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That's messed up. I have generally preferred Samsung products,too. 10-15 years ago, when I had a lot more free time, I used to put CyanogenMod on my phones and
by daoboy 3y ago
That's messed up. I have generally preferred Samsung products,too.
10-15 years ago, when I had a lot more free time, I used to put CyanogenMod on my phones and play around with that.
Are there any good open source mobile OS around these days?
- billfor 3y agoLineageOS replaced CyanogenMod. And don't buy a phone from Aliexpress in Mexico....
- CrazyPyroLinux 3y agoGrapheneOS, but it only supports recent Pixel devices: https://grapheneos.org/faq#supported-devices https://grapheneos.org/faq#supported-devices
- moose4400 3y agoCalyxOs is also an alternative.
- moose4400 3y agoI'm currently running GrapheneOS on a Pixel. Been using for a few months and no complaints.
- alwayslikethis 3y agoLineageos is still here, GrapheneOS and CalyxOS is more updated and presumably more secure and private, but Graphene only supports Pixels and Calyx supports Pixels plus some other models. Pixels should be your best bet in terms of ROM compatibility.
- olyjohn 3y agoIt sucks. There's basically no other choice except a Pixel phone. And even some of them are locked if you buy it through your carrier. I would get some Linux phone even if they aren't perfect, but I have no cell reception, and rely on Wifi calling, which seems to be some proprietary thing that only Apple and Google are able to implement.
- fsflover 3y agoHow about PureOS?
- aftergibson 3y agoGrapheneOS on a Pixel is really the only phone setup I'm vaguely comfortable running these days. If this project ends, I'm a bit screwed.
- fifteen1506 3y agoDonate. Though so far the project is in good financial status. Since my own finances got to be a bit stricter, I try to donate in packages of $50 ocasionaly as to the project having, from me, an a average of $2 a month.
- devit 3y agoUse a Pixel phone running version of GrapheneOS built and signed by you with your own keys, or use stock GrapheneOS and don't lock the bootloader, and add root access if desired. That's the only hardware/software system that guarantees both total freedom, support for mainstream apps, good security and a quality device.
- fifteen1506 3y agoAgreed but on the lazy side, bootloader locked with normal GOS.
- nfriedly 3y agoI'm running Lineage OS on a Moto g100. Overall, I'm really happy with it. I have full control of my phone and it has the hardware features I wanted - headphone jack, micro sd, two-day battery, and a fast enough CPU that it never feels slow. Motorola has an automated process to get the bootloader unlock code, and the whole process was fairly straightforward. LineageOS even passes SafetyNet, however there's an additional CTS Profile check that some apps do, and passing that requires rooting the phone, which is turn requires a SafetyNet bypass and makes updates more tricky because LOS updates un-root the phone.
- xethos 3y agoNobody else (that I saw) mentioned it, but PostmarketOS [0] has a decent number of (community) supported devices, is Free and more than a de-Googled Android distro - it's actually based on Alpine Linux. I've previously run it on my Pinephone Pro, but images are available for multiple Samsung handsets as well [1] [0] https://postmarketos.org/ https://postmarketos.org/ [1] https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices