Be aware that “LineageOS for microG” is a separate distribution and only ships updates every second month.

Yeah, that's what I thought. I think I'll just install MicroG myself instead.

Thanks for all the recommendations. But it looks like LineageOS is the only one that officially supports my model. (Samsung S20 5G) And it looks like it would do the job just fine for my needs.

The install docs are extremely barebones, incomplete and unsafe

Also their way of installing is hacky and incompatible with verified boot

IodeOS is significantly better for this use case, although they support less devices. They base off LineageOS but the installer, installation method and the resulting OS are better, more secure and private.

If you consider buying new, a Pixel 10 or 9 with GrapheneOS is still the best.

If not that, maybe CalyxOS is fine currently? I dont expect it to be much better than iodeOS.

Stay away from /e/OS. Be aware that "LineageOS for microG" is a separate distribution and only ships updates every second month.

There is also APXOS which would be better than iodeOS I guess, but limited device support.

RestlessOS is very interesting but I dont know how the kernel is updated. Really worth considering though

Nice. Thank you so much for your advice!

I'm going on vacation soon so I won't do the switch until I come back. But I'll follow your instructions and see how that goes. I'll try to keep you updated if I remember lol 😅

I'm not the one downvoting btw.

But I think it's important I know if it's going to work beforehand. But as others pointed out, there should be no issue as long as I install MicroG at the very least.

EDIT:

I think you're a victim of some downvoting campaign by some people.

You shouldn't have any issues, no. I've been able to use Google Maps myself since alternatives are garbage, but I don't see any reason the other cloud services wouldn't work

Ah interesting!

If I go with MicroG, will I still be able to use Google apps like drive, photos, maps, etc?

You won't know until you switch.

And since Lineage will be a newer version than you're running, and you can put current Google Services on it, you're probably fine.

But yea, just downvote me when I'm trying to help.

Jerk

So here https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/ you'd follow whatever steps for your device, but what I did for mine was replace the official OS files with the files from here https://download.lineage.microg.org/.

Edit: I typically wouldn't recommend GApps unless you really, really like deep Google integration. From my understanding GApps basically turns Lineage into stock android but with a newer android ver, while MicroG is faux google that pretends google play services exists for those apps that require it (I don't think there's too many that don't just expect a non-rooted device)

Just switch, problem solved.

Not quite.

Like I mentioned in my post, I need to install business apps for my job including Teams, Outlook, Edge on a professional encrypted profile. Without Google apps or whatever services, this won't work. Neither will banking apps, I think.

I need MicroG and GApps from what I gathered.

Nice! Do you have a link for the procedure? I found a couple here:

This one from the official LineageOS page for GApps

And this LineageOS for MicroG fork

But there's also Open GApps

Don't know bakut professional profiles, but have been using Lineage for 3-4 years.

It simply works, is beautifuly simple, it's just right for me.

I've been running Lineage (and before that Cyanogen) for 10 years-ish.

It's the same OS just without the bloatware. It doesn't even have Google Services unless you choose to install it.

Just switch, problem solved.

Tell you what, go buy a phone for $500 and solve your problem that way if you just want to argue with people who've been imaging phones since 2010.

I have a solution, but you know, I'm not helping you anymore. You just want to look for why you're stuck, instead of solutions.

Honestly I switched to Lineage a few months ago for the same reason, and so long as you install gapps (iirc that's the spelling lol) properly or the microG signed builds (on my device I was able to find the lineageOS build with microG integrated) you shouldnt run into any problems.

I didn't use gapps so my install uses the Aurora client for google play apps, which some apps just won't download at times but generally I've been able to do everything I would reasonably expect a stock android device to do

This is what I ended up with, even if it doesn't have filters (unfortunately).

I think he just has to enumerate the value lost and harm caused.

Prison seems a bit much, but I hope the officer at least loses their job and the victim is compensated

That's what makes this so chilling, depending on the judge, this may be some new way to prop up charges for protestors and political opponents.

That's not how it works In US I think. You are then assumed to have had that data they say u had

Good luck proving there was data (evidence) to be destroyed.

wont last long after september :(

I use Revo Uninstaller to uninstall android apps. It searches for any add-ons or extras and gives the option to delete those too.

I never noticed an app were I uninstalled it and reinstalled it were the data from the app remained after reinstalling the app

It's very different from a Windows PC.

Windows uses an installer database to determine what files are needed and where (source, I did app packaging and deployment for NT4 through Windows 7).

Android: APKs are just zip files that extract to a specific folder - much, much simpler.

When an app is uninstalled the app folder is deleted, though the data folder may be left behind in case the user decides to reinstall the app.

This is the only part that isn't well-defined or well enforced, and why SD Maid is such a useful tool.

You reinstall GrapheneOS.

It's similar to on PC, where it depends on how files were stored by the app and how well they made their uninstall process.

Generally speaking, any data stored in the app specific storage (normally hidden from Android file browsers) will be cleared on uninstall, and any folders in the user-accessible area of storage will stay.

If you're concerned, you can run SD Maid 2 and turn on its uninstall watcher functionality so it can scan for any leftovers and clear them. That said, it's been pretty rare that I've ever seen it detect anything to remove after an uninstall.

I actually swapped battery on one phone and battery+screen on another. Both parts coming from AliExpress, so far, so good. The most annoying part of swapping is removal of the glue, which is tedious.