LineageOS Archives

Building /e/OS google-free ROM based on Android version 9 aka Pie for Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X

by Manish Gehlot/e/Android LineageOSSeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020

System implementation /e/OS or the e-Foundation, founded by Gael Duval, has made it its goal to develop a de-Googled Android ecosystem. This sounds contradictory at first, since Google has brought…

Why go deGoogled and not with the Google’s Android?

by Manish Gehlot/e/Android AOSP LineageOSSeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020

The basis for the Android operating system is the Linux kernel. Its development began in 1991 by Linus Torvalds as a hobby project to understand his personal computer, but also…

Why use or build a custom Google-free Android ROM for your smartphone?

by Manish Gehlot/e/Android AOSP crDroid LineageOS Resurrection Remix SmartphonesSeptember 22, 2020September 22, 2020

I thought of it, my main focus was on major social problems with the high influence and an almost monopolistic market position of Google and its dominant product Android OS,…

Fairphone: A tech child who reveres Mother Nature!

by Manish Gehlot/e/Android LineageOS Opinion SmartphonesSeptember 22, 2020September 22, 2020

Fairphone B.V. has so far released three models of its Fairphone. The company exists since January 2013, a good seven years. The goal of the company is to produce durable,…

Linux & Android Kernel

by Manish GehlotAndroid LineageOS Linux SmartphonesSeptember 22, 2020September 22, 2020

Most smartphones use chips with the architecture Advanced RISC Machines, or ARM for short. ARM issues licenses to the chip manufacturers who produce chips based on this architecture. In order…

Smartphones: Planned obsolescence, Right to Repair and Fairphone’s model as a solution?

by Manish Gehlot/e/Android Digital Freedom iOS, tvOS and watchOS LineageOS SmartphonesSeptember 21, 2020September 21, 2020

Planned obsolescence Obsolescence describes the process of a device becoming unusable for its original functionality, usually caused by aging, often abbreviated as EOL, End of Life. In the case of…

Relevance of custom ROMs and alternatives in sustainability of Smartphones

by Manish Gehlot/e/Android LineageOSSeptember 21, 2020September 21, 2020

As an everyday object and replacement for computers, our smartphone is an important tool for most of the daily needs in lives of many people to the point that it…

MicroG: A libre Google Apps and libraries’ replacement and their battle with SafetyNet

by Manish GehlotAndroid AOSP Digital Freedom Free Software LineageOS Open Source OpinionSeptember 17, 2020September 17, 2020

MicroG is a free and open replacement of Google’s proprietary Android user space apps and libraries. Wait! Is not Android an open-source mobile OS already? Yes and no. While, Android…

My Experience Of Unlocking Moto G, Rooting And Installing CyanogenMod 12 Nightly

by Saurav ModakAndroid LineageOS LinuxMarch 30, 2015April 13, 2020

I had 3 months of warranty left anyway, so I decided to get the hell out of it, and install CyanogenMod 12 nightly in it. My main motive of doing this, stock Android Lollipop sucked, and I had to reboot my phone from time to time to keep it sane. I wouldnt say that CyanogenMod 12 is much better in terms of performance, but what I have is more control.