this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2024
43 points (93.9% liked)

Android

27933 readers
163 users here now

DROID DOES

Welcome to the droidymcdroidface-iest, Lemmyest (Lemmiest), test, bestest, phoniest, pluckiest, snarkiest, and spiciest Android community on Lemmy (Do not respond)! Here you can participate in amazing discussions and events relating to all things Android.

The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:

Rules


1. All posts must be relevant to Android devices/operating system.


2. Posts cannot be illegal or NSFW material.


3. No spam, self promotion, or upvote farming. Sources engaging in these behavior will be added to the Blacklist.


4. Non-whitelisted bots will be banned.


5. Engage respectfully: Harassment, flamebaiting, bad faith engagement, or agenda posting will result in your posts being removed. Excessive violations will result in temporary or permanent ban, depending on severity.


6. Memes are not allowed to be posts, but are allowed in the comments.


7. Posts from clickbait sources are heavily discouraged. Please de-clickbait titles if it needs to be submitted.


8. Submission statements of any length composed of your own thoughts inside the post text field are mandatory for any microblog posts, and are optional but recommended for article/image/video posts.


Community Resources:


We are Android girls*,

In our Lemmy.world.

The back is plastic,

It's fantastic.

*Well, not just girls: people of all gender identities are welcomed here.


Our Partner Communities:

[email protected]


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

I have a Redmi Note 11, I am planning to install a custom ROM. This is the first time I'm about to do something like this.

How good of a reputation does the Paranoid Android OS have? Will I get good long term support? How functional is it?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

After years of ROM-ing phones, I recommend using LineageOS. They are going to have the longest support for a given phone. If your phone is available in their list, that means it is well supported with all functionality.

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

Its not available for my device (Redmi Note 11)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ah. Sorry, I should have looked it up for you before I commented. I see someone else posted an unofficial version. You'd probably be happy with that, though not being official does kind of remove the advantage over other ROMs.

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

Oh don't worry about it, mistakes happen.

Paranoid Android seems to be working on Android 14 right now and they are regularly publishing updates on their discord/telegram groups. They seem like a pretty active team, I'll just go ahead and flash the ROM I guess.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've already seen this page before.

The title says [UNOFFICIAL] and the rom isn't available in the actual LineageOS official website. Is this version really safe?

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

I'm running the unoffical one on my Samsung S8 without issues since it's been released. Unofficial only means it's not supported and compiled from the LOS developers. They're safe and stable

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

Do the unofficial builds get regular security updates, though? Even if they do, I don't think it's the best idea to rely on two independent developers at the same time, I'd rather not have multiple points of faliure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes they do. At least the maintainer for the S8 releases them regularily. That's not something i would worry about. When the unofficials get a stable state they're fine and only get the latest patches from LOS. I'm running customs since 8 years and i never had problems.

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

I hope they do the same for my phone. Any way I can check if it's being maintained? Thanks.

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

Since the latest release was in June i guess they added the latest security patches. Click on the download link, it will forward you to the github page. And since this rom has OTA updates they definitely incorporate patches

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

Sure, you're welcome :)