Any #GPS / #android nerds wanna help me debug something?
https://gitlab.com/LineageOS/issues/android/-/issues/9652
I have two #fairphone3, one running #lineageos and the other running the default OS, and the lineageOS doesn't find GPS 99% of the time...
I'm at the edge of my knowledge and would love some suggestions for how to debug further, or if someone wants to jump on a call and try to work it out together.
Wonder if anyone can save my sanity.
Child's phone is dying, I got a pixel 6 and flashed #LineageOS on it, plus MindTheGApps
Trying to set it up with Family Link and having many problems.
1) is this even possible (or do I need to use stock android)
2) Please point me to the guide / answer
(No, I don't need a lecture on phones for youth, google bad, etc.)
Wonder if anyone can save my sanity.
Child's phone is dying, I got a pixel 6 and flashed #LineageOS on it, plus MindTheGApps
Trying to set it up with Family Link and having many problems.
1) is this even possible (or do I need to use stock android)
2) Please point me to the guide / answer
(No, I don't need a lecture on phones for youth, google bad, etc.)
@noopss
Il faudrait que je fasse le retour de mon nouveau téléphone, oui, mais je n'ai pas grand chose à dire.
159€, trop grand, mais très bon sur le reste.
Je trouve même que HyperOS (la surcouche Xiaomi) est moins merdique que leur ancien Miui.
@sebsauvage @noopss je suis passé à #LineageOS sur mon xiaomi il y a quelques années et j'en suis content. Je ne sais pas si c'est toujours le cas mais le truc relou avait été de devoir s'enregistrer pour pouvoir débloquer le tel et installer le nouveau bootloader. Une adresse poubelle avait fait le taf.... Par contre si quelqu'un sait comment mettre à jour la version d'Android je suis preneur. Je suis bloqué sur la 12 donc bloqué sur Lineage v19.
RE: https://todon.eu/@joeneXtra/115877376620321285
I am a very bad listener. Sorry. But I decided to go for the #Fairphone.
Reasons:
1. Yes e/OS had it's issues, but those issues are only when you choose their premium subscription (that I won't use). And if there are other issues coming up, there is also regular LineageOS.
2. I could not afford a refurbished Pixel 9 all at once (I don't trust regular second hands), so than I had to go for a new Pixel 9 on installment, and that is giving a lot of money to Google and that is of course not de-googling. 🤷
3. The Fairphone is of course more ethical than the Pixel and not American (European, Dutch). Not perfect, I know, but still worth supporting.
4. The Fairphone has a warranty of 5 years and an end of life on 25 June 2033 (!).
5. A few people I know and trust recommended the Fairphone to me. 🤗
There is also #iodéOS (https://iode.tech/iodeos). Does Anyone have experience with this #LineageOS fork?
I learned from #FSFE (https://fsfe.org/activities/android/liberate.en.html#OS) that #LineageOS and #GrapheneOS are Libre and Ethical replacement to Android. However recently I found that #GNU (https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html) recognize them as non endorsable! Any idea about this discrepancy?
RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/115694649965814832
I wish there was an app for removing Google's AI from my Android phone, though. 😒 Yes I know you're supposed to remove it via some cautiously buried system settings, but who has the patience to practice those magic spells?
@Lambo You wish an app to solve issues with apps from Google 
How about a #de-googled OS? #e_OS #lineageos #grapheneos
Yes, I know, not a single button click, yet there are a few devices with preinstalled versions, #fairphone ...
And there are certainly ways and guides on #sustainable and #sovereign applications of #AI ?
I'm setting up a new phone today (still a #Fairphone3, just a less broken one...) using #lineageOS for the first time, and I'm curious to see how far I can get without using #GooglePlay...
#fdroid delivering so far...
LineageOS for microG
https://lineage.microg.org/
The naming is misleading: The images provided by this project include microG preinstalled.
microG as a replacement for the Google Services is probably not perfect, but at least among the apps I downloaded from the Play Store with Aurora, I didn't find any that doesn't work with it.
(AFAIU, paid apps are not supported by Aurora.)
I'm setting up a new phone today (still a #Fairphone3, just a less broken one...) using #lineageOS for the first time, and I'm curious to see how far I can get without using #GooglePlay...
#fdroid delivering so far...
Good morning Fedi friends!
I set up my alarm at 6:20am - as usual - to have at least an hour to myself before the little one wakes up. Yes, even on a Sunday.
I looked up videos about how to flash LineageOS on my Nexus 7 (2012)... And discovered a charming tutorial about TWRP recovery loader... done by a kid - I'm guessing in his early teens - some 8 years ago. The kids are alright!
If my little one started making videos about jailbreaking devices / installing custom ROMs 10 years from now, I would be so proud ☺️
Anyway, wishing you all a great day!
A comparison of #LineageOS, #eOS, and #GrapheneOS by someone who's used all three.
https://kevinboone.me/lineage-eos-graphene.html
'Using any replacement firmware will be inconvenient if you’re tied to Google’s services, as many of us are. You can try to continue to use those services, but in a less privacy-crushing way, and Graphene and ∕e∕OS purport to offer some help with that. However, I think you’d need to be both knowledgeable and careful to use Google Services, even in these restrictive environments, without inadvertently sacrificing privacy. To my mind, if you want to de-Google, you have to find replacements for Google, not ways to appease Google.'
A comparison of #LineageOS, #eOS, and #GrapheneOS by someone who's used all three.
https://kevinboone.me/lineage-eos-graphene.html
'Using any replacement firmware will be inconvenient if you’re tied to Google’s services, as many of us are. You can try to continue to use those services, but in a less privacy-crushing way, and Graphene and ∕e∕OS purport to offer some help with that. However, I think you’d need to be both knowledgeable and careful to use Google Services, even in these restrictive environments, without inadvertently sacrificing privacy. To my mind, if you want to de-Google, you have to find replacements for Google, not ways to appease Google.'
Mit 2 Monaten Verzögerung: Android 16 QPR1 landet im AOSP
Das Update auf Android 16 QPR1 ist endlich im AOSP angekommen. Custom-ROM-Entwickler und Bastler warteten seit zwei Monaten darauf.
#Android #Google #LineageOS #Mobiles #OpenSource #Sicherheitslücken #Software #Updates #news
Gave up trying to get the #LineageOS update to work, so now reinstalling everything on my phone (exactly the thing I wanted to do the day before a trip).
Good news: #Signal's backup thing works (the old one, I haven't tried the hosted one yet).
Better news: I could remember my PIN!
Slightly bad news: When I did the backups, it gave me recovery codes. When I did the restore, it asked for a passphrase. Apparently, these are the same thing (or, at least, the codes worked in the passphrase box), but it was pretty poor UI to ask me for a thing I had, but was given under a different name.
Oh, joy. Upgrading #LineageOS on my phone failed, and now I can't find a way of either rolling back to an older version or completing the upgrade. And everything I've tried so far has made it worse...
My Amazon Echo Show 5 and 8 are now both running #lineageos . No more Amazon shit. No closed system.
Now let's look for #homeassistant and Fully Kiosk ✌️
My Amazon Echo Show 5 and 8 are now both running #lineageos . No more Amazon shit. No closed system.
Now let's look for #homeassistant and Fully Kiosk ✌️
This week in F-Droid (TWIF) is up and running:
* #Fossify Messages heads up
* #SwatchIt to the #knitting rescue
* #LineageOS + #FDroid + #XMPP spell ❤️ in Italian
* #Immich growing pains, somebody is G-ealous
* #LibreTube #MaterialDesign Expressive on the edge
+ 4 new apps
& 137 updates
- 2 archived apps
Flip the toggle: https://f-droid.org/2025/10/30/twif.html
@fdroidorg #LineageOS + #FDroid + #XMPP spell ❤️ in Italian on Peertube as well:
https://video.linux.it/w/kpv22cF5UnNgoAoBX669bS
Well done @laivsalocin !
welp. my phone bricked.
fuck it.
I need help. #AskFedi
Can I get #WayDroid ( #Android #LineageOS) to use my phone number somehow for calls and everything? Is there a service for this?
Do you use your #Linux / #Fedora laptop for #telephony?
welp. my phone bricked.
fuck it.
I need help. #AskFedi
Can I get #WayDroid ( #Android #LineageOS) to use my phone number somehow for calls and everything? Is there a service for this?
Do you use your #Linux / #Fedora laptop for #telephony?
