Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]

Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by salusinarduis on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:21PM (#28842400)

I'm surprised to hear you say that. I've played the most demanding Android games on the Pixel 3a with no issues. I've never experienced anything but a butter smooth UI on Graphine or Lineage to be honest. The battery life has been all day for me even when using GBA emulators for multiple hours a day.

I agree the default camera app of Graphine isn't great, but it's picture quality better than the iPhone I came from (iPhone SE gen1)

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Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by walteweiss on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @09:04AM (#28851559)

Can you install GCam as apk from somewhere? Will it work? I use GCam on the default Android (8) on my Nexus 6P and it works well. I am thinking of upgrading to Pixel 2XL or 3A and install Lineage OS with GCam, so I believe it would be a much better experience than the default ROM on a Pixel. But I have no idea whether GCam would work in LOS.

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Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by vodkapump on Friday October 15, 2021 @07:36AM (#28876666)

I use this: https://github.com/lukaspieper/Gcam-Services-Provider to make the GCam app work

You should be able to get GCam via Aurora Store by setting the spoofing to a Pixel device, but newer versions of GCam check for something that cannot be spoofed with an app (issue #22 in above github) so you have to get a modded GCam app if you want to user newer versions and use an android rom that does not spoof this.

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