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Would if I could, but I cannot.
I have "debloated" as much as I can, which includes a fair amount of Google stuff. I don't have a Google account.
No drawbacks. In fact, if anyone, like me, is unable to root their phone or install a different ROM, the simple process of using adb to "uninstall" the apps nets you a few more hours of battery per charge.
Yep, LineageOS 20 ON A onePlus Nord N200 with no gapps installed at all.
i run Lineage because 4 years ago i had enough of all the tracking and switched off and deleted my google account completely. I also deted Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, etc accounts in the same time period. I really cant see any drawbacjs to running Lineage the way i do.
I haven't run a custom ROM in years. I pretty much stopped using them when I started buying unlocked global phones that didn't have carrier bloatware on them.
ArrowOS 13.1 on my POCO F3 and Xiaomi Pad 5
GApps version btw, because I just hate MIUI and love AOSP.
I do not, mostly because I've gotten busier and I use mine for work, which requires me to pass safety net and I really don't feel like arguing with compliance.
Pixel 6 Pro here
Nope. Pixel 6 Pro.
Using LineageOS on my Moto G7 since I got it, no GApps at all. I plan to use it till the battery gives out and then get myself a latest Pixel and install GrapheneOS on it. De-googled Android is probably the best compromise of privacy/functionality you can get, Linux phones sadly are just not there in both hardware and software and I have no desire to trap myself in Apple's walled garden prison.
crDroid (android 13), no Google anything, no microG, works fine. I have a 6 year old phone and this is the only way to run current software. ran lineageOS 18 before this, nuked it when charging was acting out; wasn't its fault.
Running /e/ OS on a 1+ 7 Pro
No.
I run lineage os
On my current phone, no, because I want to be able to use Google Wallet and pay with it. On my old phones yes I unlock bootloader and install some kind of custom ROM to play with them.
I'm running LineageOS on a Moto G42. I bought this device with LOS in mind (also it is one of the very few devices with headphone jack and MicroSD slot). So far I'm happy. I always rooted/custom flashed every device since 2012. I'm no longer rooting anymore though. Shizuku is sufficient for my needs.
I'm running LineageOS for many years now, currently using LineageOS4MicroG on a Motorola because I really need good GPS.
I run LineageOS on my Nexus 6, to get ongoing security updates. I also keep one other sacrificial phone running stock android with bootloader locked, so no more security updates, but I don't run anything on it but my banking app, since it's too insecure.
I am running Paranoid Android Topaz 4 on my OnePlus 7T. No fancy features, but very stable. Just like Roman Empire.
I don't see enough DivestOS here. It's basically LineageOS, but actually more private and secure. Though it explicitely doesn't support any way of emulating Play Services, which can obviously be a dealbreaker for some.
I just recently joined the DivestOS clan! I do kind of miss a few of the customisation options I had in my last ROM, crDroid, but overall I'm finding it a little more stable and I'm generally very happy with it. In particular, I like the inclusion of Mull for the app browser and Mulch for the system webview browser.
Even Mike Kuketz likes it, which says something. He's a german cybersecurity expert who's been looking at several custom roms over the last months. This is his article on DivestOS:
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/divestos-datenschutzfreundlich-und-erhoehte-sicherheit-custom-roms-teil5/
Well, if you can read German
Lol, Google Translate doesn't seem to want to load that site. I'd like to think that's intentional on Mike's part.
Could very well be, he has a very strict stance on what data traffic he considers okay
Yes, AlphaDroid (Android 13)
Honestly the names mean almost nothing, custom ROMs with new names come out all the time and get discontinued all the time. Just need to find the stable one for your specific device and with the features you want. I use custom ROMs mainly because I get much better battery life and performance compared to stock ROMs which are bloated and slow in my case.
The drawback is mainly you should be tech savvy and be willing to do trial and error/tinkering a lot. But once you find a good ROM you'll probably stay a long time and if the dev is good you'll get consistent updates.
There's also the banking apps problem some people have. With most new ROMs these days, banking apps should work out of the box. Now if you root your phone that's what apps try to detect but it's pretty easy to get around after research (again tinkering). It's a cat and mouse game. If they change something you'll have to update your method of hiding root or Magisk. At the moment I'm using banking apps just fine without them detecting root.
VoidUI (not de googled) because:
- the main reason is so I can keep using my phone beyond the official SW support period, I would be stuck on A10 if I stayed with stock
- The phone started to feel a little bit slow after 2 years
- Unlocked some of the performance that was left on the table with more to be unlocked!
- No bloatware
The drawbacks:
- The camera experience is orders of magnitude worse
- Goodbye iris scanner :'(
- Goodbye S-Pen features
- Goodbye Samsung notes
- Goodbye to the much better split screen and floating window implementation
I run degoogled LineageOS
Years ago I played with custom ROM on my android tablet but never on my main phone.
But times change and now I'm checking out LineageOS 20 to see how well it would work for my grandparents. Their phones are no longer supported while still perfectly functional.
A custom ROM? No. An unlocked bootloader, standard ROM, & custom kernel? Yes.
Not at the moment. I would love to run lineageOS, etc, but I keep buying phones they don't support, and at this stage, most of the things I used to need rooting for are no longer as necessary for me.
For privacy, I thought about running a de googled custom ROM. Then I did some risk assessments of common apps and realized that every app relies on multiple libraries and these libraries all have telemetry. Even major apps that you would think kick down their user data so bit even consider the data being hovered up by the libraries.
This means that there are probably 20+ data agrogators constantly pulling your data unless you don't install a single app on your phone. Next option is a dumb phone, but even the "dumb phones" at the store are just Android with a locked down UI.
I consider it a lost cause at this point.
If you want privacy, buy some land in the mountains, put a big tarp over it, and never leave. :(
If you want more control over the OS to do things that users usually can't do, than it makes sense to root.
Yes to all questions. Only drawback I can recall is my banking app refusing to pass Safetynet but the website works good enough.
Yep, still running LineageOS rooted and with microG (not LOS for microG though)
There are multiple reasons why I'm still doing it, like better privacy and fixing the Quick Access menu in Android 13 I couldn't do without.
I have stopped ROM hopping though compared to a few years ago. I just have to hope the Lineage team continues to do the amazing job they've been doing since Cyanogen died.
I installed LineageOS 20 a few days ago and I love it. I wanted to extend my OnePlus 6t lifetime but needed my bank apps so it is not de-googled (yet). I don't know if it because of the custom ROM or just a factory reset but I am trying to run as many as possible foss apps and preparing for a de-googled experience
Yes. I wouldn't have if it wasn't that OxygenOS keep killing my background apps.