(I reposted this bc some applications were missing.) I had to install some apps because of school. Btw, can you say improvements that I can make? I can’t install anything that isn’t from playstore. Edit: Duolingo is now just a PWA

  • Ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
    1·
    7 days ago

    I went to almost every website that offers ROMs and couldn’t find any official ROMs for my device (/e/? Doesn’t work. Lineage? Nope. Graphene? Only works for pixels). I can’t install apks outside playstore (So, no aurora store and no f-droid. Newpipe was an exception) Thanks btw

    • Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      Ufff sad to hear.

      What you could do:

      • Not recommened: Search on XDA for an un-official build of a custom rom for your device (stability may vary)
      • Recommended: Be patient, until it’s time to buy a new phone, then first look for the OS you want, then choose a device from the list that the OS supports, that’s how I do it nowadays :)

      Also interesting, but annoying that you can’t install apks from outside the PlayStore :/ No way to circumvent it?

        • Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          4·
          6 days ago

          Huh, if your parents are the blocking factor,
          how about trying to educate them a bit about F-Droid and data privacy?

          Software from F-Droid really is much more privacy/battery/storage friendly. Just open source software, no spyware services bloating up the apps.

          Perhaps after some convincing, they’ll at least allow you to use F-Droid and Aurora Store! :)

          3xodus can help with convincing them:

          It shows known trackers (= spyware) in applications.

          ClassyShark does it by de-compiling the apps and scanning them on the fly.
          Their website shows reports by other users that scanned applications.

          Nearly everything from the PlayStore contains trackers, while nearly nothing from F-Droid does.