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minus-squareDreamer@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAre there any longstanding open source alternatives to Android OS?
minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI installed LineageOS on my Motorola and the data connection stops working… restored back to factory rom and it starts working again So I guess if you really want to use it as a wifi-only device, sure or daily drive 2 phones with one of them on the factory rom to use as a hotspot for the other one running Lineage
minus-squareRekall Incorporated@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThere is the Linux-based Jolla phone: https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder But their UI framework and Android app support system are not open source.
Are there any longstanding open source alternatives to Android OS?
LineageOS?
I installed LineageOS on my Motorola and the data connection stops working… restored back to factory rom and it starts working again
So I guess if you really want to use it as a wifi-only device, sure
or daily drive 2 phones with one of them on the factory rom to use as a hotspot for the other one running Lineage
There is the Linux-based Jolla phone:
https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder
But their UI framework and Android app support system are not open source.