post #62

I don't want to hijack this post but I wanted to let people know I am running a Fairphone 4 (5 year warranty, 5G ready, one of the most ethical and repairable phone that exists in the market) with CalyxOS (which is based on Android 13). The experience is pretty amazing, and with a combination of FOSS apps through F-droid and microG + Aurora Store, I have managed to have a fully functional phone without connecting my…

Man, I would love to get a Fairphone, but they won't sell it to the US, and even if I spent an exorbitant amount having it imported, the modem inside isn't programmed for US frequencies so network compatibility will be flaky or non-existent. But it just seems like the perfect phone to me...

Re: LineageOS 20

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Post by zozbot234 »

zoobab wrote: post #64

I mirrored CyanogenMod here: http://zoobab.wikidot.com/cyanogenmod-roms-archive Just wondering how many of those devices were abandoned by LineageOS devs.

Very interesting. You could propose mirroring the list of supported devices on the LineageOS wiki (which does list all devices that were supported by LineageOS in the past) and/or the pmOS wiki (the latter because older devices will likely never support current Android, but a barebones Linux install is more likely to be useful). Then people can look into reviving devices that they have access to or can buy second-hand. (A secondary goal would be listing relevant technical specs for them, so as to spot those that could be supported most easily, e.g. on a mainline kernel free of binary blobs.)

Re: LineageOS 20

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Post by dbeley »

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?

You don't have to root your LineageOS install, I personally run a LOS device without root. I think some adblocking solutions need root so it might be a valid use case for some people.

Re: LineageOS 20

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Post by Dwedit »

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 rooted because I needed an app that would physically prevent the battery from charging past a certain point. Had just replaced a puffed-up battery, and wanted to try to prevent problems from overcharging.
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