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I have an aging 1.3GB smartphone running a modern Lineage OS, and it does many things surprisingly well - even runs a VPN in the background whilst surfing with
by tetris11 3y ago
I have an aging 1.3GB smartphone running a modern Lineage OS, and it does many things surprisingly well - even runs a VPN in the background whilst surfing with Mull/Firefox.
One limitation I often encounter is that a site with lots of HD XL images, or JS demos with 3D libraries force a lot of background apps to be killed.
In most cases this is also fine, but keeping a VPN alive whilst browsing media heavy sites is becoming a factor that I'm thinking of retiring this beloved phone
- walteweiss 3y agoWhat model do you have? It looks old, as just 1.3 Gb (why is 1.3, and not 1.5 or 2, weird number), but modern OS. I have a Nexus 6P, 3 Gb of ram and is still relatively snappy, but stuck on an obsolete OS (Android 8, and LineageOS is the same) quite forever.
- tetris11 3y agoI was rounding down, it's actually 1.4GB (according to 'free -h') but advertised as 1.5GB. https://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a3_(2016)-7791.php https://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a3_(2016)-7791.php Currently runs Android 11, but there are Lineage Android 12 builds in alpha. I might update if I feel the need.
- walteweiss 3y agoWow, I surprised it’s supported that well! Not a high-end, and is better than some high-end devices.