LineageOS
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A free and open-source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform. It is the successor to the highly popular custom ROM CyanogenMod, from which it was forked in December 2016 when Cyanogen Inc.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
Features
LineageOS News & Activities
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Recent News
- POX published news article about LineageOSLineageOS 22.1, based on Android 15, is now available for more than 100 devices
LineageOS has released version 22.1 of its free and open-source operating system for Android device...
- POX published news article about LineageOSLineageOS 21 released based on Android 14 with revamped apps and improvements
LineageOS, the open-source Android-based operating system, has just announced the release of its 21...
- IanDorfman published news article about LineageOSXDA announced a smartphone that runs LineageOS and supports Ubuntu Touch
Popular Android development community XDA-Developers has announced that it is partnering with F(x)t...
Comments and Reviews
LineageOS is the best AOSP ROM. It's relatively easy to install, has support for a wide array of devices, and remains completely Google-free upon initial installation, which is a huge plus for those of us who do not want our personal information harvested by Google.
Devs claim they don't have enough time to let users change ANY COLOR AT ALL, but they have plenty of time to lock out microG and magisk. These guys are idiots. Not to mention their APPALLING mandatory recovery which can't do anything at all.
good alternative to Android
I'm still getting weekly updates on my Oneplus 7 pro.
Lineage is a very vanilla, neutral project to port many devices to an AOSP-based distribution of Android. It doesn't include the bells and whistles of other projects, but that's the point.
Countless other distributions use LineageOS as their starting point, and that's for good reason.
Hands down the best custom ROM I've tried so far. It allows you to install an Android operating system without the usual annoying apps and games that many phone companies tend to add to their commercially distributed Android systems. What I like the most is the option of being able to install the Google Apps by myself, being "Pico" the best option (the lighter version of the GApps). The only disadvantage is that it is necessary to have some advanced knowledge (make backups, root and install a custom recovery bootloader) being that there are also many phone models that are not supported, especially the Sony Xperia M series. There are users who solve this by installing a similar version for a different phone, but this usually produces incompatibilities, such as malfunctions of the front camera, among other various issues.