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Which of these smartphone OSes do you think is more secure currently? For whatever definition of "secure" feels right to you.

Some options have multiple variants, please vote based on the most secure variant you know of.

#poll#smartphone#OS

Kennt eigentlich jemand eine seniorentaugliche Launcher-App für Lineageos/EOS? Meine Eltern hatten immer Biglauncher, aber die haben jetzt die Sms-funktion und Telefon-funktion ausgelagert und verlangen dafür extra Geld, ich befürchte, das läuft irgendwann in ein Abo über.
Sollte irgendwas mit großen Symbolen und ohne viel Wisch-logik sein, meine Eltern fühlen kaum noch was in den Fingerspitzen. Handys sind Galaxy S10 mit #lineageos und sollen es auch bleiben.
#followerpower #android

Still looking for a suitable new phone from time to time. On the #LineageOS website there's a very helpful list of officially supported phones. But on the phone details list I see that some/many of them still only run a deprecated #Linux kernel...
Even the #Fairphone 4 is listed with a deprecated 4.19 kernel, while their websites is boasting about "software longevity" and "software support until at least 2026".
Is none of these manufacturers able to upstream their shit into the Linux kernel?

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@iFixit I have my phone for 7 years and 5 months now. I use a #lineageos as custom ROM as official support has expired but the thing I hate the most regards companies that develop apps and make them heavier update after update. Android Auto takes ages to load, same for Google Maps, Telegram, banking apps and many more. I admit this may be caused also by the system settings, but devs put their effort too

Luckily I don't use Instagram or facebook so I can save battery time for the day.

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@nakal
Ganz so einfach war’s dann doch nicht… 😅
Mein altes Moto Z Play läuft seit etwa 2,5 Jahren problemlos mit #LineageOS – top!

LineageOS hat zwar auch ROMs für Moto Z3 Play.
Aber für das Modell meines Moto Z3 Play? Fehlanzeige. 🙄
Lange gewartet, gehofft, gesucht… leider blieb eine offizielle Lineage-Version aus.

Fündig wurde ich schließlich hier:
🔗 xdaforums.com/c/moto-z3-play.7

Jetzt läuft bei mir ein anderes ROM.

Ein richtig starkes Forum für alle, die mehr aus ihrem Handy rausholen wollen.

XDA ForumsMoto Z3 PlayThe Moto Z3 Play is a 6.01" phone with a FHD+ 1080x2160p 18:9 display. The Snapdragon 636 is paired with 4GB of RAM and 32/64GB of storage. The main camera is 12+5MP and the selfie camera is 8MP. The battery has a 3000mAh capacity and the phone ships with Android 8.1 Oreo.
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If you're wondering, my motivation is quite simple. I've really liked NFC payments for years, but it is no longer possible with an Android device that doesn't pass Google's check for Integrity API. I recently switched to #LineageOS on my main smartphone, so this was an easy way to resolve the issue.

Ça m'énerve !!! Hier sur #franceinter dans #letelephonesonne ça parlait de ce que pourraient faire la France et l'Europe pour contrer les droits de douane. Un moment sont évoqués les #gafam . Question vite évacuée : "On n'a pas d’alternative".
Mais si bordel on en a plein des alternatives : les distributions #linux et #bsd et plein d'autres pour remplacer Windows et Mac, #lineageos , #iodeOS , #murena , #sailfish pour remplacer android, et tous pleins de #logicielslibres pour le reste !!

C'est #lundiRetape : je remplace la batterie de mon téléphone qui a fêté son septième anniversaire récemment. Il marche parfaitement et est à jour avec #LineageOS, par contre l'autonomie de la batterie, ça commençait à devenir pénible (surtout en itinérance). Ça devrait normalement aller mieux ! J'espère qu'il durera encore 7 ans 🤞

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@kionite231 from what I hear if you try to use an unofficial APK, then from that point onwards WhatsApp will refuse to run on anything but stock unrooted Android. Not quite a blanket ban like you're looking for, but if you use #LineageOS or something it would render WhatsApp unusable.

Unfortunately my guess is the error message will also be something that blames the user (like "please use a standard Android from an authorised distributor") which would defeat the purpose for you 😕