LineageOS, one of the last great Android ROMs, is currently in use on around 1.5 million different devices.
      • accideath@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        2 years 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        Because people (like myself) do that with their old phone to have a backup that’s not horrifically outdated but that isn’t actually needed day to day

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      14·
      2 years 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.

      • Canuck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        The list of devices on Replicant OS is old and short. Proprietary blobs are a big issue for Android.

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
        18·
        2 years ago

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

        • Pantherina@feddit.deEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          I dont know if it even has to be proprietary. Vendors need to sign the firmware too.

          Yeah, really bad.

          • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
            3·
            2 years ago

            That’s why we work to mainline devices. It is very hard and there are only a handful of devices that work with mainline Linux but it simplifies a lot of things.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
    15·
    2 years 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
      22·
      2 years 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
        2·
        2 years 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
        1·
        2 years 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).

  • GOTFrog@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    13·
    2 years 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.

  • Echo (they/them)@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    If someone could crack the verizon bootloader lock that would be great. Have wanted lineage for years on my old pixel!

    • histic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      2 years 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

    • accideath@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      2 years ago

      Depends. 1st you need to find out if your phone/manufacturer allows unlocking the bootloader. No unlocking, no custom rom, no lineage os. If it is supported, you need to find a lineageOS rom for your phone. There is an official lineageOS website where you can find compatible devices. If it’s not listed there (which is not unlikely), you can search the web for unofficial lineageOS roms or other custom roms. Be careful, some of your phone’s features might not work properly or at all but most custom rom developers provide you with a list of what is and isn’t working.

      And for the installation part, it’s probably better to look up a full tutorial on the web as installing a custom recovery that you need to install the rom can be a bit tricky…

    • saba@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I can’t confirm if all features are working, but possibly. My case is that I have LineageOS on my phone and my son has an Amazon tablet that I’ve used Fire Toolbox on to install Google Playstore and services. I’m able to approve/deny apps for him to install (I get the notification on Family Link on my phone), but some things aren’t working because I’m having trouble with Play services on the tablet.

  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I am really tempted to try and set this up on one of my devices. Never messed with this before so it’s a bit intimidating

    I have no idea what I’m doing but I imagine I should be able to. I have a xiaomi redmi note 10 and a galaxy tab a8 tablet laying around not really being used.

  • sebsch@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    0·
    2 years 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?

  • evo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0·
    2 years 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.

          • Pantherina@feddit.deEnglish
            3·
            2 years ago

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

            • MaggiWuerze@feddit.deEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

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

              • Pantherina@feddit.deEnglish
                1·
                2 years 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

    • NateSwift@beehaw.orgEnglish
      152·
      2 years ago

      They’re different projects with different goals. Graphene is more private & secure if that’s the thing that matters to you. Lineage supports far more devices

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
          181·
          2 years ago

          Graphene prioritizes security above everything else. This means that it does thinks like ship proprietary software if they think it will boost security. Lineage os is designed to be a Linux distribution for phones and is focused on providing a system that is all free software (excluding firmware). It doesn’t kill off support for devices and is designed to be tweaked and doesn’t support bootloader relocking out of the box.