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Remember the Cyanogen days, good times.
That logo was dope
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.
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?
Welp, TIL it’s just CyanogenMod and you are correct, turns out I did know of and use it a decade 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).
And this is also only the official list, there are unofficial ports for much newer Samsung devices like the Samsung S20 FE
Yeah, but I think I have like half of those devices in a desk drawer.
Why? I have had the same phone for the last 5 years.
Because people (like myself) do that with their old phone to have a backup that’s not horrifically outdated but that isn’t actually needed day to day
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?
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?
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.
Meanwhile, the OG OS has more vulnerabilities probably
Yes so freaking annoying
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.
You need play integrity fix instead of safetynet and just activating zygisk should be fine on latest magisk.
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.
Sounds like you should switch to a credit union.
And when it comes to apps, credit unions aren’t always better… In fact I’ve noticed they almost never are.
Why do you need an app for banking…?
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.
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.
I use it on my old Pixel 3a to play livestream bird feeders for one of my cats.
And did your Pentester find any vulnerabilities yet? XD
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I’d have it installed on my phone if it was supported. 😬
If someone could crack the verizon bootloader lock that would be great. Have wanted lineage for years on my old pixel!
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
85 % probably have outdated firmware.
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.
Why? I don’t understand. Doesn’t it have any update mechanism for that?
They mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.
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.
For an OS that you need to install manually, it’s definitely a lot.