I assume virtually everyone in this place is using some third party ROM. Many of you probably rocking Banana ROM off your Alcatel z657 bought at Boost Mobile in 2012.
But is there any simpleton here like myself who is on stock android? You know, the middle age dude who has “Privacy” as a hobby because he can’t afford or have time for a real one. 😶🌫️
The issue with custom ROMs is the support for devices. I had to buy a new one from eBay to install LineageOS and I didn’t regret it. I use now 2 phones, one for privacy (I use it 80%) and the old one for mail and whatsapp (I’m forced to) to contact my family and friends but that’s it.
I run stock on a pixel although I do have droidify installed and prefer that too the play store for most things. Especially for the freeze app where all my corporate stuff is run from.
Basically no one runs stock android. It doesn’t exist
But if you’re asking if I run OEM android, yes I am
I had a Wiley Fox phone back in the day that was supposedly as stock Android as you could get.
Which oem and why?
Because it’s not a pixel, so I can’t run graphene out of the box, and having my phone working is a key component of my job
Isn’t pixel basically running it? What are they adding?
Pixel is running something close… But as for what their adding? All kinds of stuff, from camera features to launchers to subtle tweaks
But the reason no one is running stock android is the reason the Linux phone project is so difficult… The drivers
Your phone is basically running two sets of firmware. One controls the radio, coordinates with cell towers, handles data both as an Internet connection and a set of old cell protocols we still use sometimes (like phone calls and public alerts), plus hardware backdoors.
And then there’s Android, which has some degree of control over that mess, but it has to be custom fit to each black box or you get bugs, because they’re all different
The only way to run stock android is through an emulator, and even then most developers just use the pixel builds
Recently switched over to LineageOS without the play store. But a few weeks ago I was still on regular old android. Have been relying on FDroid though for a while now - its nonpredatory apps are very nice.
Nothing phone here, stock is as close to AOSP as it gets across the board.
I really wish I wasn’t, but some freaky thing about my Galaxy means I have no compatible ROMs
Yeah, I’m on Android here because I like using my phone to pay for stuff. I’ve made a half-arsed attempt to degoogle a bit by running Immich on a home server for photos.
I’m running GrapheneOS and use my phone to pay for stuff via NFC.
GrapheneOS doesnt support my phone. I wish but it aint gonna work. Not yet.
I was running lineageOS on pixel 7 for a little while, but unfortunately it lacked visual voicemail. So, I’m back and have been using rooted pixel OS. That’s after I switched from Samsung s23. If anyone has any alternatives to the visual voicemail, please let me know. I need this feature for my job search.
I have stock Fairphone, but disabled all Google Play Services and most proprietary apps, and replaced them with FOSS apps.
Idk how close this is to a privacy-respecting custom ROM, but I’m mostly just waiting for a good one. I really enjoy having the slide button to turn on Do Not Disturb. It’s so amazing idk why not all phones have this.
I def want this working on the custom ROM I’m switching to in the future.
+1
…although I would have taken the degoogled version if I had known what the latest android was like.
So far just too lazy to install custom rom.
But I’m not sure if /e/os is worth it over LineageOS.
how would lineageos be better?
I thought LineageOS had a bit more functionality and bigger community, and that /e/os is smaller and more focused on privacy as a single issue?
Next we ask how many women and other non-guys are on here.
More than you think, half of hexbear is trans for instance
You can’t be running stock Android (AOSP), it’s not going to work on your phone.
No results for “StockOS” on XDA. Must be a very new ROM. ;)
I am but I only have the smartphone for work and otherwise don’t really use it. I hate smartphones.
I’m using a Moto G5 with stock android, too. Couldn’t be arsed to install lineage, since I could just enable USB debugging, run Android Bridge and uninstall most of the malware/spyware shit that comes builtin
tell me more about that.
https://developer.android.com/tools/adb
When you enable USB debugging (gotta enable Developer Mode first, which is usually enabled by tapping several times on Settings -> About phone -> Build Number, but can vary depending on model), you can connect the phone to your computer and have the computer start a command line shell via ADB (Android Bridge), which will allow you to uninstall almost everything. First, you should get a list of installed stuff with
adb pm list packages. With the list, you can then useadb pm uninstall -k --user 0 package.name- wildcards don’t work, you’ll have to go one by one.wow THANK YOU! just uninstalled a bunch of garbage from one of my stock phones. i thought you needed root for this.
Yup, when I first learned that you didn’t need to root, that developer options + adb was enough to get rid of most bloatware, that was an incredible relief to me, too!
LTT did a video about a year ago covering how rough the “stock” android experience is.
You can also jump to 7:10 for custom ROM information/options, but it doesn’t really go into depth on any of it (outside the scope of the video).
