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Unlock and install LineageOS or one of other alternatives. Good resource: https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki

comment by lostmsu · 2023-08-04 · in “Absurd”: Google, Amazon rebuked over unsupported Chromebooks still for sale

…Pixel 1 doesn't support. Skipping those requirements isn't a good idea. p.s. status on this? thanks https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/issues/1...

comment by SubzeroCarnage · 2022-11-15 · in Show HN: DivestOS – Long-term support for end-of-life Android devices

Yeah, this is exactly what GSIs are meant to do - see https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki/ for a nice wiki talking about taking advantage of that. I thought mobian was distributing a GSI to do non-Android on the…

comment by yjftsjthsd-h · 2022-11-14 · in Show HN: DivestOS – Long-term support for end-of-life Android devices

Hey! We spoke on your Github https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/issues/2... Bootloader unlocking worked out of the box, and GSI installed without a hitch issues right now: - The flip doesn't turn on the internal screen -…

comment by stratosmacker · 2022-05-24 · in Cat S22 Flip Phone

…stock firmware. Less importantly, the front screen also doesn't work, but I can deal with that. WIP https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/issues/2... There is no T9 keyboard on F-Droid that I can find, and everything on the…

comment by stratosmacker · 2022-05-24 · in Cat S22 Flip Phone

…android phones, however with Project Treble many of them can run GSIs such as this most popular one https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/releases . Of course Lineage OS deserves a mention, maybe you could ship with that,…

comment by stratosmacker · 2022-05-17 · in I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone

Please try https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki for recent devices (Android oreo and later). GSI is fine; of course not everything is perfect. Also google XDA GSI forums for specific advice

comment by raelmebrand · 2022-04-26 · in LineageOS 19

…ASOP roms on phones that would never have a customized Lineage OS release. Shoutout to Phhusson https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/releases

comment by stratosmacker · 2022-04-26 · in LineageOS 19

I had lots of luck with https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki on Mi Max 3. In general any recent phone should work with these ROMs. On Mi Max 3 it works perfectly with only a few tweaks after flashing.…

comment by lostmsu · 2021-08-07 · in My debloating experience with Poco F3

That still leaves the option of using a GSI of whichever distribution. https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki/Sam...

comment by foolmeonce · 2021-04-01 · in LineageOS 18.1

…them thanks for the Treble project, that separated kernel and hardware drivers from Android system. https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations

comment by lostmsu · 2021-03-23 · in Living Like It's 99, No Social Media, No Smartphone

…with the latest A/B GSI [1], and the phone seems to be encrypted. Many thanks for your great work! https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/releases...

comment by lostmsu · 2021-03-07 · in Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)

That's amongst the reason I do my AOSP GSI ( https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/releases... ; Generic System Image, an Android that works on pretty much all recent Android phones). Xiaomi devices are usually at sweet spots…

comment by phh · 2021-03-01 · in Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)

…glitches (probably due to issues in the hardware abstraction layer from the manufacturers side?): https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki I could see some that look mostly flawless, like Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.0 2019. It'd…

comment by nextos · 2020-11-30 · in E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services

…gray market hit EU/USA with reflashed devices. I even received some weird bug issues on my ROM ( https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/issues/1... ) that made me think they were actually trying to go this route, but nope.…

comment by phh · 2020-11-19 · in Huawei ML Kit – Integration of Scene Detection-Huawei Developer

…a really good alternative is to run a device-independent ROM on an unlockable Treble device: https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations As you said, stock Android is pretty hopeless in terms of privacy.

comment by nextos · 2020-01-01 · in How to stay private when using Android

…for my low-end phone. The list of generic system images is extremely long and not all that helpful: https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki/Gen... I ended up chosing phh-treble because it doesn't add any BS, promises quick…

comment by pepijndevos · 2019-12-31 · in Using an /e/ phone as a desktop or laptop

…They do have a mechanism where they try to build CLs in batches, but "try" is the keyword. [1] https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki

comment by phh · 2019-11-09 · in LineageOS Android Distribution

…on any (!) Google certified android phone that launched with Oreo+ with very few quirks, if any. https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki/Fre...

comment by ignoramous · 2019-10-27 · in The Sad Saga of Purism and the Librem 5

…a Pixel. Paradoxically, the best way to use Android but avoid Google is buying a Google phone. [1] https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki

comment by nextos · 2019-05-27 · in Refurbished Samsung Android Phones Sans Google Now Available

…contender. Their predecessor, Maemo/Meego, as seen in the Nokia 770-N9 saga was amazing. [1] https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki

comment by nextos · 2019-05-26 · in Ask HN: What would be a good Android alternative?

…generic ROMs on any phone. But there are still many glitches [2]. [1] https://grapheneos.org/ [2] https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki

comment by nextos · 2019-05-14 · in iFixit Pixel 3a XL teardown [video]

…a new phone that supports Treble. For example, the super cheap Nokia 1 seems to work well [1]. [1] https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki

comment by nextos · 2019-04-13 · in Smartphone Apps Are Filled With Trackers

…And some Android One devices don't have unlockable bootloaders, so you can't even flash a GSI. See https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki for the list of supported devices and bugs.

comment by nextos · 2019-03-27 · in CopperheadOS Release: Android 9

…capable of running AOSP. [1] https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/get-started/... [2] https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki

comment by nextos · 2019-03-27 · in CopperheadOS Release: Android 9

Thanks, Android seems to be getting somewhere with that. https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki The Blackview A20 that's listed there is a pretty cheap phone.

comment by incompatible · 2018-05-25 · in Andy Rubin Puts Essential Up for Sale, Cancels Next Phone