CalyxOS - The Actually Free Android ROM 

And what can I say I mean there's all this building non-removable hardware iPhone is the worst example of it But people get phones for the portability

I mean I would have at least a few phones I would love to get librem 5 made in the USA

Of course you're not going to have access not I don't know the technical details But the way I consider it is I would rather stick to use my computer tower maybe having a backup as a phone in a farady cage bag

You're better off with a computer tower in my personal opinion let me know what you think and I'm sorry for my rambling it's probably a lot of bullshit that you don't have to read

problem is that any girl that see you using a pinephone will run away

hi Pink

Big brain status

1 year later, it’s veshremy, hi bro

Veshremy??

Ayo what you doin here bro

yeah, I probably would have uploaded it yesterday if kdenlive didn't crash as often.

@@MentalOutlaw Shotcut has done a good job for me in the past, if Kdenlive is ever struggling for you.

I literally just shat my pants

@@seanld444 Flowblade is another cool option.

@@RomanMlejnek oh that does actually look pretty nice. Never heard of it. Gonna have to give it a spin. Thanks man.

True

Librem 5 is the best in Mobile hardware with a hardware kill switch but forget it I mean I just wish people could use a laptop with cellular data that would be fucking cool instead of using like a phone all the time

Android is Linux

What about Fairphone..it's pretty much the only phone that you can repair yourself and which lets you replace the battery these days.

@@ph0sgene967 while yes it does use the Linux kernel, you know what I was talking about. The pinephone for example.

using radios and one time pads

Does Graphene let you re-lock your bootloader after install like Calyx does?

You can't just say "more security" or "less security". It depends entirely on your use case - who you are, what you are using the device for, etc. etc. I do wish people that ***THINK*** they understand security would not give out these misleading messages. "Security" is a ***PROCESS***, it is not something that is automatically handed out to you in a specific quantity in a specific device. I've only used Lineage OS phones up to this point, I have a Pixel 4a and I may try Calyx on it. But I will not ***ROOT*** the device at any point because the moment I do that, I ***IMMEDIATELY*** reduce the security protection on that device - because root access is opened up both to me (probably unnecessarily so) and to any intruders onto the device. I get so annoyed with people who treat rooting a phone like it's a "fashion accessory" to brag to their friends on social media. There is no reason to root a phone - if you need to run security applications for white hat hacking or security testing, just get a laptop and stick Kali Linux on it.

@@terrydaktyllus1320 I would use what the glowies use, at least they used number stations and one time pads, which when used properly can't be traced and the message cannot be decrypted by anyone else

@@mrsansiverius2083 Yes and mantains verified boot

Yes I'm feeling the exact same way I mean for me doing it on my computer tower is God damn easy But I don't know what I'm doing on my mobile and how would I be able to mess it up anyway how can that happen

So please do a step-by-step I need it I don't care what operating system I

I just want to remove the blow dryer that always comes with Android

It is different for each cell phone, you must follow specific instructions to not brick the device

When you are buying a new phone, take into account how active the community of that phone is, so that you don't have to deal with shady solutions and nonexistent support

Yeah qualcomm bootloader wont let to load windows arm64 even if it's supported

This, i am curious about ubuntu phones tho

I like pixel phones but they aren't sold in my country :/

Pixel 4a is the cheapest and most based phone you can get right now. Its cheap asf because google makes the money back by selling your data. This can be completely avoided with ROMs like this

redpilled

@@retrace bruh it's expensive for these specs

@@georgeousthegorgeous price for freedom

@@augustuslunasol10thapostle Freedom of what? I'm ok if they spy on me because this won't have any negative consequences - I'm not ceo or famous man.

I'm sorry but are you serious? Linux and Unix based systems are arguably more used commercially and are constantly being worked on and tweaked even if only a few people want whatever tweaks a dev is working on. I barely know anything and I don't consider myself a tech person at all. I just hate how annoying phones and computers are now so that's why I learned about Linux and use it on my laptop. There's millions of people working on it constantly for free and lots of huge companies that also use it for business (Redhat). Go look at Distrowatch or something lol

You miss a big part buddy... MicroG can be installed on other stock platforms

@@xephael3485 I probably missed something here, but what does MicroG have anything to do with the topic?

Thank You! Finally, some light on GrapheneOS

@@marco31 lineage without gapps is comparable to grapheneOS from a usability perspective, but without the increased hardening from grapheneOS.

@@marco31 I used Lineageos for a year without Gapps. It worked perfectly for me. There is an Open Source App for every Google App and I never missed anything. Notification works even better than with Calyxos although no Micro G is installed. But the installation if Lineageos is far more tricky than the installation of Calyxos. There is a huge amount of phone- models supported which is definately a big pro while you have to stick with the Pixel phones for Calyx. I liked Lineageos very much but changed to Calyx when the battery life of my old phone ended. Calyx is great but it has still more bugs than Lineageos. Both have its pros and cons and, in the end, I can recommend both.

I have no idea what any of this is

@@therandomdickhead5744 they are talking about gambling and whores.

It looks like the most polished thing out there, only concern is whether it will work with VoLTE in the US once 3G is shut down...

Vivaldi but an OS, sailfish os looks very good tho

they aready do. people be as naive as saying they are all about privacy while using a google made phone

@William Stephens By that logic you shouldn't trust any proprietary hardware. Did you know that Intel has a backdoor into all cpus? It's called the Intel Management Engine and it allows them to do pretty much anything with your computer, regardless of what software you use. Including remote access. It can even be on while the rest of the computer is off. And the best part is it can't be disabled (unless you know the undocumented method to do so, which differs from motherboard to motherboard). At some point you just have to cut your losses. Unless you are being specifically targeted by some 3 letter agency, I seriously doubt anyone would go through that much effort to spy on you.

This is exactly my consideration. Do you have any suggestions? This custom ROM Pixel situation feels like a honeypot to me.

@@jaredcruz7768 we need open hardware companies with the same philosophy as FOSS. I'd like to start one someday. Unfortunately its tough to compete.

is the camera app just terrible or?

could you make a tutorial for setting it up please?

@fort6564 You have to use the Google camera app with micro G, otherwise the pictures taken look like shit

if you use signal it has to run in the background in order to get notifications, i have fully degoogled android (no microg) and i do get notifications

@@definitelynotclickbait8283 oh huh, i gotta check that out

That's exactly what I want a phone to do: just surfing the web and calling people.

@@prototry then consider yourself in a favourable position. as for the rest of us, we'll still be bound to proprietary programs such as work apps, discord and IoT controllers.

Dude. I love your profile name and photo. It's hilarious.

@@MusicToTheEars141 😉

they get no ad money 👀

Yeah, you don't really get very good specs with pixel phones, so I could see a oneplus with that version of lineage to be better for some people

Btw, why doesn't lineage "just work" with microg in the first place? I mean when you just sideload the app

@@eduardorpg3329 Some workaround is needed, which for whatever reason isn't supported by lineage, they probably have it on the lineageos for microg website.

@@eduardorpg3329 It requires signature spoofing, which is disabled in lineageos builds in the name of security

​@@eduardorpg3329 Not really. microG relies on SignatureSpoofing, a patch that has been rejected by the LineageOS team multiple times. There are tools that can apply that patch, like nanodroid, but that comes with a lot of additional bloatware in its default configuration. That can be changed, but it's just simpler to get an OS that is ready to go.

hard to say. security is a process, not a product.

If you want privacy from big tech there won't be any complications. If you want security from potential targeted attacks that's a whole other subject. That requires opsec, at least one private network, your own server, your own email service, and maybe even your own signal fork. And all of this has to be maintained. It's doable, but not easy.

good

good

Mmm food videos

@Sorelian Guy yep

One thing is that CalyxOS maintains the android security, while lineageOS decreases the security

@@sohn7767 How does Lineage decrease the Security? It's literally full Android.

@@asandax6 That's a good point, but I think Son Pham would have just meant that it _increases_ Android's security/privacy (while LineageOS just maintains it), because based on this video MO talks about the extra tools built into the system that help with it.

LineageOS supports a wide range of phones and the lower security can me circumvented with Magisk and its modules. CalyxOS is said to be more secure, but it only works on a smartphone that can only be purchased from Google.

@@BrunodeSouzaLino privacy***** please learn the difference of phone security, and privacy from Google services.... It's fucking important

pros and cons, please...

@@immortalsatyr Pros: privacy, battery life, getting security updates for longer than stock Cons: waiting longer for Android feature updates, occasionally apps won't work with microG If you're balls deep in proprietary smart features and the Google Assistant and such, I'm sure not having all that baked into the OS would be a con. For me it's a pro.

@@notstarboard thanx for the reply. No Im not into smart@$$ features and other useless bloatware and such. Actually trying to walk away and stay away from g00gl3 eco, F@c3b00k eco. Searching for alternatives.

@@immortalsatyr No problem - sounds like it'd be a good fit for you then! I've been using it since last winter and have nothing but good things to say about it. The only minor app issue I've dealt with is that I can't leave feedback in RU-vid and RU-vid Music apps. Those apps work fine otherwise btw; it's just the feedback button that doesn't do anything. My plan going forward is to use my phone until it dies, maybe slap Lineage on it if Calyx stops supporting it before the hardware gives up, and then buy another Pixel A-series device specifically for CalyxOS. It was already good when I started using it and the devs have only been making it better.

@@notstarboard Do AI text selection and adaptive battery still work? Please i want to use it.

I definitely recommend it 👌

Graphene is the way

Do it

Go with either Graphene or LineageOS for microG. This ROM is a meme

Just install Calyx if you don‘t need any additional security. You don‘t need lower your security in your phone with LineageOS when Calyx does literally the same thing

What do you mean by agree? How can you not agree with facts?

@@Konyad Well people disagree on what is a fact, so I don't really understand your point.

Soviet ONION

There's no "spy hardware" on Intel / AMD cpus. Modern CPUs are extremely complex to the point they need extra internal things to work...like a lower ring level MINIX server.

@@BrunodeSouzaLino have you watched the video of SomeOrdinaryGamer on Intel ME?

@@rqndomhax Gamers Nexus.

@Catharsis Stock lineage has no gapps, you can either leave it as is, install gapps, or download the microg build that exists for all official lineageos devices download.lineage.microg.org/

Thoughts: Please go with the latter. You can ask any questions about why, I'll try to answer them

É foda maluco

tem no mercado livre, só não sei se funciona

Worse yet, some features are literally stolen from Lineage This ROM is just a waste of time if you already have Lineage and microG

Almost all custom roms are based on LineageOS. The only ones I know aren't based on it are Omnirom and Pixel Experience. Most other roms just add some cool customization features. However these "privacy" roms are just Lineage with some small features and pre installed apps.

After 4 years of messing with rooting phones I can safely say while most unofficial builds work as well as official builds, LineageOS official builds are extremely stable.

Lineage requires an unlocked bootloader to use, while Calyx lets you relock the bootloader. As a result, Calyx is more secure. You also can't add features like Seedvault backup to Lineage. It's more than just apps.

@@notstarboard relocking the bootloader is just asking for bricking

One word: SeedVault. It's built in-house and there is no replacement for that. Backups are the first thing I look for in any device and sadly no other ROM/OS has such a convenient method like Calyx.

One different thing as far as I know is CalyxOS locks bootloader after installation, LineageOS doesn't. Locked bootloader is better for security. The downside is many phones don't support relocking bootloader by user. That is the main reason why LineageOS supports a lot of device models by many manufacturers while CalyxOS supports only limited phone models.

You still have to root to lineage

@@romsg2255 no you do not have to root to install a custom ROM.

If you mean the local upgrade option, that only works for oos updates downloaded onto somewhere on your phone.

@@bulletpunch9317 oh sorry my bad

I dont know about the new Samsung phones but the olders like the S7 is possible to unlock

Considering it is based on LineageOS none LineageOS is still the best overall custom rom

CalyxOS re-locks the bootloader after installation, LineageOS doesn't.

No reason to visit the hellholes of 4chan/reddit

Using a custom build of /e/ os myself, real good

@@AnonymousGentooman well played.

@@leonardo9259 you don't belong here then lmao

@@feedandseed5632 not leaving

Lol

I'd probably get more satisfaction from just burning $500

No. You don't need root for Calyx, but you need to be able to unlock and relock the bootloader and most phones don't support that. Lineage w/ microG is a good alternative if you don't have a supported device, although your device will be less secure than on Calyx due to the unlocked bootloader.