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Fisch ,
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I run degoogled LineageOS

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

Yes, lineage OS without Google. Everytging still works fine, even playstore with Autor store frontend

Im28xwa ,

VoidUI (not de googled) because:

  1. the main reason is so I can keep using my phone beyond the official SW support period, I would be stuck on A10 if I stayed with stock
  2. The phone started to feel a little bit slow after 2 years
  3. Unlocked some of the performance that was left on the table with more to be unlocked!
  4. No bloatware

The drawbacks:

  1. The camera experience is orders of magnitude worse
  2. Goodbye iris scanner :'(
  3. Goodbye S-Pen features
  4. Goodbye Samsung notes
  5. Goodbye to the much better split screen and floating window implementation
theredhood ,

Yes, AlphaDroid (Android 13)

Honestly the names mean almost nothing, custom ROMs with new names come out all the time and get discontinued all the time. Just need to find the stable one for your specific device and with the features you want. I use custom ROMs mainly because I get much better battery life and performance compared to stock ROMs which are bloated and slow in my case.

The drawback is mainly you should be tech savvy and be willing to do trial and error/tinkering a lot. But once you find a good ROM you’ll probably stay a long time and if the dev is good you’ll get consistent updates.

There’s also the banking apps problem some people have. With most new ROMs these days, banking apps should work out of the box. Now if you root your phone that’s what apps try to detect but it’s pretty easy to get around after research (again tinkering). It’s a cat and mouse game. If they change something you’ll have to update your method of hiding root or Magisk. At the moment I’m using banking apps just fine without them detecting root.

sv1sjp ,
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I am using CrDroid the last 5 years ( 1 year with google play services, 3 years with microg, 1 year degoogled)

miss_brainfart ,
@miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml avatar

I don’t see enough DivestOS here. It’s basically LineageOS, but actually more private and secure. Though it explicitely doesn’t support any way of emulating Play Services, which can obviously be a dealbreaker for some.

sv1sjp ,
@sv1sjp@lemmy.world avatar

Which device are you using with DivestOS?

I am using all of the DivestOS applications on my CrDroid. I am thinking to switch on my Poco F3 but I am skeptical due to removal of many blobs.

miss_brainfart ,
@miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml avatar

A OnePlus 5T, runs like a charm. Since I’m not dependent on Play Services or anything of the sort, it was my best bet short of replacing it with a Pixel.

TWeaK ,

I’m running it on a Poco F3, and in general I’ve found DivestOS to be more stable than crDroid. Also, it makes it easier that it comes with a system webview replacement built in.

Edit: I haven’t tried locking the bootloader, mind you, but that doesn’t really interest me so much.

sv1sjp ,
@sv1sjp@lemmy.world avatar

As I read on the documentation, relocking the bootloader seems broken on Poco F3.

Okay, thank you for the info, you tempt me more to install DivestOS on Poco F3 hahah. Have you tried any wireless earpods if they work flawless and with the same sound quality? i have read the code from the blobs that they have been removed and I noticed that they have remove many of them related on wireless soundspeakers.

TWeaK ,

Haven’t had any issues with any bluetooth devices. Headphones, speaker, car, all work as normal.

sv1sjp ,
@sv1sjp@lemmy.world avatar

Okay thank you! Next week, I will flash DivestOS and I will text you back!! (i translated several DivestOS applications in Greek for now)

TWeaK ,

I just recently joined the DivestOS clan! I do kind of miss a few of the customisation options I had in my last ROM, crDroid, but overall I’m finding it a little more stable and I’m generally very happy with it. In particular, I like the inclusion of Mull for the app browser and Mulch for the system webview browser.

miss_brainfart ,
@miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml avatar

Even Mike Kuketz likes it, which says something. He’s a german cybersecurity expert who’s been looking at several custom roms over the last months. This is his article on DivestOS:

kuketz-blog.de/divestos-datenschutzfreundlich-und…

Well, if you can read German

TWeaK ,

Lol, Google Translate doesn’t seem to want to load that site. I’d like to think that’s intentional on Mike’s part.

miss_brainfart ,
@miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml avatar

Could very well be, he has a very strict stance on what data traffic he considers okay

possiblylinux127 ,

I really want Motorola mobility to allow relocking the bootloader but until then I’m stuck with lineage os

JudgeDredd ,

Running Pixel Experience with Android 13 on my Xiaomi Redmi note 10 pro. Very smooth sailing.

herrvogel ,

Yo same. It’s pretty great. Hated the process of installing it though. Having to wait like two weeks before you are allowed to use that shady as shit proprietary windows-only program with terrible localization and idiotic error messages was… rough. Well worth it because the stock OS was a buggy, intrusive piece of shit. The logs of my pi-hole were full of blocked DNS requests made by my phone during those 2 weeks.

JudgeDredd ,

Hah, yea. I had to go through the process of installing windows in a Virtual Machine and passing the USB connection through(I’m a Linux user). Was kind of a hassle but ended up working okay(was worried about bricking it).

But dang: Monthly security updates and a much better and faster UI.

blastofffox ,

I am running Paranoid Android Topaz 4 on my OnePlus 7T. No fancy features, but very stable. Just like Roman Empire.

bet ,

I run LineageOS on my Nexus 6, to get ongoing security updates. I also keep one other sacrificial phone running stock android with bootloader locked, so no more security updates, but I don’t run anything on it but my banking app, since it’s too insecure.

readwritexecute ,

GrapheneOS on Pixel 6a

gigachad ,

I’m running LineageOS for many years now, currently using LineageOS4MicroG on a Motorola because I really need good GPS.

linuxisfun ,

I use GrapheneOS on my Pixel 5, even though I didn’t want to use Custom ROMs anymore.

I run it mainly because of sandboxed Play Services (i. e. Google services running as a user application with much less capabilities, instead of a system application, like with the factory image) and the additional functionality, which includes the ability to revoke network and sensor permissions for any app.

One of the reasons I decided to flash it, instead of remaining on the factory image, was that it behaves like the factory image once it is installed. Meaning the bootloader is closed and I don’t have to ever worry about updates (manually flashing the latest firmware files or the latest gapps, etc.). It even has automatic system updates, meaning it installs system updates whenever I am not using the phone. So while I’m asleep my phone is updating itself and the next morning I start the day with the latest GrapheneOS release. Very convenient!

I still download apps primarily from the Play Store (auto updates also work for those apps!) and use F-Droid only for apps that aren’t available there (due to F-Droid signing most apps with their own key). But, since the Play Services and the Play Store run as a user app, I am at least able to take all permissions away from them, which should reduce the amount of data that can be collected by them.

There are drawbacks though, one of them is the lack of Pixel features. Those missing features include adaptive charging and sound output improvements, which results in degraded speaker quality on GrapheneOS, especially with newer Pixel phones (verified on a Pixel 7).

In the future I hope to ditch Android altogether on my main phone and switch to a Linux phone (and have a cheap Android phone, or a compatibility layer, for disrespectful companies, like banks or EV charging providers, that force me to install an Android or iOS app), but I haven’t seen the right Linux phone hardware for me yet. I plan to replace my Pixel 5 when Android 15 releases (as Android 14 is the last major update for it), so maybe I can switch to a Linux phone by then. :)

ExceptionalCow ,

I’m running LineageOS on a Moto G42. I bought this device with LOS in mind (also it is one of the very few devices with headphone jack and MicroSD slot). So far I’m happy. I always rooted/custom flashed every device since 2012. I’m no longer rooting anymore though. Shizuku is sufficient for my needs.

possiblylinux127 ,

I run lineage os

jcarax ,

Yeah, I use Lineage on a Pixel 5 since I switched back from an iPhone a few months ago. My intention was to run Graphene or Calyx, but I can’t get wifi calling working without gapps installed, even with Graphene’s sandboxed play services and the dialer. I think ATT Prepaid is using the new wifi calling negotiation that Google implemented in Android 12. I have zero coverage from any carrier for miles around me, so wifi calling is pretty critical. So I installed mindthegapps, enabled wifi calling, and then disabled all the Google stuff again. I didn’t want root, so I’m not too thrilled with this situation.

I’ll be switching to T-Mobile/Mint or Verizon/US Mobile in the next few months, so I’ll try again then. But I’m seriously considering getting a Light Phone. Then I’ll use a Pixel Tablet with Graphene/Calyx and a Garmin Fenix for handling music, calendar/email, hike mapping, browsing/media while lounging, maybe a work account, etc. I’m also considering just limiting the software footprint on the Pixel, but… that’s too easy to override on a whim.

Another option is a Unihertz Jelly Star, so the screen is too small to do much. I’d really like Spotify in the car, and mostly just my downloaded daily/weekly playlists since I have such limited cell coverage. I’m not entirely sure if the Fenix can play to the head unit over Bluetooth.

I suspect the decades of infinite scroll is destroying my attention span and already limited emotional response, which is combining with my autism to put me in a place of pretty much near constant burnout. That leaves me on the cusp of meltdown at all times, it’s not a good place to be. Luckily reddit gave me an excuse to do what I’d been leaning towards for over a year, and there isn’t such an overload of content over here yet.

notenoughbutter ,

you can install sandboxed google play services on grapheneos which so much better than microg on lineage

jcarax ,

I tried that, and couldn’t get it working. There must be some other package I’m missing. I tried some stuff like carrier services, but no luck. Or maybe it’s the sandboxed nature of gsp, but I think there’s something else missing. There’s a dialog that launches in Lineage without gapps and Lineage with MicroG, but fails to register the feature still. But in Graphene and Calyx, that dialog never launches.

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