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LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices

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Re: LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices

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Post by AnonCoward42 »

wanderingmind wrote: post #46

Happy user of LineageOS. Unfortunately I need a few apps that look for Play Store like Whatsapp, so I'm using LineageOS+ MicroG. Have been using an old Moto G7 for years and it has still been faster than most Samsung phones. Thinking of upgrading but I'm gonna wait until the phone physically breaks down which might still be a few years away. If you plan on installing Lineage, I strongly recommend buying Motorola phon…

I wanna add Xiaomi, however with the caveat that I like neither bootloader unlock procedure. Xiaomi wants to install their software on the host (I recommend a VM), you need a SIM installed, and you have to wait 7 or 14 days for the unlock to work (on MIUI at least, Android One does not have that). On Motorola you have to connect to the internet for 3 days at least and you may not interrupt it otherwise it resets (I heard 7 days max, but not sure if it resets indefinitely). You need an account on both of them btw.

The best experience is probably with Google and maybe OnePlus, but I did not have any myself recently.

Re: LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices

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Post by samtheprogram »

dghlsakjg wrote: post #29
bsimpson wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple has claimed to be at the forefront of design for decades,but their UIs look just as garbage as many others at elderly font sizes. It would actually be nice if they shipped a small phone to get regular developers to care about constrained layouts, and then shipped a Pro Max Tab whatever that was the same proportions, but with everything scaled up.

They ship the iPhone SE. That’s about as small as you can reasonably expect any smartphone to be.

I just got an iPhone SE 1st gen, for the size and headphone jack. It's great.

Re: LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices

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Post by ffgjgf1 »

vincnetas wrote: post #39
dghlsakjg wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They ship the iPhone SE. That’s about as small as you can reasonably expect any smartphone to be.

Oh how things changed when iPhone 5 (4'') was considered normal phone and anything from 5'' up was a phablet. Now you have basic phones starting from 6''.

To be fair the screen to surface ratio was pretty awful before the X.

Re: LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices

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Post by wanderingmind »

AnonCoward42 wrote: post #61
wanderingmind wrote: post #46

Happy user of LineageOS. Unfortunately I need a few apps that look for Play Store like Whatsapp, so I'm using LineageOS+ MicroG. Have been using an old Moto G7 for years and it has still been faster than most Samsung phones. Thinking of upgrading but I'm gonna wait until the phone physically breaks down which might still be a few years away. If you plan on installing Lineage, I strongly recommend buying Motorola phon…

I wanna add Xiaomi, however with the caveat that I like neither bootloader unlock procedure. Xiaomi wants to install their software on the host (I recommend a VM), you need a SIM installed, and you have to wait 7 or 14 days for the unlock to work (on MIUI at least, Android One does not have that). On Motorola you have to connect to the internet for 3 days at least and you may not interrupt it otherwise it resets (I h…

You need an account for Motorola bootloader unlock, but at least a few years ago they used to email the unlock key instantly. It could have changed since, but if you see the supported devices, there are far more in Motorola compared to other OEMs.

Re: LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices

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Post by wstone »

drewzero1 wrote: post #49
vincnetas wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh how things changed when iPhone 5 (4'') was considered normal phone and anything from 5'' up was a phablet. Now you have basic phones starting from 6''.

I had an iPhone 4 and then a 5c (same size as the 5). The 4 was usually fine, sometimes a bit cramped, but the 5c really hit the sweet spot for screen size and one-handed usability. Someday I hope someone makes a decent modern phone just like the 5c.

And bring back the plastic back (albeit using recycled supermarket bags or whatever). The 5c was such a great phone.

Re: LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices

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Post by i5-2520M »

encom wrote: post #60
riedel wrote: post #37

Lineage is as much standard android experience as you can get after market without any gaming/styling mods. If google was series about AOSP and sustainability they should embrace lineage and at least give a non-rooted lineage with a relocked bootloader on pixel phones a safety-net pass. Lineage has been very careful to not piss off google by not including microg or alternative webview signatures or means to circumven…

I never understood the banking app thing. I can use my banks website to manage my finances, using my built-from-source Gentoo Linux computer. Why must a phone then be totally locked down?

Bank would probably prefer if they could lock that websi5e down as well.

Re: LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices

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Post by colordrops »

deng wrote: post #44
colordrops wrote: post #31

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I haven't found any apps that aren't fooled by Magisk+Zygisk, and I've got hundreds installed, including dozens of banking and finance apps. The thing that really screws me up are ad blockers. The app doesn't work, and I assume it's detecting the unlocked phone, but then realize my ad blocker is preventing certain network calls.

True, but of course Magisk is not part of LineageOS and is yet another part of the system you need to take care of (for instance, you usually need to remember to uninstall/re-install it before/after every OTA update).

Yeah the OTA update bit is not great. I wish they'd package a version with Magisk bundled.

Anyway I use Microg and don't have any google services on my phone so it's worth it.

Re: LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices

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Post by adithyassekhar »

riedel wrote: post #37

Lineage is as much standard android experience as you can get after market without any gaming/styling mods. If google was series about AOSP and sustainability they should embrace lineage and at least give a non-rooted lineage with a relocked bootloader on pixel phones a safety-net pass. Lineage has been very careful to not piss off google by not including microg or alternative webview signatures or means to circumven…

I don't think Lineage want to work for a device manufacturer, that's how it got formed in the first place.

Re: LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices

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Post by bakugo »

encom wrote: post #60
riedel wrote: post #37

Lineage is as much standard android experience as you can get after market without any gaming/styling mods. If google was series about AOSP and sustainability they should embrace lineage and at least give a non-rooted lineage with a relocked bootloader on pixel phones a safety-net pass. Lineage has been very careful to not piss off google by not including microg or alternative webview signatures or means to circumven…

I never understood the banking app thing. I can use my banks website to manage my finances, using my built-from-source Gentoo Linux computer. Why must a phone then be totally locked down?

> I can use my banks website to manage my finances, using my built-from-source Gentoo Linux computer.

Only because hardware attestation is not yet a thing on desktop browsers. Google and Microsoft are working hard to change that, though.

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