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Use Custom ROMs with MicroG
Here is active and good custom ROMs
LineageOS (many devices) e/os (many devices) crDroid (many devices) GrapheneOS (only pixel)
that's just it, they're targeting custom ROMs with this too. the number of security updates for AOSP is being cut by Google in order to make custom ROMs less secure, so that they can then close down the project while claiming it's to protect users. make no mistake, the end goal here is make everyone who uses Android have to do so on their terms.
it's why Linux phones being mainstream is an absolute priority.
the number of security updates for AOSP is being cut by Google in order to make custom ROMs less secure
Please don't spread misinformation. Google didn't cut security updates. You can still get monthly security updates on Custom ROMs.
Also it's just on certified devices
Starting next year, Android will require all apps to be registered by verified developers in order to be installed by users on certified Android devices. source
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/27068-grapheneos-security-preview-releases
This is probably where they got the 3 month number. It is fuckery and they are making the lives of custom rom developers more difficult than they need to be.
Here is a good information from LineageOS;
Over the last few years, AOSP has been shifting to a quarterly release cadence, meaning that new features and bug fixes are released every three months. link
Please don’t spread misinformation.
it's not misinformation, you weird little google fanboy.
Also it’s just on certified devices
which is every single major western brand that operates outside of china, and even some that are for that market specifically. you would know that if you had, I don't know, actually looked at the list of certified devices on google's own website.
Let me clarify myself.
I hate Google
I don't even have a Google account I did 100% De-Google
I even think of blocking google.com (but it would also block ReCaptcha)
and you confuse by devices they don't mean "the device itself" they mean device with their stock rom
here is a screenshot that show if you get a certificed device and flash a custom ROM
I just got my fairphone! It feels so free!
Good news on the GrapheneOS front: Graphene will be available on hardware other than Pixels.
I like my Pixel 6 Pro just fine, but I'm nonetheless thrilled about this.
https://piunikaweb.com/2026/02/02/grapheneos-non-pixel-hardware-announcement/
good but I don't have couple months
That's just the announcement. The devices won't be ready till 2027. 😖
My girlfriend and I both need new phones from her failing and buggy Samsung A52 and my Xperia 5ii. We are not going Samsung anymore because they are putting unremovable Israeli spyware baked into their devices, fairphone 6 still seems very buggy and we had a friend with a fairphone 4 with 99 problems with it, and I don't want to give google money and we want SD card slots instead of almost no memory to force cloud subscriptions.
2027 is starting to be a big ask though.
For what its worth, I've been daily driving a Fairphone 6 with /e/OS for over 4 months now and it seems quite polished to me. I've had a small number of issues that I've had to work through (as has been the case with every phone I've ever used), but I definitely wouldn't describe it as "very buggy."
Do you mind if I ask you a few questions about it? Especially on/e/? I think you are the first user I have seen.
Does android auto work, connect fast, and have all of your enabled apps on it? My girlfriend's maps app just doesn't work in android auto sometimes and the same with Antennapod for me and we have to reconnect. That is quite an important one.
How is battery life with screen off? On my xperia 5ii it has always been terrible with 1.5% per hour (accubattery) on WiFi or 3% per hour on 4G...
Does your microphone work well in calls, recording, and on speaker? I have seen a ton of bug reports for that.
Have you run into the common "terrible haptics/vibration" thing that people are saying with it barely being noticeable or not noticable in your pocket? I have heard that and that the haptics are really really bad in general.
So, I guess this means that f-droid can only be installed via Google Play. /s
I'm getting flashbacks to using Internet Explorer to install Firefox.
edit: made sarcasm more obvious.
Partly because of this, I moved to graphene.
Fuck google, simply. And I did like them 15-20 years ago. How far have they fallen..
I wish I could, but I don't want to carry around a wallet, so I need Google Wallet :( and it doesn't work on Graphene.
I have an Android device with a locked bootloader and no available custom ROMS. Am I fucked ?