timschumi

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by timschumi 4y ago
The reason why auto-install doesn't work for major version upgrades is because Google Apps are version-specific, and LineageOS isn't allowed to ship Google Apps without paying for certification by Google (and, in fact, disregardin
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by timschumi 4y ago
> I just wish the devs clarified timelines around merges (but not builds) on older branches. "When it's ready." Stuff is merged in once it's well tested and ready. It also is only updated as long as someone still care
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by timschumi 4y ago
Unfortunately, because we get enough trolls and spammers as-is, and I don't even want to imagine what happens if we lift that restriction as well. Sorry!
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by timschumi 4y ago
That table is wrong by the way. 17.1 went out of support this February, not last April. It also continues to receive security patches.
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by timschumi 4y ago
> They ship userdebug builds as production releases `userdebug` is used to have a few specific debugging capabilities that aren't available on a `user` ROM. Note that this is not the same as the standard `userdebug`, as most securit
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by timschumi 4y ago
The Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy S3 Neo are entirely different devices from a software engineering perspective. The device name is not a reliable indicator for this.
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by timschumi 5y ago
> A fun side-fact is that they use Bromite (great version of Chrome) as the default browser without crediting the author, just calling it "Browser". As a techie I don't like this obfuscation, but for non-techies it must be