LineageOS, one of the last great Android ROMs, is currently in use on around 1.5 million different devices.
      • accideath@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Because people (like myself) do that with their old phone to have a backup that’s not horrifically outdated but that isn’t actually needed day to day

          • Pantherina@feddit.deEnglish
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            9 months ago

            These comments where a bit selfish but GrapheneOS really is worlds ahead of LineageOS.

            • MaggiWuerze@feddit.deEnglish
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              9 months ago

              That might very well be, but their target audience is tiny, since they refuse to support anything but Pixel phones

              • Pantherina@feddit.deEnglish
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                9 months ago

                Which sucks, because their features would also make other devices more secure. But at the same time they would

                • need substantially more resources (I think supporting Google phones is really easy, as they get full security patches for everything)
                • need to lower their security level a ton

                No device needs even their basic requirements which are not even that high.

                And even then the said points would be a problem

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
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    9 months ago

    It’s a really nicely built OS, well documented, and the install process is streamlined as much as possible (with detailed instructions).

    I really hope we can get enough attention and support to this project (as well as others like it) for it to get mainstream.

    • ඞmir@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      9 months ago

      for it to get mainstream

      It will never get more mainstream than this.

      Lineage has been the go-to ROM that beat every other ROM in active users by one or more orders of magnitude since the beginning of Android. Everyone that cares a little bit about custom ROMs knows what Lineage is, and if they don’t they will recognize its previous name CyanogenMod.

      Average users are never going to care about custom ROMs because it’s not worth the effort for them, so why would you care about making LOS more mainstream?

      • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
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        9 months ago

        More people using a thing (in this case I mean FOSS more than LOS specifically) influences the market, companies start to notice and may even be forced to adapt. Large private monopolistic ecosystem are really bad for everything.

        It would make things easier for smaller brands to enter market as well - like what Raspberry/Banana Pi but for phones.

        Also the official list of supported devices (wiki.lineageos.org/devices) has a super easy install process. Mainstream would mean more of these (eg the latest flagship Samsung supported is S10/Note10). And expanding this list would make a huge difference in addition - not everyone that knows about custom ROMs is tech savvy (or just wants a stable OS with OTA).

  • sebsch@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I would love to use lineage or /e/ again on my phone, but Google’s Foto app is Soo good compared to all of the foss apps out there. Especially if you like modes like super-macro I did not find anything near that. This is a shame bc/ I’ve used an degoogled device for over an decade now.

    Does anyone have an idea how I could come back on the good side without loosing the functionality of that app?

  • GOTFrog@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I always wanted to try it, but my bank wont let me login if I’m not on on the devices OG OS, I used to run Custom ROM until that started to happen.

    • mudeth@lemmy.caEnglish
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      9 months ago

      There are workarounds:

      Install magisk, add the app to the zygisk denylist before first run.

      Install universal safetynet fix and magisk hide props config (modules for magisk).

      For some apps, you may have to install them in island so that they can’t detect the magisk app.

      • moitoi@feddit.deEnglish
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        9 months ago

        You need play integrity fix instead of safetynet and just activating zygisk should be fine on latest magisk.