Why choose LineageOS over Fairphone OS?

[Kallisti]

Hi!

I got my new FP3+ a few days ago and I wanted to try installing LineageOS 18.1 and Magisk before I put any data on the phone. In short, I was able to install LineageOS and OpenGApps without any big problems (I’m working on some updated instructions for the wiki, if interesting) but I haven’t been able to install Magisk and also relock the bootloader. Lot’s of fun near-bricking situations, but I’ve now reflashed the official Android from Fairphone.

In any case, that brings me to the question - why should I pick LineageOS over Fairphone OS (or why should I not)?

Should I be expecting LineageOS to give me more settings, more security and more AOSP updates? The chance of getting 12? Or am I just asking for small bugs and hardware that doesn’t always work properly?

What are your thoughts and suggestions? Why have you chosen to remain or to flash?

Thanks!

[anon9989719]

@Kallisti

Why have you chosen to remain or to flash?

Reasons.

1. Don’t want to have to undo if I need to return for warranty.
2. Have lots of other more entertaining spiritual and environmental habits to fulfill.
3. Not overly concerned with Google, never had an account and used abd to remove much of their apps, don’t use play~store etc.

[yvmuell]

@Kallisti

why should I pick LineageOS

I can only speak for FP2 but expect its similar:

1. normally weekly updates and so also more frequent security updates
2. Less Google if this is wanted
3. Faster upgrades to new Android Versions (for FP2 that came out with A5 or 6 is no on A11 with LOS)
4. Sometimes different settings and also sometimes more, but not sure how important that is

However, flashing the FP2 is much easier than flashing the FP3 and each time you unlock/relock the bootloader you have to do a factory reset.

[Alex.A]

@Kallisti

I haven’t been able to install Magisk and also relock the bootloader.

We can help with this if you wish, it should be quite straightforward.
Though mind flashing Magisk and relocking is impossible, it’ll make your phone bootloop AFAIK. You have to chose between both.

There’s a detailed community installation guide:

FP3/FP3+: Complete guide for installing LineageOS

This post is a #wiki, you can edit it by clicking the green pencil icon. Wiki meta discussion here How to: Installing LineageOS on your FP3/FP3+ Since there is no easy, complete, all-in-one guide available, I thought about writing one. Feel free to join this wiki post and optimize it;) 1. ATTENTION WARNING: You’ll loose all your data. So back up everything you want to keep! WARNING: the wiki hasnt been updated since some time and things might have been changed,…

@Kallisti

Should I be expecting LineageOS to give me more settings, more security and more AOSP updates?

More settings yes, more AOSP upgrades yes, but security is a vast subject. It depends how you define it. More privacy I believe yes, you won’t have the Google Apps always active.
Also, you’ll have a much lighter OS in the sense that it is quite sober and you can then install what you need.

Edit: Typo

[nchrome]

Sorry for necroposting, but is it possible to remove all of the google stuff with adb ( i installed lineage just to get rid of google assistant which was popping all the time, it was worse than Jim Carrey in cable guy )

[anon9989719]

Hi You can look at a topic/guide I made to do just that using a raspberry pi.

Raspberry Pi4 ~ ADB ~ wifi [Uninstall some google apps]

Hi I’m just getting my head around using ADB on a Raspberry pi (Buster OS) It has been many years since I used ADB on a Windows to Samsung. The phone does not need to be rooted or OEM unlocked It does require enabling Developer options > USB debugging I downloaded the adb files to the Rasp-pi via terminal commands sudo apt install android-tools-adb android-tools-adbd android-tools-fastboot android-tools-fsutils android-tools-mkbootimg Then Connect cable Rasp- pi USBA to FP3 USBC. Usi…

[AnotherElk]

Some additional resources …

[Debloater + Google reducer] Unofficial Fairphone 3 debloat script

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Google Apps keep reinstalling/ reactivating

Here’s my current take … I try to walk a line between de-Google-ing the phone while keeping the basic Google Mobile Services (GMS, for OTA updates of the OS and some Play Store Apps I still have as APKs for installing) and the Play Store itself (for updates of remaining Google components) from breaking, even if I try not to use my Google account for now. I’m not a big fan of installing downloaded APKs from some website without an automatic update possibility which stores like e.g. F-Droid prov…

It’s not possible to get rid of “all of the Google stuff” this way, and all Android OSes are based on Google’s work, which makes this pretty hard to achieve anyway.

If you can live with some background stuff still phoning home, LineageOS is a start, as it doesn’t include all the Google Apps and services which come preinstalled on Google certified stock Android OSes.

If you want to take further degoogling steps, you may want to have a look at what /e/ do (they take LineageOS as a base and degoogle it further) … /e/OS product description - a pro-privacy mobile operating system and cloud services.

[nchrome]

Thank you both for the replies. I did not meant to remove it 100% from android, but more to get rid of its assistant, and voice activated search and similar stuff that for me just gets in a way.