On my new phone I’m tempted to switch from LineageOS for microG to IodéOS, just for the ease of a dedicated installer. What are your experiences of pros and cons?

Bonus question, while I prefer full control of my phone, Iodé lists “uninstallable apps” as a feature(?) — what in the world are those?

  • Handles@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
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    2 months ago

    One followup question, might be out of your ballpark since you’re happily using Iodé: in their FAQ, they answer the question “Can I uninstall iodéOS and go back to Google Android?” with

    Yes you can. Please follow this link [to their installation page 🤔] for iodéOS uninstallation.

    Caution : uninstalling iodéOS requires coding skills.

    I hope those “coding skills” aren’t more involved than being able to run a couple of adb and fastboot commands. Have you seen anything to the contrary, in support forums and similar?

    to be clear, I’m not “going back to Google Android”, but I might get adventurous with other custom ROMs.

    • hanke@feddit.nu
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      2 months ago

      I think that is just about how to strip the iodeOS modifications from the system without a complete reset or something. Probably using adb and fastboot as you mentioned. But I have no idea about how any of this works or why I would want to do that.

      If you want to install any other OS, just go about it as you would normally. I don’t see how this changes anything really.

      • Handles@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Cool, cool. Will give it a shot when I have a couple hours to install it 👍 Thanks for your help!