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Re: [LUG] An ethical phone?

 

Dear John,

> The OnePlus security patches continued for 3 years and stopped, most
> Android phonemakers stop after 2. I think security patches are
> essential on Android.

I have a Huawei Y550 (Android 4.4) and it has *never* had an update :/

> LineageOS is one way to handle that, it's upgraded my OnePlus to
> Android 10 so far, with monthly security patches around 2 weeks after
> Google releases them.

I'd love to try LineageOS but I find the instructions rather confusing.
Can you install it on any Android device or just those listed on the
LineageOS website? If you could link to any in-depth tutorials I would
be most interested and appreciative.

> When they say "ethical phone gets hardware upgrades", are they talking
> about their models before version 3 getting updated hardware modules,
> or are they talking about a new phone model coming out.

Google had a project called 'Ara' a while back that had modular,
magnetic components. Since the project has now stalled I can only
imagine that they have come to the same conclusion all the other
manufacturers have done, which is that letting users upgrade their
phones hurts the income statements...

Best wishes, Sebastian
Freenode: 'seabass'

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