LineageOS, one of the last great Android ROMs, is currently in use on around 1.5 million different devices.
  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    5 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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      5 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?

      • blazeknave@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Welp, TIL it’s just CyanogenMod and you are correct, turns out I did know of and use it a decade ago.

      • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
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        5 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).

      • accideath@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 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        Because people (like myself) do that with their old phone to have a backup that’s not horrifically outdated but that isn’t actually needed day to day

  • sebsch@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    5 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?

    • okamiueru@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      Maybe I’m not aware what I’m missing out on. On GrapheneOS on a Pixel phone, you can install the camera app made by Google. com.google.android.GoogleCamera. Has some fancy features, but maybe not the ones you are referring to?

  • GOTFrog@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1·
    5 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
      1·
      5 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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        5 months ago

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

        • mudeth@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Thanks. I have a pretty old install so my module list is a relic of the time but it makes sense why it still works for me. I’ll edit.

      • LordSarcasmio@lemm.eeEnglish
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        5 months ago

        And when it comes to apps, credit unions aren’t always better… In fact I’ve noticed they almost never are.

          • laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            5 months ago

            As opposed to what, using mobile web? That’s a good question, yes. Some banks have the impression that an app is more secure… go figure.

            • Ilandar@aussie.zoneEnglish
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              5 months ago

              Yes, pretty much. A web browser is almost always more secure and, at least in the case of my credit union, just as fast with a very usable interface. Whenever I see these people who say “oh I really wanted to use X ROM but it doesn’t work with my banking app” I have to question their commitment to the project and/or level of ignorance. It’s such a minor/non-existent issue to make or break a custom ROM.

    • histic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      01·
      5 months ago

      as long as it’s paid off just give them a call and ask it to be unlocked and if they still don’t want to just say your a developer and need it for work that normally works even if it isn’t paid off

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      That number probably higher. However that changes nothing as we can’t control proprietary firmware blobs.

      Honestly there is no way of knowing anything about the security of those blobs. Firmware vendors can do whatever they want.

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        They mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.

  • evo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    01·
    5 months ago

    Is that supposed to be a lot?

    Whenever Google kills a feature used by <1% people always cite that is still over a million people. But nobody looks at the reverse. 1.5 million Lineage users doesn’t even make up a tenth of a single percent of Android overall.