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[YT] Less Than Half of Android Users Have Upgraded to Android 13 or 14! 🀯 (www.youtube.com)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Funny, the comment types here are the same as on Youtube:

  1. "I still run Android and it is totally fine, will never switch Android just got worse!"
  2. "Well, money"
  3. "Companies need to support phones longer"
  4. "I just use LineageOS on that device"
  5. Misinformation
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Try a lighter custom ROM if you can. LineageOS's implementation of Android 14 is still usable with a 4 GB device.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Changing ROMs is a huge pain. Not only it can brick the phone, full backups were basically made impossible long ago. It's best to do it as soon as you purchase the phone and that's what I am gonna do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Agreed. Now if only I could find a good device. I am very picky with hardware. I want a Motorola phone with a headphone jack and Lineage OS that works in the US.

I will note that you need to do a complete wipe when changing Roms. It breaks random things in the OS

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

High-tier Xiaomi phones usually have headphones jacks and really good hardware . I don't know about lineage OS, but there's a EU roms for Xiaomi phones that get rid of all their useless shit. The weirdest thing is that it's actually a kinda-official custom ROM.

nowadays, all the phones are pretty similar in terms of perf, unless you're into mobile gaming/video editing/AI, it doesn't matter. A 12GB Ram, 512GB phone is completely future proof. Heck, if there's ever a desktop mode added on Android, it's more than enough for 99% of regular computer usage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have found that 3gb and 32gb storage are enough

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

3GB RAM, maybe. 32 GB ROM ? No..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It works for me. Also if I ever need it I do have a micro SD

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nah, it's pretty easy. I've done it many times myself. You have to be pretty unlucky or stupid to brick a phone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

did it many times too and never bricked a phone. The fact that there's a chance that it can brick a phone is the problem. Were I live, even the cheapest phones cost a month worth of salary, so if you brick s phone, you're basically without a phone for months as you slowly gather the funds to buy a new one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It is normally soft bricked. You just need to wipe it and start over

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To flash a custom rom you usually use a custom Bootloader like TWRP, and if the bootloader is fucked, the phone is pretty much dead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It isn't needed with Lineage OS as it has its own recovery tools

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It works well with a 3gb device. I honestly was expecting it to croak but it works better than new phones with Google junk.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah I have a Redmi Note 4X running Android 13 LineageOS. It still runs okay.