Hi,
Intro about XDA forum (skippable)
I was using a lot xda-developers.com for anything that was related to Android development and phone support. (ROM etc…)
But it became rotten -->
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Current situation to Install another ROM ~OS
As you may know, in order to install another ROM For example to get rid of Google ! 👿
You need one that is specifically build for your devices for example: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
This is so inefficient !
You might have heard of Treble that focus on this problem
- https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/05/here-comes-treble-modular-base-for.html
- https://www.hsc.com/resources/blog/what-is-android-treble/
sadly it’s made by google 👿 and I doubt that they will release all the code. We will see.
If you don’t know what is AOSP and this article too
The question : How to install AOSP on a "Supported device"
I’ve always use only google-free smartphone ! But OMG it’s time consuming.
- Found a smartphone ( with the spec you want and in your budget )
- Check if you can have\import it in your “country”
- Check if someone already cook a ROM that support that specific model
- or create it by yourself (even more time consuming )
- Sometimes: bypass any protection that prevent to install another ROM !
- Finally install the ROM’s, boot loader etc…
At this time, when it seem that Treble is not there yet… Do you have a quicker path\Solution ?
Thanks
There isn’t any. even before Trebel appeared. cmiiw, when it comes to Android KitKat era, there must be a specific build for that device to install it.
LineageOS?
Yes I’m talking about it in my initial post… but it’s not changing the six steps
six steps
- Found a smartphone ( with the spec you want and in your budget )
- Check if you can have\import it in your “country”
- Check if someone already cook a ROM that support that specific model
- or create it by yourself (even more time consuming )
- Sometimes: bypass any protection that prevent to install another ROM !
- Finally install the ROM’s, boot loader etc…
