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
      1·
      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
        1·
        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
        0·
        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        Because people (like myself) do that with their old phone to have a backup that’s not horrifically outdated but that isn’t actually needed day to day

  • 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
        1·
        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.

      • Disinfect056@lemm.eeEnglish
        01·
        5 months ago

        I would suggest you get a pixel, why get a cheap xiaomi in the first place?

        • TurboHarbinger@feddit.clEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Coz I have no money? Isn’t it obvious?

          Can I get grapheneos in my phone??? Or are you going to suggest another unrelated crap?

    • 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.

    • 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

  • 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.