Although custom ROMs are less popular than before, they still offer an optimal solution for all Android phones. say goodbye to official updates from the manufacturer.
LineageOS is one of the most recognized for being the natural heir to the legendary CyanogenMod: at the beginning of the year, it allowed hundreds of terminals to take the step towards Android 14. And it continues to conquer mobile phones with some time on the market: Some Xiaomi, Samsung and OnePlus enter official support and this is very good news for its owners.
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LineageOS 21 hits five popular Android phones
Security patches and Google Play system updates are elements that allow us to keep our phone up to date without the manufacturer intervening. Of course, official updates are those that integrate new features and those that all users expect: on average, they usually end after two years, although there are now high-end smartphones that reach up to seven years with guaranteed updates.
This is new in these last generations, since until very recently, in a few years, we said goodbye to the official updates of our mobile phone. Fortunately, LineageOS, as well as other community distributions, keep mobile phones up to date with an Android based on AOSP (the source code of the operating system) and that speeds up its operation.
In August, the most popular band added support for eight devices, among which the POCO F4 stood out. Now it comes with others five phones that meet the mid-range from manufacturers such as Samsung, Xiaomi, Realme and OnePlus from a few years ago. Specifically, here are the phones that support official LineageOS 21 support:
LineageOS was born as the natural successor to the legendary Cyanogenmod, which died in 2016
What are the benefits of our device being officially supported by LineageOS? That the next updates will arrive at the same time: unlike some built Official updates are created automatically by independent developers. They are also better supervised and should therefore contain fewer insects and associated problems.
In addition to new phones, LineageOS lets you update hundreds of phones, which you can find in the Custom ROM Wiki. If you want to try LineageOS, you’ll need to open your phone’s bootloader and then install a custom recovery from which to flash the ROM. Consider searching for advanced instructions on forums like XDA Developers.
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