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Simple question really! Are any of you running a Custom ROM? Furthermore, are any of you running a De-Googled ROM?

Why do you run your custom ROM, and what are the drawbacks?

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[–] sv1sjp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I am using CrDroid the last 5 years ( 1 year with google play services, 3 years with microg, 1 year degoogled)

[–] coconutxyz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Still am because miui is shit

[–] Bawt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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.

Yes, lineage OS without Google. Everytging still works fine, even playstore with Autor store frontend

[–] Starayo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] motorwerks@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

A custom ROM? No. An unlocked bootloader, standard ROM, & custom kernel? Yes.

[–] exu@feditown.com 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] TheBatz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Keegen@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] SafetyGoggles@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. I wouldn't have if it wasn't that OxygenOS keep killing my background apps.

[–] Fisch@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

I run degoogled LineageOS

[–] m88youngling@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

I would, if my Samsung phones didn't have locked bootloaders.

[–] Umbra@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago

It's so nice to see folks here moving away from Google. I hope I can get there too.

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