Since we don’t yet have a specific community for custom phone ROMs, let’s discuss them here. Are you running a custom ROM? Which one? On what hardware? How is it?
None sadly because fuck samsung
Locked bootloaders should be illegal if the phone is paid off.
Absolutely agree, and I refuse to buy Samsung phones because of this.
Rip :(
I hate how they blow fuses to permanently disable security features when the bootloader is unlocked.
GrapheneOS on a Pixel 5. It is very nice and I would recommend it.
Same setup. Love it.
GrapheneOS. I love it. I migrated from the Apple ecosystem about two years ago into the FOSS and Linux world and haven’t looked back.
LineageOS with microg on a s10+. It works great, no issues with apps not working but still have minimal google dipping it’s fingers into my life.
I only buy phones now that will support a custom ROM, I can’t go back now.
I use this little niche OS called iOS, made by some fruit company.
Oh that. I heard the project leader died of a perfectly curable form of cancer because he was going to heal himself with food or something. Crazy story, but the OS works well.
Guy who ran a fruit company tried to cure cancer with fruit. It’s like poetry, it rhymes.
CalyxOS on a Pixel 5. Its nice and micro G works fine in most situations. When I have the time though, I’m probably going to try graphine os with sandboxed google play and see how that works for me.
IodeOS on FairPhone 4.
I’m only running FOSS application on it.
I must use a few apps unfortunately like WhatsApp or spotify
No, you chose to.
I’m using GrapheneOS on a Pixel 6a, it’s great.
Man, got the 7a in May and the 1080p screen + 64 megapixel camera made me spend the extra $50 to not get the 6a. Blown away with both for the price Regardless, Graphene here too.
Man I remember the days of xda and custom Roma holy shit. Nexus 5 was the one, slimrom was the way. Ahh memories.
I recently flashed LineageOS on my old Note 4 that had previously ran a few custom ROMs but other than that haven’t used one in years since I haven’t had a need with my last LG or current Samsung phone.
These days there’s more of a need for custom hardware like a headphone jack or SD card slot but unfortunately those can’t just be flashed to a phone like a ROM can. The software/firmware side of things has been fine for me.
*custom roms oops
GrapheneOS on a Pixel 4a, bit I’m looking to upgrade to a 6a vor 7a depending in the next good sale price
Are these sales directly from google?
Last time I checked pixel phones the performance and “freshness” Vs price ratio was really bad compared to something like Xiaomi with working xda ROMs.
LineageOS on a Moto One 5G Ace. Soon to be replaced with a OnePlus Nord N200 because the charging port of all things is failing.
Also LineageOS. Pixel 3a
It’s going to take a lot for me to want to upgrade when this phone has unlimited photo upload, and a headphone jack.
Samsies!
Generally,when my charging ports start failing it’s due to there being pocket lint in the charging port.
The easiest way to fix the problem is a thinned down toothpick or the back of a tooth flosser, that is assuming that is the problem for you.
Yeah, i already checked that and found no lint
Pixel 7 with Graphene. I love it. I have sanboxed google play installed, and occasionally dont get a notification (i suspect the apps are just not running in the background, so once I open the app I get the notifs). Would recommend.
I have been back on stock for a bit and I swear been having notification issues for a bit (maybe last update?).
Not getting notifications for something like a chat app is a big deal. Are there ways to allow apps to run in the background?
If the app uses Google FCM (which uses Google Play Services to poll notifications on device) it should register an FCM service that runs separately from the application, so it shouldn’t need to run in the background.
However to answer your original question, you can disable battery optimization for particular apps. Or if an app wants to really never be killed, it can create an Android foreground service.
GrapheneOS on a Pixel 6. Works great! I’ve had to override the custom memory allocator one or two times for banking apps, but that’s just flipping a switch in the app info.
GrapheneOS on a Pixel 7, having a great experience with it.
I have CalyxOS on my Pixel 4a; want to try GrapheneOS
Did development stop on CalyxOS? When I mention it, people usually recommend Graphene.
It still active, but still a small project, compared to graphene. Also graphene have better implementations like internet access as permission, as a quick example, play services sandboxing and segurity updates are implemented quickly. I choose calyx cuz having a setup I will use and also I haven’t used android in a while, at the time, so I didn’t want to break anything. Probably I made my election wrong, I mean calyx is a incredible project, but graphene looks better
