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New phone, new OS? Is it worth switching from Lineage/microG to Iodé? (leminal.space)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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On my new phone I'm tempted to switch from LineageOS for microG to IodéOS, just for the ease of a dedicated installer. What are your experiences of pros and cons?

Bonus question, while I prefer full control of my phone, Iodé lists "uninstallable apps" as a feature(?) — what in the world are those?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Oh, good one! I love a good comparison table, and this one I didn't know of!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've run iodéOS for at least a year by now.

It used to have some bugs that mildly inconvenienced me,but they have all been fixed now.

I really like it. It just works.

Uninstallable default apps just means that the stores (f-droid / aurora), browsers, camera and lots more can be removed in the settings, so you dont need to root access to do so.

Don't want the default email client and contacts app? Just uninstall them from the settings. Takes a reboot to take effect.

If you need them again, just go back there, install them again, reboot and you're golden.

Attaching a screenshot from the "Preinstalled apps" page in the settings.

Feel free to ask if you have any more questions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Uh, okay. Weird use of "uninstallable", but this is definitely good to hear! I was looking at Calyx that has a suite of apps that will just always be stored on your device whether you install them or not. Glad this isn't that sort of situation 🙂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

One followup question, might be out of your ballpark since you're happily using Iodé: in their FAQ, they answer the question "Can I uninstall iodéOS and go back to Google Android?" with

Yes you can. Please follow this link [to their installation page 🤔] for iodéOS uninstallation.

Caution : uninstalling iodéOS requires coding skills.

I hope those "coding skills" aren't more involved than being able to run a couple of adb and fastboot commands. Have you seen anything to the contrary, in support forums and similar?

to be clear, I'm not "going back to Google Android", but I might get adventurous with other custom ROMs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think that is just about how to strip the iodeOS modifications from the system without a complete reset or something. Probably using adb and fastboot as you mentioned. But I have no idea about how any of this works or why I would want to do that.

If you want to install any other OS, just go about it as you would normally. I don't see how this changes anything really.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Cool, cool. Will give it a shot when I have a couple hours to install it 👍 Thanks for your help!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No app is completely uninstallable. But the one app in Iodé that can't at least be uninstalled via system settings is the Iodé tracking protection.

Iodé is considered one of the more secure custom ROMs and friends of mine and me are quite happy with it (running on a Terracube 2e, a Fairphone 3, and a Fairphone 4).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

That's the kind of reassurance I needed to go ahead. Thanks!

[–] poissonDistribution 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm usimg lineageOS and microG and so far so good. I was even able to pass all thesafetyNet tests by installing Play Integrity Fix through Magisk. I'm on oneplus 9.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I've been on LOS/mG for a few years. Sorry if I didn't make it clear. I'm just wondering if Iodé is a decent replacement or they have too opinionated a setup...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Been using lineage since forever. Pixel 3.