Does our community use Custom ROMs?

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I recently moved to calyxOS on the Pixel 4a.

Just wondering if our members are using any custom ROMs on their phones?

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Have been since Desire HD, before that the ol Jailbreak

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I used to, my Galaxy S2 was as riced as possible.

I also run lineage on my Galaxy Tab S2.

But my current phone I missed the boat to unlock the bootloader on my current phone ( Huawei P20 Pro ).

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I used to run lineage-microg on my OnePlus 5… I left it because I became aware of some security implications of the ROM mentioned in the link below.

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Thank you, Calyx looks very interesting!
So you’re doomed if you’re not on Pixel or on another model of Xiaomi?

P.S. I’ve used only Lineage

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Well yes, its similar to Graphene OS.

Where they support only Pixels because you can re-lock the bootloader. Also, its better than Graphene because of optional microg support and the camera in Graphene is unbearable :sweat_smile:

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Samsung A20 Lineage all the way.

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OnePlus 7 Pro, Guacamole with Lineage. Android 10.

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I used to build custom roms for the Samsung note series and the mi max. Since the note 8 I stopped bothering, there’s not been any new features that have been worth rooting for. Can pretty much do everything you need with adb theses days

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I used to flash custom roms, till i got a Huawei phone.

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I’ve been using GrapheneOS on a Pixel 3a XL for a while now and I like it. I’ve been thinking of trying Calyx out for its MicroG, does Calyx also have the Network permission option? I find that invaluable on Graphene.

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I once tried to install Debian (I think it was Debian or Ubuntu) on my phone. It was a disaster, I just could not get used to it. Now all I do is run a VPN on my phone…

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I have been using it since yesterday, am not certain. Better ask about it on the sub-reddit calyxOS.

The way I disable network access for proprietary apps is usually by disabling network access for apps without VPN. I split tunnel the rest of open-source apps to go through the VPN network.

Also, the apps with disabled network access doesn’t have the functionality of accessing the internet through other apps.

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Perhaps you’d be interested in buying phones with a preinstalled custom ROM from the e-foundtation.

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Looks like your way is likely the most effective for right now on Calyx.

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I used to be a custom ROM fanatic. These days I just roll with iOS.

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Same here! I took a big step and bought a stupid mobile. Nokia 105. Think it’s the best I’ve ever done. For me it was privacy that played a big role.

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I use ArrowOS on my Moto G5 Plus – my first smartphone and my first ROM. None of the big name ROMs support the phone and this was the one out of 4 I tried to work for me. I think I screwed up installing microG, since notifications for messages never worked properly. Still better than stock Android in every way tho, besides the camera apps.

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I recently replaced my nexus 6p (crDroid rom) with another Huawei (POT LX1).

I not using the phone very much but the standby time was strange - less than two days after a full charge - so I used adb to decrap the stock rom (a10) and that operation altered the standby time to 10-14 days.

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OnePlus 7 Pro with LineageOS for MicroG. Very, very happy with it.

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