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Re: LineageOS 16.0

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Post by JansjoFromIkea »

igetspam wrote: post #71
JansjoFromIkea wrote: post #56

One thing I've tried to find for a few years but couldn't was a version of Android that focuses on being offline as much as possible. A stable build that allows the installation of APKs and can receive calls but has no wifi and (to the greatest extent possible) is incapable of internet access. A phone with no wifi and no built in browser would probably suffice, you could then control which apps you can access by whic…

You can do it. I've built custom ROMs from the lineage code base that stripped out Bluetooth, GPS, phone, messaging, etc. It's not that hard, just time consuming.

Cool! Was there any reason you were doing it?

Almost certainly beyond my skill level but outta curiosity, is disabling data (meaning all uses of the network other than fundamental things like texts and calls) something that could be done? I suspect probably not

Re: LineageOS 16.0

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Post by genpfault »

jabberthemutt wrote: post #48

I put lineageos onto several devices in the past year and they exhibited some mysterious slowness and reduced battery time. I checked everything I could imagine, CPU usage, I/O, but nothing was significant enough to explain this. I love lineageos, what can I do to find out what strains and drains my hardware?

Turn off AudioFX. That was holding wakelocks a bunch on my Moto G4 Play and a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 with LineageOS 14.1.

Used BetterBatteryStats[1] to track it down.

[1]: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

Re: LineageOS 16.0

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Post by tracker1 »

0xname wrote: post #13
kbenson wrote: post #3

So, if I wanted to buy a good middle of the road (or even somewhat cheap) phone that has good LineageOS support, what would the community (of LineageOS or HN) recommend? I looked on /r/LineageOS and found some older posts (a year plus) that claim to give some insight on this. Those might still be fairly accurate, but the same conditions that would cause me to need a guide also mean I wouldn't know if one is still acc…

Older models of either Google or Oneplus phones seem fine, I have been using a Nexus 6p with no problems other than some battery life but that's expected given how long it's been used.

Replace it sooner than later... my 6p's battery lost a lot of life, charging became irratic, then it literally caught fire when the tech was replacing the screen and battery. Now on a Pixel 2 XL (since I couldn't wait for the 6p replacement at the time).

Re: LineageOS 16.0

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Post by tracker1 »

Dunedan wrote: post #29

What's really a shame is that with each new version of LineageOS a lot of devices are dropped from being supported. I have some perfectly functioning devices (including a 2014 flagship device from Samsung), which will very likely stay stuck on LineageOS 14.1.

A lot of that is proper drivers for the next version against Android's mainline. Since phone carriers and vendors often don't do the updates, the hardware is stuck, even for third parties. Sometimes a given chip might be supported if/when a similar hardware phone sees an updated Android, and someone skilled in the community can dump the drivers and port them to something like Lineage or another custom/modern rom.

Re: LineageOS 16.0

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Post by slezyr »

JansjoFromIkea wrote: post #90
slezyr wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just install AFWall+ or NetGuard from F-Droid and set that only whitelisted apps allowed to connect. I don't see a need to create separate mod for this.

I haven't used these, but the problem here being that the user who can set up a whitelist will (presumably) be just as easily able to edit the whitelist. Along with that I've had issues in the past with whitelists where I disabled something where the IP address wound up being a dependency for something else I was using.

You whitelist apps in those firewalls, not IPs. But I think I saw there some IP lists also.

Re: LineageOS 16.0

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Post by lrvick »

fro0116 wrote: post #33

I'd personally love to see a ROM that focuses less on customizations and adding their own "flavor" to Android, and just attempts to track AOSP as closely as possible while supporting as many devices as possible, so users whose devices are no longer supported by their manufactures (or who just don't like the customizations the manufacturers have made to the UX) can continue enjoying the latest Android improvements in…

https://github.com/hashbang/os

Re: LineageOS 16.0

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Post by blablabla123 »

juliangoldsmith wrote: post #86
Ao7bei3s wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the other hand, the latest two OnePlus phones (6 and 6T), the older of which was released 9 months ago, still aren't supported. (Apparently the reason is LineageOS' lack of / in-development state of A/B partition support which would enable safer upgrades.)

I've been using one of z3ntu's builds of Lineage 16.0 on the OP6 for quite a while, and it's worked pretty well for me. I'm somewhat surprised they aren't including the OP6 in the initial supported devices, but there could be lingering bugs with hardware. (Blurry photos, for instance.)

I have the 6T, still waiting for a stable ROM. But about the photos, they can easily get blurry too with the preinstalled OxygenOS.

Re: LineageOS 16.0

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Post by cmroanirgo »

bubblethink wrote: post #59
fro0116 wrote: post #33

I'd personally love to see a ROM that focuses less on customizations and adding their own "flavor" to Android, and just attempts to track AOSP as closely as possible while supporting as many devices as possible, so users whose devices are no longer supported by their manufactures (or who just don't like the customizations the manufacturers have made to the UX) can continue enjoying the latest Android improvements in…

>If a ROM like that already exists, I'd love to hear about it. If you have a pixel device, this works quite well: https://github.com/dan-v/rattlesnakeos-stack .

OP's question is probably targeting the mid to low end devices, and not an officially supported Google manufactured device. For example, none of my phones (past & present) have ever been supported by any serious rom streams (not counting xda)

Re: LineageOS 16.0

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Post by IshKebab »

snazz wrote: post #74
Jaruzel wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you mean the XDA developers AOSP roms, then they are most definitely NOT pure AOSP - Those guys are incapable of just building a rom from AOSP without adding their own cruft. Not to mention that the XDA Developers site is impossible to navigate.

Lineage at least feels like a legit project. I can’t feel too sure downloading random ROMs (with closed-source additions) from XDA considering how shady the entire thing feels. 'jcs sums it up nicely: https://mobile.twitter.com/jcs/status/1069346105069092864

I think the forum software (phpBB and its clones) must be partly to blame. I don't think I've ever been to a phpBB-style forum that wasn't like that.

Contrast it with StackOverflow for example.

Re: LineageOS 16.0

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Post by cmroanirgo »

lrvick wrote: post #96
fro0116 wrote: post #33

I'd personally love to see a ROM that focuses less on customizations and adding their own "flavor" to Android, and just attempts to track AOSP as closely as possible while supporting as many devices as possible, so users whose devices are no longer supported by their manufactures (or who just don't like the customizations the manufacturers have made to the UX) can continue enjoying the latest Android improvements in…

https://github.com/hashbang/os

Only pixel support so far. Also:

> Testers, builders, and hosting bandwidth needed.

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