I assume virtually everyone in this place is using some third party ROM. Many of you probably rocking Banana ROM off your Alcatel z657 bought at Boost Mobile in 2012.

But is there any simpleton here like myself who is on stock android? You know, the middle age dude who has “Privacy” as a hobby because he can’t afford or have time for a real one. 😶‍🌫️

  • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’m stock Pixel 7. At a certain point jailbraking / rom switching just started being more work than it was worth to me

    • Glide@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      Funnily enough, I’m on a stock Pixel 6. I flashed custom firmware onto my Pixel 2XL back in the day, and the gain wasn’t super worth it. My phone before that, some Motorola brand, I flashed custom firmware onto and it helped a lot with features I wanted and bloatware removal. But, let be real, save being in the Google ecosphere, the Pixel is as stripped down baseline as a phone gets. And since my job is all-in on the Google apps, I have to be in that space anyway. At some stage, it just doesn’t feel like there’s much of a point.

  • hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Stock Samsung A something. Like the others are saying, if I wanna run maps and things like that it’s just easier to leave it as is. Might revisit if chat control comes though, that shit is vile.

  • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Basically no one runs stock android. It doesn’t exist

    But if you’re asking if I run OEM android, yes I am

    • Naich@lemmings.world
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      11 months ago

      I had a Wiley Fox phone back in the day that was supposedly as stock Android as you could get.

      • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Pixel is running something close… But as for what their adding? All kinds of stuff, from camera features to launchers to subtle tweaks

        But the reason no one is running stock android is the reason the Linux phone project is so difficult… The drivers

        Your phone is basically running two sets of firmware. One controls the radio, coordinates with cell towers, handles data both as an Internet connection and a set of old cell protocols we still use sometimes (like phone calls and public alerts), plus hardware backdoors.

        And then there’s Android, which has some degree of control over that mess, but it has to be custom fit to each black box or you get bugs, because they’re all different

        The only way to run stock android is through an emulator, and even then most developers just use the pixel builds

      • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Because it’s not a pixel, so I can’t run graphene out of the box, and having my phone working is a key component of my job

  • pr06lefs@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Recently switched over to LineageOS without the play store. But a few weeks ago I was still on regular old android. Have been relying on FDroid though for a while now - its nonpredatory apps are very nice.

  • Starkon@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    The issue with custom ROMs is the support for devices. I had to buy a new one from eBay to install LineageOS and I didn’t regret it. I use now 2 phones, one for privacy (I use it 80%) and the old one for mail and whatsapp (I’m forced to) to contact my family and friends but that’s it.

  • Naich@lemmings.world
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    11 months ago

    Yeah, I’m on Android here because I like using my phone to pay for stuff. I’ve made a half-arsed attempt to degoogle a bit by running Immich on a home server for photos.

  • dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.sdf.org
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    11 months ago

    I was running lineageOS on pixel 7 for a little while, but unfortunately it lacked visual voicemail. So, I’m back and have been using rooted pixel OS. That’s after I switched from Samsung s23. If anyone has any alternatives to the visual voicemail, please let me know. I need this feature for my job search.

  • dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    I have stock Fairphone, but disabled all Google Play Services and most proprietary apps, and replaced them with FOSS apps.

    Idk how close this is to a privacy-respecting custom ROM, but I’m mostly just waiting for a good one. I really enjoy having the slide button to turn on Do Not Disturb. It’s so amazing idk why not all phones have this.

    I def want this working on the custom ROM I’m switching to in the future.

  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    You can’t be running stock Android (AOSP), it’s not going to work on your phone.

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Define “stock.” You mean what comes on a phone? Or raw AOSP?

    I’ve ran CyanogenMod back when that was as close as most people were ever gonna get to AOSP. I’ve also run the “Google Play Edition” version of Android that was only available outside the US for whatever reason back in the day. I remember we had to flash the firmware, then flash something else to use CDMA on it (when that was a thing). Otherwise you got no signal because out of the box it was GSM only.

    Right now, my Android phone runs whatever the latest version of OneUI is available for the Galaxy S10, because that’s what I have. My main phone is an iPhone, but I do like running the S10 for a few things. Like if I’m gonna be doing any typing. Gboard on Android kicks the crap outta any keyboard on iPhone. Anyway, I’m running “stock” — what is stock for that phone. I have no real interest in modding it. I would not mind running an AOSP-like on the S10, but I don’t really need to be fancy about it, and since I want Gboard, I need Google Play Services, so something privacy-oriented isn’t going to work. Not on the S10, anyway.

    • ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      Yeah, Stock could mean whatever Android your phone comes with, or it could mean standard AOSP like even without GApps, OP should really clarify that.