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[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 10 points 5 months ago

This is great if all you want is a dumb phone. Or you're perfectly ok without all the things that make your phone smart. Check the balance on your banking app? Nope. Venmo a buddy because your buddy is spotting you? Nope. Chat with your friends or family where they are, not forcing them to use another app they don't want? Nope.

I think everyone should be picky with what they are comfortable using on their smart phones.

Unless you're some kind of tin foil hat person or have a specific phone use case or a criminal or terrorist, there isn't many reasons to root your phone.

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[-] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago

My phone constantly complains that such-and-such won't work unless I enable Google Play Services. (and yet I still don't do that.)

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[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 months ago

I know Lemmy hates Apple but

get new iPhone

plug into computer

click button

new phone exactly like old phone

[-] underwire212@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

You are missing the point of this post. They are criticizing the lengthy and difficult process of installing a custom ROM on android smartphones. iOS is not a custom ROM, and probably even more difficult (if not impossible) to install a custom ROM on ios

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[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 5 points 5 months ago

If you're replacing the firmware, why are you replacing it with Android and not Linux?

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

It doesn't work yet. People have spent a lot of time to get it to work - in some cases some models of some manufacturers pretty much work.

For the rest of us, it's not an option.

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[-] lunar17@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Alright fine, you've convinced me. I'll give LineageOS a try.

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