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Does your 7 year old android phone receive security patches?
by everdrive 6y ago
Does your 7 year old android phone receive security patches?
- Qluxzz 6y agoMaybe I've been lucky here but my Oneplus One (April 2014), now flashed with lineageOS is still receiving updates. Android version: 10. Android security patch level: March 5 2021.
- techrat 6y ago> now flashed with lineageOS Your device is not stock and is, therefore, an exception.
- heavyset_go 6y agoHow old is the kernel?
- Qluxzz 6y agoKernel version: 3.4.113-lineageos-g168ab7a #1 Thu Mar 11 08:34:55 UTC 2021
- techrat 6y agoDoes an Android phone without security patches cease to function? OS security patches are less of a concern for older devices because the majority of the OS was still moved into Google Play Services and as long as the apps are still updated (eg, Chrome), the risk is very low.
- Spooks 6y agoAt least for me, I don't do banking on my phone and my main email is not tied to my phone.
- jjav 6y agoAt the end of the day, that's really the only safe way to use a phone.
- jjav 6y agoMy 14 year old Motorola Razr doesn't receive any security patches. Sad how gadgets become ever more brittle and unreliable as they get newer.