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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
How can I do this? I have an old Realmi stuck on Android 9
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…
This annoys the shit out of me.
I’ve got a /unique/ device that I use to exclusively run a single specialist app. It’s 5 years old, and it does the job.
Well, did the job. But they dropped support for Android9. Can’t unlock the bootloader (technically I can, but any rom just bootloops) and the vendor stopped releasing updates in 2021.
Sure, it’s an edge case. But I’ve got perfectly functioning hardware, to run perfectly functioning software and 6 months ago everything worked fine.
Now it doesn’t, and I’ve either got to find replacement software, or hardware. And I’m probably just… not. Everyone loses. Hardware manufacturers don’t get a sale to replace broken hardware (and it wouldn’t have been long, the phone has been yeeted down the road at 70km/h more than once), software vendors lose my subscription, and I just have a shitty experience.
And why? Because of some way software is packaged. Who benefits from this?
Thanks, doesn’t seem like my phone’s officially supported and I don’t feel safe about the custom roms. Maybe one day
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.
Why compare it to the greater ecosystem?
“Hey, a million people started drinking coffee with pea milk that they made themselves.”
“Is this supposed to be a lot? Pffft, regular milk drinkers are in the billions!”
Who cares.
Plus, Google killing a feature that is used “by a million people,” even if it’s <1%, is fucked up. That’s three Icelands.
Still running on my GalaxyS4. Lite, stable and reliable.
I am using this, best decision I’ve ever taken. Using my device feels new again. There is still the issue with play integrity. Apart from that everything’s good so far.
I’d have it installed on my phone if it was supported. 😬
Remember the Cyanogen days, good times.
That logo was dope
Had some trouble running it on my Azus Zenphone, but now on my Fairphone it works flawlessly.
The camera was horrible back then.
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 use it on my old Pixel 3a to play livestream bird feeders for one of my cats.
Does it still work otherwise? Pixel 3a user who may or may not watch birds. And cats.
Oh yeah, it’s fine otherwise.
And did your Pentester find any vulnerabilities yet? XD
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I like lineage os, but i tought its about do disappear?
i tought its about do disappear?
What?
I think it was “ I thought it was about to disappear “
Correct. Phone keyboard fed my writing lol
Phone keyboard fed my writing lol
What?
Effed
Maybe for a particular phone model it will stop, but haven’t read it will stop completely.
Its less and less phones supported until it vanishes. Thats what i was meaning. Just more phones unrootable or really hard or no peoper cfw
I wish we could use this on more recent devices!
#GrapheneOS
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
So… Grapehene is better but lineage is sopported on more devices?
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.
Again… One is just better than the other…
If you are saying Lineage os is better I agree
Thanks, since you’re suggesting this, would you like to exchange your pixel for my cheap xiaomi?
I would suggest you get a pixel, why get a cheap xiaomi in the first place?
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?
Not quite
Yes because every smartphone is a Pixel, apparently
Every smart person will have one with GrapheneOS installed
Ok, can you be smart somewhere else?
These comments where a bit selfish but GrapheneOS really is worlds ahead of LineageOS.
That might very well be, but their target audience is tiny, since they refuse to support anything but Pixel phones
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
@Pantherina they could simply support phones with stock Android and there will probably be less work to do than supporting the broad range of devices that Lineage has.
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.
Follow the guides, if you have a supported phone. It is really nice for supported devices. But do follow the instructions exactly.
I think Lineage supports both of those.
Check https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
Also check out DivestOS, it’s a fork of Lineage, supports fewer devices.
Divest is currently running a fundraiser to support further development. If the goal isn’t reached, the project will be set aside.
Just something to keep in mind. I’m using it, and I hope it can continue, because it really is great.
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?
Immich solves this beautifully!
You cam use the pixelify module. It adds many pixel-exclusive features, including the google photos 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?
At least I did not find anything in the Playstore.
Graphene has the secure camera there but this is (I think) a fork of opencamera with sane configuration
This is the installed camera app as seen in the play store for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera
It shows up with the name “Pixel Camera”
use a “gcam port”
