| ▲ | deng 5 hours ago |
| I was secretly hoping they'd stop supporting the Pixel 4a so I would have a reason to get a new phone, but no, still there in the list of supported devices. So I guess I'll just keep using that thing another year... Anyway: big thanks to the Lineage maintainers, keeping so many phones from landfill! |
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| ▲ | this_user 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| If you need a reason, the modem and the baseband firmware have several unpatched vulnerabilities on that model, which is not something that an Android update can resolve. |
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| ▲ | throwaway198846 an hour ago | parent [-] | | Is there an easy way to tell if there are unpatched vulnerabilities in my phone's modem and baseband? | | |
| ▲ | PaulCarrack 6 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Based on the amount of modem CVEs posted in the monthly Android security bulletins, I think it's safe to assume that if you are no longer getting updates then there are unpatched vulnerabilities in them. |
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| ▲ | shayan01 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I wish I could still use my Pixel 4a but the battery is pretty much dead and it's too much money to replace it |
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| ▲ | riedel 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Prices here are 13EUR including tools from what I can see. The only reason I have been switching phones is banking apps: so much for Europe's right to repair.. | | |
| ▲ | deng 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I have yet to find a banking app that refuses to work on LineageOS. The only problem is if you root your phone, in which case you'll have to use Magisk to hide root from those apps, which also works fine so far. | | |
| ▲ | platinum95 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Revolut is notrious in this regard. If memory serves, they explicitly check the build string for LineageOS and block the app if it matches. The workaround at the time was to build the ROM yourself with a new build name string. | | |
| ▲ | riedel 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | This is the problem: it was a cat and mouse game always. I managed even strong integrity with keybox stuff and so on. Yes it is possible. But if you really need to do send money or e. g. want to pay with NFC, it gets rather stressful. Yes, I got everything working (Note 10 pro on LOS 23), but never longer than a few month. | | |
| ▲ | pimeys an hour ago | parent [-] | | I just decided to completely stop paying with NFC. I always carry a few cards with me and Wero is already working in a few spots, which requires just your banking app and a working camera. I don't even have Google Wallet installed anymore. |
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| ▲ | pimeys 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Good to know. I'm using N26 and they work just fine in Graphene OS. What I do is I create a private space for the apps needing play services, which I keep locked most of the time. This acts as a separate profile and when locked, the apps including play services are completely off. My main profile uses only open source apps and no play services. I actually called N26 (I'm a Metal customer with my own phone support) and asked will they support Graphene OS or no, and they said to me they will and gave me instructions what to keep in mind when installing the app. | | |
| ▲ | Semaphor 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | N26 also works fine on rooted devices. They don’t randomly block devices like others (besides Revolut, DKB comes to mind). | | |
| ▲ | pimeys an hour ago | parent [-] | | Just be careful. I locked myself out from my bank when I installed a second phone that did not have sim card yet and had the app in my old phone. It requires a sim card and cannot be used from multiple phones. So they put you to this endless face scan loop and then lock you out. |
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| ▲ | theodric 18 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | Revolut, UBS, ABN AMRO |
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| ▲ | shayan01 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Too lazy to do it myself tbh | | | |
| ▲ | toredash 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Where can one get one for that price range? | | |
| ▲ | riedel 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | In Germany that would be market places like eBay or Amazon (i.e. non-originally replacement parts). Original ones go for around 45 EUR (iFixit). But I guess you wouldn't care too much about original parts at that age. |
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| ▲ | dopedopedope 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | + screen because you WILL break it | | |
| ▲ | riedel 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | My wife replaced batteries herself with pixel 3a and 6a without any problems (I guess I wouldn't test if they are still waterproof). | | |
| ▲ | catlikesshrimp 42 minutes ago | parent [-] | | I bet sprinkle beside the bath is ok, but toilet plop is not ( I have seen the second one, I suggest grabbing it without any delay, better grab it working because you have to grab it anyways) |
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| ▲ | Klaster_1 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I replaced battery in mine for like 90 EUR and several months in dropped it and broke the screen. Would still use it instead of 9a, love how light and compact the phone was. At least now I have a spare phone to root and do stuff with that I couldn't on my main one. | | |
| ▲ | mistyvales 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | I recently pulled out my Pixel 3 and forgot how much I liked the form factor. |
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| ▲ | wkjagt 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The 4a is a great phone. So thin and light, and even a headphone jack. |
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| ▲ | pavinjoseph 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Does LOS provide kernel backports or is it limited to userspace? |
