Is this as safe as installing Lineage OS, microG, and F-Droid seperately? I am thinking to finally make the jump away from Android (and preferrably all of Google) and this looks like a really really handy solution. Perhaps too handy, if you get my drift. Is this a legit project or is it just a wrapper to send all my data to Tel Aviv?
With enough time and coffee I think I could eventually manage to install Lineage OS, microG, and F-Droid individually but LineageOS for microG seems to have it all wrapped in a bow for me.
TIA!
The A in AOSP literally stands for Android. AOSP is Android.
It’s a fair distinction to make. There are AOSP ROMS that make enough changes to the code that they are no longer legally considered to be an “Android” distribution, GrapheneOS for example. I don’t know where LineageOS falls on that spectrum, but its a real possibility that the code may be drawn from AOSP, but it no longer can call itself Android. Maybe Android-based, but thats it.
My favorite part of this post is that I asked a question before even dipping my toes into the world of custom ROMs and literally 40 seconds after I posted, JASN_DE hit me up with the equivalent of “akshully it’s GNU/Linux” XD
It’s like Stevie Wonder said, “Nerds, keep on nerdin” lol <3
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This is solid advice.
I still don’t get it though, and I’m sure there’s a lot of terminology I don’t know yet about custom ROMs so maybe that’s where the misunderstanding lies. Are you telling me that LineageOS is the same operating system as the Android I already have on my phone? No, right?
I feel like this is like saying “I’m going to delete Ubuntu off my laptop and install Pop!_OS” and someone comes along and says “akshully POP!_OS is Ubuntu!” or saying they’re both Debian or something.
What you said is like “i’m going to delete linux and install ubuntu”, but then there’s not really a name for the android that comes with your phone. “stock android” probably is the closest term you get to distinguish between the OS family and the thing actually installed, but all the companies customize their android, so it’s not like there’s just one “stock android”.
i mean, I’m sure samsung has some term for their android, but i doubt anyone use this outside of samsung.
Alright thanks. Yes I have just read about “stock android” and “skinned android”, although I suppose it can also be called “default operating system”. Even “stock android” seems to have more than one meaning- on one hand it can mean AOSP before putting Google and manufacturing company stuff on it, and on the other hand it can mean what you pointed out, as in “flash stock android before installing a custom ROM”. Lots of new terminology and the custom ROMs game has been around so long there is tons of old and outdated methods and information. Now reading about A/B partitioning… so much left to learn!
An astute observation, franzbroetchen. The OS in LineageOS literally stands for Operating System, which ima change. On my phone. From Android to LineageOS.
You’ve gotta look at the context of the words sometimes, comrade. I am not looking to change my Android phone into an Apple phone lol