I finally managed to install Lineage os on this HTC One (m8) thanks to the help of Lemmy!
Isn’t this phone was originally shipped with Windows Phone 8? How do you managed to mod it out and install Android on it?
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There might have been a windows version, but I definitely had an android one.
Don't mean to highjack topic. But Thank You Steve, for watching my dog while I was on vacation.
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Steve is a good friend.
Based
One of the best Android phones ever made. Just seeing this photo made me happy and Nostalgic
Ah, the wonderful M8. Loved that phone, used one for over a year.
I was the only person in my company capable of stripping them down for repair. Really not built to come apart
I had one for a couple years too, back when it was new. I loved it. such good stereo speakers.
I'm about to buy a Galaxy S4 and do the same.
Did you have a tutorial or something you followed?
The last time I installed Linux was over 20 years ago when I repurposed an old Gateway PC to be a switch/VPN. I'm sure it's not outside of my ability but wouldn't know where to start.
Working on remodeling a motorhome and I want to build a few Home Assistant interfaces. If I could use my old M8 that is still in perfect condition that would be amazing.
Well basicly all instruction you need and it's explained pretty well on the lineage os website itself. https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/m8/ The hardest part was getting the unlocktoken since htc doesn't take new htcdev registrations. I got hellped by a member on Lemmy who had a old htc dev account.
OP does not mention Linux but a third party Android distribution. Just FYI.
Uhm, I highly recommend running WhatsCrap in the Work profile. Unlock it using Shelter.
Also, bad news maybe but that phone is insecure as fu*k. It didnt get updates forever and this means it will also not be private anymore if you get hacked.
LineageOS cant provide kernel updates or Firmware updates, thats simply how SOC devices work...
But good learning practice! Installing GrapheneOS is a breeze compared to LineageOS though hahahaa, I resized the partition of a Nokia phone once, to get a higher Android LineageOS in there.
It really was good practice, It'll not be my main phone. That was more or less just a proof of concept or a bit of tinkering.
It really is a shame how phones are made. Firmware has to be signed by the vendors, so you CAN'T upgrade it. I mean, if there was a big community they maybe could handle the Kernel maintenance, but not the Firmware.
I highly recommend you getting a Pixel 8 with GrapheneOS. It has very long lifetime, even though Google kinda sucks when it comes to hardware features. Their a models seem to have actively crippled Cameras (comparing a Pixel 6a to a 4a, it is worse! Not to speak of a Nokia 7plus which is years old).
But they are the only good one poorly, as they fully support running a Custom OS on it, including all hardware features. Samsung actively blocks custom OSses from accessing those.
When using Graphene, is the camera app as good as the default Pixel OS? I seem to recall running the old AOSP, you didn't get whatever secret sauce makes the Pixel phone's camera so good.
They literally preinstall the required libraries, although their camera is okay, you can install the "AI knows everything better than you" PixelCamera, you can install the LineageOS "Aperture" from the iodeOS repo, and you can install Opencamera.
I think LineageOSses Camera is better for photos as it has this "take an image from a video" thing so it works instantaneous. GrapheneOS camera may have better quality overall.
As far as I know it does not include Google's special sauce. You can install it back on in GrapheneOS but I believe that requires the Play Store. You also lose Android Auto in GrapheneOS
sniffs
It still smells like corporate data collecting nonsense in here. And I think I know why.
Spoiler alert: it's WhatsApp.
Allready deleted that app, if you scroll thru the comments you can see that it's been replaced by signal.
Don't forget to stay away from stupid keyboards!!
Some are basically key loggers
Most of them. Florisboard or Openboard.
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