I’m considering flashing my Xperia with this, since Sony officially supports it and my stock ROM stopped getting updates.
Any thoughts? Is there something I should consider before doing this? Do you have a better alternative? If so, why?
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I have used Lineage OS for the last 2-3 years and it is pretty solid. I originally had MicroG installed but I eventually removed my dependence completely
It depends also what you consider AOSP. There isn’t really an AOSP anymore, the default AOSP apps have been left to die from Google since forever, in favour of its own apps. All ROMs are just different flavours with different default apps for the needed phone functions
If you’re into alternative operating systems, try SailfishOS! Though beware that it’s different from Android.
I’ve outgrown the tinkering. Would like to stick with Android. Have too many apps depending on that. Banking, work related stuff.
Thanks for the suggestion, though.
Work phone is for work, banking is browser and TAN generator. More secure anyway.
It has an Android compatibility layer, though many banks refuse to work if you don’t pass SafetyNet checks, I was lucky that my bank worked. But I totally understand.
Does Sony provide the ROMs or do you have to find someone else’s ROM?
I’ve largely given up on custom ROMs because I’m not interested in dealing with the bugs. On a well supported device with a very popular ROM there’s usually not any major bugs after that version has been out for a while. But sometimes it can take a year + for a ROM to truly be bug free and I’m just no longer interested in that. That’s actually the reason I moved to iOS for my main phone.
That said Sony’s software sucks ass so maybe some random dude XDA dev will do better.
Sony provides them, by what I gather.
