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Well, um, considering HTC pretty much abandoned me, how much worse could Lineage OS be? <BR>
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I mean, they stopped all updates at 4.0.3, and stopped selling batteries for it. <IMG SRC="cid:1522338017.23706.657.camel@t4.mnopltd.com" ALIGN="middle" ALT=";-)" BORDER="0"><BR>
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On Wed, 2018-03-28 at 21:18 +0000, Jonathan Meek wrote:<BR>
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I have a Nexus 5X and it will be getting the EOF for security updates around September. I am thinking to switch to LineageOS before hand but my concern is security updates. Does LineageOS do a decent job on security updates?
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Also can anyone explain the EOF of security updates that Google is doing to the Nexus line. Is it both software and baseband security updates?
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I know it's a long shot that LineageOS would be able to do baseband/firmware updates but if they are still pushing Android OS security patches.<BR>
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On Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 11:35 AM James Taylor via Ale <<A HREF="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</A>> wrote:<BR>
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What model HTC?<BR>
You may be surprised.<BR>
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>>> Neal Rhodes via Ale <<A HREF="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</A>> 3/28/2018 10:16 AM >>><BR>
Ok, there is some linux and android in here.<BR>
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We have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, P5113. Yes, release 2012.<BR>
Which Samsung has declined to update since Android 4.3, and which has<BR>
been running slower and slower.<BR>
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Even after a wipe and factory reset. It spends about 50% of its CPU<BR>
running around in circles, often in kswapd0, even when nothing is<BR>
running, all apps have been removed, or a fresh reboot.<BR>
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In the past, digging around on replacing Android seemed to lead through<BR>
this swamp of competing custom ROMs, endless threads of discussions,<BR>
conflicting instructions, eg - nothing that made one want to enter that<BR>
dark forest.<BR>
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This last weekend, after another wipe and reset, I figured we had<BR>
nothing to lose. Poking around I find LineageOS; apparently organized<BR>
by adults, ROMS organized by device, and complete instructions.<BR>
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So, several hours later, I now have Android 6. It's been running great<BR>
for 72 hours now. Idling CPU usage is 4-8%. Everything is much,<BR>
much faster. GPS Apps like Maps.ME, Tom-Tom GO, or Waze that were<BR>
hopeless before now are plausible. Wall Street Journal still dies on a<BR>
regular basis, but runs waaaaaay faster.<BR>
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It's like we got a brand new notebook for almost free.<BR>
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Granted, there were a few glitches in the instructions: Volume Up/Down<BR>
might be backwards, The Heimdall Suite wouldn't install on Centos 6,<BR>
and wouldn't run on Windows 10, but did work on Windows 7, and the<BR>
"standard" GApps package won't fit; got to use the Nano package. But<BR>
all surmountable.<BR>
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But overall, a great result. Now, if they only had ROMS for my 10<BR>
year old HTC phone...<BR>
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Neal<BR>
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