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Re:Show HN: DivestOS, long term support for end-of-life Andr... by h4waii on Monday November 14, 2022 @03:34PM (#33600603)
To note, the monthly security updates DivestOS provides don't (can't?) include baseband and such "firmware" updates for legacy OEM-unsupported versions of Android.

Don't get me wrong, it's terrific that security patches are backported to such ancient versions of Android by those working on DivestOS and it's a great option for devices that aren't supported by GrapheneOS, LineageOS, et al.

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Re:Show HN: DivestOS, long term support for end-of-life Andr... by SubzeroCarnage on Monday November 14, 2022 @04:12PM (#33601151)
Firmware is included for 45 devices, but no one but the vendor/manufacturer can actually provide security updates for them, so they are largely just the last release.

https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/firmware-empty/-/blob/mas...

This is indeed an issue and is documented on multiple places of the website.

Patching everything else is the best harm-reduction for this.

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