Over the last decade or so I extended the useable, updateable life of several ASUS Android phones using LineageOS (née CyanogenMod). I'm now a GrapheneOS Pixel user, but I'd use LineageOS again on suitable devices as needed.
If you're thinking of using LineageOS, make sure to look up MicroG to see if you can or cannot live without that additional set of apps and libraries:
I've always wanted to try Lineage, but I've never owned a device supported by it. I tend to use Samsung. And for some reason, it only supports devices on models/years I've skipped and then stopped at the 10 series. Guess it wasn't meant to be.
If memory serves, that's less of a Lineage problem and more of a Samsung problem; they tend to be hostile to user modification (locked bootloaders, etc.). Or at least, that was the case last time I looked at them.
It's a shame, because I really like the Samsung build quality. I have ran Lineage on the S4, my first Lineage phone, then S7, then S9 was my last. They were a joy to hold in hand, and, I felt, a testament on how good manufacturing got in my time. But, as many others, I wanted a specific OS to run, and that needed a specific phone, and so, I'm using GrapheneOS on a Pixel 7a now. It's a mixed bag, I definitely feel the step down in some respects, and the step up too at the same time.
Wish there was a phone where the camera on LineageOS is as good as the stock. On my Samsung Galaxy S7 using the camera on non-stock in painful (takes seconds to focus, when it focuses at all).
> Can I use my banking software with all the security bells and whistles?
Most custom ROMs(including official LineageOS) are as secure, usually even more, than OEM ROMs. There is just one threat model where it is weaker, which is the evil maid. But it is safer on all the other ones (the evil metro wifi, the evil video, the evil app...). (and personally I take the metro everyday, while taking my shower while I have a maid home just doesn't happen)
As for whether banking apps will work, it's entirely dependant on whether your back is trying to serve their customers or not. Most banks I use work just fine on custom ROMs without hacks. But for instance Google Pay is skimming down on costs, and users pay the price for it.
This is just anecdotal, but LOS+migrog on my Oneplus 7 Pro hasn't failed on a banking app for me yet. Sometimes the setup is quirky, like needing to uncheck "remember me" to log in on Fidelity's app, but the app then does work. Fingerprint unlock works too.
in order to use some banking apps you'll need to unroot your phone and modify 2 ROM’s properties text files manually: default.prop and build.prop
/system/build.prop
/system/etc/prop.default
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[+] [-] cf100clunk|2 years ago|reply
If you're thinking of using LineageOS, make sure to look up MicroG to see if you can or cannot live without that additional set of apps and libraries:
https://microg.org/
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Most custom ROMs(including official LineageOS) are as secure, usually even more, than OEM ROMs. There is just one threat model where it is weaker, which is the evil maid. But it is safer on all the other ones (the evil metro wifi, the evil video, the evil app...). (and personally I take the metro everyday, while taking my shower while I have a maid home just doesn't happen)
As for whether banking apps will work, it's entirely dependant on whether your back is trying to serve their customers or not. Most banks I use work just fine on custom ROMs without hacks. But for instance Google Pay is skimming down on costs, and users pay the price for it.
[+] [-] cf100clunk|2 years ago|reply
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39674827
So the answer is maybe?
[+] [-] heartag|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] asdfasdf1|2 years ago|reply
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/o2lswm/banking_a...
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[+] [-] npteljes|2 years ago|reply
https://grapheneos.org/usage#banking-apps