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I'd expect the installer to support more devices over time, since /e/ officially supports 269 devices: https://support.e.foundation/devices https://support.e.f

I'd expect the installer to support more devices over time, since /e/ officially supports 269 devices: https://support.e.foundation/devices https://support.e.foundation/devices It's promising that more and more alternative Android distributions are offering installers to make them more accessible to average phone users. On the Linux phone side, even Ubuntu Touch has an installer that supports 81 devices: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/installer/ https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/installer/ But, device manufacturers need to make bootloaders unlockable for these installers to work, and I agree that regulation is a practical way to make this happen. I can see Europe taking the lead on this with the goal of reducing e-waste by encouraging the reuse of old devices.

stkdump 4y ago
That looks like a copy of the list of supported devices of lineage. I highly doubt that the e foundation can test their installer on so many devices. They (or their own developer community) would need to get access to these devices at least. I guess the only way to broaden support for the installer a lot would be to work on upstreaming it to the lineage project so that the broader community does the work for them.
- commoner 4y ago
  LineageOS currently supports 179 models, so it's not a copy of the LineageOS device list.[1][2] These projects support different selections of devices. There are devices that are supported by /e/ and not by LineageOS, and vice versa. [1] https://www.lineageoslog.com/statistics https://www.lineageoslog.com/statistics [2] https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/ https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
  - Semaphor 4y ago
    The lists look a lot closer if you tick "Show discontinued devices" on the LineageOS site
chinabot 4y ago
Not one iPhone on the list.. Shame I have a perfectly good older iphone that just became a paperweight due to lack of support

stkdump 4y ago

That looks like a copy of the list of supported devices of lineage. I highly doubt that the e foundation can test their installer on so many devices. They (or their own developer community) would need to get access to these devices at least. I guess the only way to broaden support for the installer a lot would be to work on upstreaming it to the lineage project so that the broader community does the work for them.

commoner 4y ago
LineageOS currently supports 179 models, so it's not a copy of the LineageOS device list.[1][2] These projects support different selections of devices. There are devices that are supported by /e/ and not by LineageOS, and vice versa. [1] https://www.lineageoslog.com/statistics https://www.lineageoslog.com/statistics [2] https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/ https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
- Semaphor 4y ago
  The lists look a lot closer if you tick "Show discontinued devices" on the LineageOS site

chinabot 4y ago

Not one iPhone on the list.. Shame I have a perfectly good older iphone that just became a paperweight due to lack of support