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. 😶🌫️
I run stock on a pixel although I do have droidify installed and prefer that too the play store for most things. Especially for the freeze app where all my corporate stuff is run from.
Next we ask how many women and other non-guys are on here.
More than you think, half of hexbear is trans for instance
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.
Nah, I too just use whatever version of android is already installed onto the device. I would use custom versions of android or more preferably, Linux distros, but the biggest issue for me, is the fact that the only way to install a custom OS is to use a rom that’s made specifically for that device. You can’t just download a “one size fits all” rom and install it onto your device. As a result of this, most of my devices don’t have a custom OS available at all, and the ones that do, the OSs haven’t been updated in several years.
I also haven’t used any advanced methods for removing apps I don’t want. I’ve never used anything like root or ADB, as I’m just worried about potentially bricking the devices I own.
I’m stock Pixel 7. At a certain point jailbraking / rom switching just started being more work than it was worth to me
Also stock Pixel 7.
I just don’t care enough to try to put something custom on it.
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.
I got whatever the cheapest phone was at the shop that wasn’t an iphone, and am running whatever version of Android it came preinstalled with along with whatever updates have been rolled out since then.
But I’m not a guy, so your statement may still stand.
Nah, I have an XCover6 Pro and I haven’t rooted it. I’m reluctant to back everything up so I can reflash the firmware. I did it on my Galaxy S5 a few years back and it can be a pain.
I just adb out the stuff I can. Old owner of the company I work at gifted me a z fold 6 and I decided to use it instead of reselling it for a pixel.
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.
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.
If OP is like me, OP probably doesnt know.
Turn phone on. Phone works. Jobs done.
So that’d be whatever Android your phone comes with, then, and not standard AOSP.
Now that I re-read it, OP called themselves a simpleton, so I think you’re right, there’s no chance OP is using standard AOSP.
No results for “StockOS” on XDA. Must be a very new ROM. ;)
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.
i used to run LOS on my Xperia until an update corrupted my TA partition (methinks) and i couldn’t use mobile data. my phone ran noticably faster, had better battery life, and was less buggy than the oem rom :p
as soon as i get a break from school I’m going to try LOS again. what a great piece of software
LTT did a video about a year ago covering how rough the “stock” android experience is.
You can also jump to 7:10 for custom ROM information/options, but it doesn’t really go into depth on any of it (outside the scope of the video).
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.
I’m running GrapheneOS and use my phone to pay for stuff via NFC.
GrapheneOS doesnt support my phone. I wish but it aint gonna work. Not yet.
Yeah I’m running whatever stock auto updating OS came with my S23.
