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?
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.
GrapheneOS on a Pixel 5. It is very nice and I would recommend it.
Same setup. Love it.
LineageOS on a Fairphone 3. It works well for what I do on my phone.
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.
Usually, yes.
Xiaomi isn’t a thing here, but pixels are usually <$500 USD and get like 5 years of updates, plus I don’t think graphene runs on anything else.
None sadly because fuck samsung
Rip :(
Locked bootloaders should be illegal if the phone is paid off.
Absolutely agree, and I refuse to buy Samsung phones because of this.
I hate how they blow fuses to permanently disable security features when the bootloader is unlocked.
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.
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You sound like me. I don’t like large phones. The Nexus 5 was a perfect size. And I don’t use stock ROMs. I flash a phone as soon as I get it.
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Using GraphineOS on a Pixel 6. It’s very nice! I haven’t had any problems with it.
GrapheneOS on a Pixel 7, having a great experience with it.
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.
Pixel Experience
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.
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.
I have been back on stock for a bit and I swear been having notification issues for a bit (maybe last update?).
IodeOS on FairPhone 4.
I’m only running FOSS application on it.
CalyxOS on my Pixel 3. Love it. Runs better than the standard Android crap.
Who knew getting rid of all the tracking bullshit helps? This is my surprised face -> :-/
I’ve never had a stock android experience except for two weeks with an original Nexus phone when it came out. Hated it so much, I returned it and got Blackberry. When I was eventually forced into Android, I immediately loaded CyanogenMod and have never used a stock ROM. My friends talk about their phones, and I have no idea what they’re talking about. My experience is totally different. I couldn’t use a stock ROM.
