The lead developer and the founder both leave in the span of a week or two. Their Telegram group is now filled with spam because the founder was the one and only moderator and he never assigned another mod, and he did so without writing a word for a project that he spent 15 years on.
Maybe it’s my paranoid nature, but something is weird about all this. It almost seems like the founder left and the lead developer joined him in that. Them replacing the signing key is also awfully convenient, since to my understanding the founder is the only one that had access to it in the first place. So why would they need to replace it, unless they don’t trust the one and only guy that had it?
For the tinfoilers, AXPOS is looking more and more enticing. They are working on Android 15 for the FP3/4 as we speak.
Maybe so, but forcing your entire userbase to be without updates for SIX MONTHS and then they have to reinstall the entire OS to get updates again… that shattered my trust in them probably forever. All because the founder left for… let’s call it vague reasons.
Also, my understanding is that the signing key can actually be replaced on existing devices, but they choose not to do it. They don’t even mention why.
It’s weird, and from what I’ve seen I’m far from the first person to see this as a red flag.
No idea. Says “unavailable for your device”. Perhaps it asks for certain device security features?
The app doesn’t even show in the search results in Aurora store. So it’s filtered out. You can only find it via their website and then it shows the app but says not compatible.
calyx gitlab activity seems optimistic to me. The documentation and preparation for hsm based key handling and release signing looks thorough. They’ll be back
Not ran CalyxOS for years. I tried it before GrapheneOS, assumed NFC payments was something I would just need to do without. Did use Garmin pay for a while.
So I guess its rather a regional or whatever cause that you cannot use Curve and not because of IodeOS (beside the fact that its rather off-topic here I would say)
Can you set the device in the spoof manager in your aurora store to something other than the fairphone? For some reason there are a lot of apps that get the “not available for your device” error for fairphone. My theory is it has something to do with the api version, so choose something with a lower one. It worked for some apps for me on calyxOs
Edit: I can move this to private messages if it is too off topic
I’m trying to figure out how urgent it is to switch my FP5 from CalyxOS to something else rather than just wait for the next CalyxOS update. It’s a PITA to switch ROMs. I understand getting pwned is a bigger PITA, but I have no idea how to gauge the risk of that just because my CalyxOS install hasn’t had updates for several months. Pinged the CalyxOS chat room and 3/4 folks seemed to think it was important. Any other opinions from this group? A poll would be nice. I really liked CalyxOS, but if I switch to something like Iodé I’m not sure when I would get around to switching back again.
There’s also this goldy that seems to answer the question of why people started leaving:
in july, the @calyx institute membership server - members.calyxinstitute.org - was quietly moved from a server owned and operated by calyx, to a cloud hosting provider, along with all associated member data (personal information). from what i was told, this decision was made by the engineering director, the executive director, and the board. (2/9)
when i became aware that the @calyx membership site’s dns was changed to point to a cloud provider, i had questions, so i did something controversial: i asked. i wanted to know why, and who was involved, and what considerations were made. i emailed the board and anyone else i thought might know more. and i got a response from someone in leadership saying, among other things, “My reading of the privacy policy is different from yours.” (i hadn’t even mentioned the privacy policy.) (6/9)
none of this even delves into the @calyx engineering director’s endless gaslighting, predictable derailing of discussions and decision-making, hoarding of access and information, attempts to delay / sabotage the revival of @calyxos, and apparent eagerness to direct $10,000’s of member donations toward goods and services from the warmongering likes of AWS and thales. those would warrant threads of their own. (8/9)
Hi all,
I have been lazy and haven’t changed OS after the announcement of Calyx from this summer. Now that I have some time, I’d like to move from CalyxOS. I don’t know what the status is on bricked phones nowadays, but reading some posts on the forum, it seems that there still are some issues. I read that someone had issues with IodeOS’s installer, for example.
Could you advise me on the best way to switch OS? I am using a FP4 with CalyxOS 6.10.20. Android 15, security update 5 March (vendor and firmware), 5 June (Kernel) and 1 August 2025 (Platform). The bootloader is unlocked.
I was thinking about moving to Iodé, which seemed the closest to Calyx. I could move to /e/ if it is safer/simpler.
Can I just run the installer of one of these OS or do I need to do something else?
Thanks in advance for all the help and nice holidays!
If you keep your bootloader unlocked then I don’t see a risk in changing.
If you’re planning to lock the bootloader after installing another OS you should check get_unlock_ability via fastboot and only install if it’s value is “1”. Then you’re on the safe side (for not bricking your device).
The installers should also make sure you won’t brick, but following the above is IMHO still the best precaution.
Thank you for your answer. That’s what I did when I installed Calyx, but I have never used an installer and wondered if they handle everything right. I think that I remember having read that the installers check the lock ability and ask you before locking, but a thread about Iodé’s installer make me wonder.
Thanks and have a nice day!
