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What custom ROM is on your phone? (beehaw.org)

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

/e/os on a Fairphone 3 for a few months now. It's my first custom ROM, and it's been a breeze so far :)

Some quirks that I don't actually mind : when the phone is turned off and charging, the animation on screen doesn't update the current battery level (but idc, usually the phone charges at night), the phone calls volume is really loud (but I usually plug my headset in for calls) and the integrated vpn is sometimes slow enough to cause websites/apps to timeout (I can live with that).

I still have my old android phone mainly for my bank application.

Edit : typo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

LineageOS so i can use Android11 on pretty old hardware

also another one with LOS11+MicroG instead of GApps, same reason

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I have Arrow OS A12L on my Cepheus, been quite good so far.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Lineage OS on my pixel 5. I'm looking to set up my environment so I can build and sign my ROM that way I can lock the bootloader.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I used to run CyanogenMod/LineageOS on my older phones, but since my S8, I've been using stock ROMs. Honestly not even sure a custom ROM exists for the S21. I'd love to make the switch if it does, however I know Google Wallet (Google Pay at the time) had a huge issue with custom firmware/ROMs and I don't imagine it's gotten any better over the years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

yeah, one of the main reasons i'm not using a custom ROM either. On Samsung phones it trips knox, and then pretty much all banking/financial apps will stop working.

Also, there doesn't seem to be much need for them any longer.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

CalyxOS on my Pixel 6a. It works well for my needs with very little compromise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was using Arrow OS Android 13 until 2 weeks and then my bank decided that even though i wasnt rooted and just unlocked bootloader my phone is a security risk and i couldnt access the app so ive had to go back to MIUI for now. I actually noticed on the custom rom that it only ran on V12.5 firmware when Miui is on V14 firmware which I think added APTX Adaptive and other things. So im really on the fence about ever sticking a custom rom on this Poco F3 again

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I actually noticed on the custom rom that it only ran on V12.5 firmware when Miui is on V14 firmware which I think added APTX Adaptive and other things

You can normally update the firmware independently (or just flash stock then go back to custom after) as long as the custom ROM doesn't replace it. See: https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

ArrowOS with MicroG on Poco F3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Unofficial crDroid with Poco X2. No real issues, although I haven't been able to get SBC-XQ working which it supposedly supports.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Honor 10 with some old rooted Lineage Android 8.1 without gapps, wife has Xiaomi Mix 2s running some old Xiaomi.eu I think Android 9 with gapps (plus she has company S20 FE with official ROM), actually upgrading to new phone would bring pretty much zero benefits to my daily life besides having better camera

couldn't be bothered to upgrade to newer one, it's available for wife's one, but there is no point, if it wouldn't improve her life at all, as for me I would need to go to EMUI to have slightly newer Android but I will rather have clean Android, anyway looking for years for replacement compact phone with decent camera (4a seemed great but asymetrical punch hole and crap battery and all other pixels had either this problem or they are too big already, zenfones unreliable hardware without software support), currently Xiaomi 12 seems like best option for 400EUR

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

/e/OS - I bought a cheap Poco X3 pro, that was probably cheap because they show ads inside the OS. So now I got to have a cheap phone that's also private and fast (a friend bought the same phone, no custom ROM, and now complains about it being slow)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm running Evolution X on my Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro and have been for the past 3 years or so. The main maintainer uses this phone so it has always been pretty polished and feature rich.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

GrapheneOS on a Pixel 6a and iOS on an iPhone in the other pocket lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

I've been using CrDroid on my Poco F2 Pro (LMI) for a long time now , have also dabbled with Elixir , Nusantara and a few others which was fun, I love custom roms and tinkering plus MIUI sucks badly.

Also the mire I tinker the deeper I go, I made my first magisk module this year , git pretty good at debugging and root files etc , plus I can restore my phone pretty fast now (I brick it every now and then lol)

This year I also got into battery replacement , I switched out my battery and my camera module, and switched out a samsung s9 plus battery, was pretty fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Where can you find camera modules? I had to switch phones as my last phone's camera got damaged by vibration. Everything else on the phone is in fine condition

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I just got one on Aliexpress , since apparently the better Poco F2 Pro Zoom edition had a better camera that fit into the pcoo f2 pro so I just switched out the models and bam it worked.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

DerpFest on OnePlus 7T. It has tons of customization options, also stable. Comes with GAPPs so some might not like that.

[–] sam 1 points 2 years ago

Grapheneos for years now

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm using GrapheneOS on a Pixel 6a, it's great.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Evolution X

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Why use this over something like LineageOS?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 -> :-/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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.

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