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Re:Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you u... by jeroenhd on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @10:38AM (#28289433)
For me, personally, a major reason to unlock the bootloader is to install Magisk. Running an entire ROM is nice if you can find a trusted and supported one, but failing that, root access is the next best thing.

I've got background clipboard sync back in KDE Connect through a Magisk module. No need for an entire LineageOS ROM (would be nice if it were officially supported) if everything I want can be done another way.

VoLTE is incredibly fragile. You can often force enable it and it'll just work, but there's so much that can go wrong that I wouldn't risk it.

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Re:Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you u... by fomine3 on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @08:20PM (#28296662)
Just curious, is there any "trusted" custom ROMs? It seems that LineageOS is most reputed, but are they doing some good work about trustworthy like reproducible build, or just a reputation?. I was using random custom roms from xda until Jerry Bean era, but I'm now afraid to install entire OS.
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Re:Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you u... by foresto on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @10:05PM (#28297311)
Maybe GrapheneOS?
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Re:Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you u... by fomine3 on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @10:20PM (#28297392)
Looks great, thanks. It's good that it also support with Google Play Services for who needs, despite it's privacy oriented ROM.
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Re:Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you u... by southerntofu on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:26AM (#28302112)
Just nitpicking, but it's technically possible to install Google Play Services on any ROM, to my knowledge. What makes GrapheneOS apart is they apparently found a safe way to prevent it from gaining control of your entire phone.
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