Do you install beta / preview OS on your daily driver smartphone?

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hello sir this is CurryOS ROM v 3.3.5 GOLD edition (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @07:35PM (#58710170)

this is my deodexed AOSP rom. it has
has:
- stable for daily drive
- battery optimization
- open gapps (be sure to register ur device with google!!!)
- auto screen brightness
not working:
- camera
- wifi
- calling function
- you tell me
bugs:
sometimes reboots once a day
kindly donate to my paypal for continued development

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- - Re: hello sir this is CurryOS ROM v 3.3.5 GOLD edi (Score:2)
    
    by Type44Q ( 1233630 ) writes:
    
    Even better try NÃggerOS 14.88: has:
    - runs fast
    "And real gangsta-ass niggas don't run for shit
    Cuz real gangsta-ass niggas can't run fast
    -Geto Boys*
    Speaking of whom, I got dragged out to the Denver area's nastiest titty-bar (out in Aurora) by Bushwick Bill and his manager at 3am; that was interesting...
Does LineageOS count? (Score:2)

by mea_culpa ( 145339 ) writes:

Running on it on a Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 and love that I can turn off those stupid heads up notifications that cover the top part of the screen at the most inconvenient times. Android Cupcake had notifications right. Keep them in the status bar, let nothing cover the screen unless it's Apple.
Only if I'm paid to use it! (Score:2)

by antdude ( 79039 ) writes:

Like a work phone. ;)
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  by Carewolf ( 581105 ) writes:
  
  Same with me: Not since I left the phone making business where it was part of my job.
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    by antdude ( 79039 ) writes:
    
    Which company and what did you do? QA test?
I used too. (Score:2)

by NerdENerd ( 660369 ) writes:

I used to play around with CyanogenMod but haven't bother since they closed down. I know LinageOS has risen out of the ashes but haven't bother trying it.
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    by Anonymous Coward writes:
    
    The special part is/was getting OS updates when your manufactures stops updating the phone, if they released updates at all. Take the Nexus 6 for example, google stopped updating when it hit Nougat, but mine currently are running Pie.
    I now have the Essential Phone. Android Q is suppose to be the last update, so once Android R comes out I'll probably install the LineageOS on it and keep getting Android updates a while longer.
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    by NerdENerd ( 660369 ) writes:
    
    But it allowed you to get rid of the vile amount of Samsung bloat.
    - Re: (Score:2)
      
      by magarity ( 164372 ) writes:
      
      But it allowed you to get rid of the vile amount of Samsung bloat.
      I got a Samsung from Samsung and it has a quite modest amount of bloat. Used to have a Samsung from a carrier; that's where the vile amounts of bloatware come from.
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  by _merlin ( 160982 ) writes:
  
  I used to install beta operating systems on computers when I was younger and had more time to muck around. Now I'm old and just want things to work. I got old enough not to want to run beta operating systems before smartphones proliferated.
I don't use a smartphone (Score:3)

by Misagon ( 1135 ) writes: on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @01:10AM (#58711152)

I don't have a smartphone, you insensitive clod.*
I choose to not become a zombie. I have sometimes got issued a smartphone by an employer, and then of course followed that employer's instructions for updates and software installations. (And then left the "phone" at work, to be used only during work-hours)
* = It is Slashdot tradition to end with "You Insensitive Clod". ;)

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  by SciCom Luke ( 2739317 ) writes:
  
  I was looking for that option too, but then I remembered I actually do have a smartphone since a few months, although I have it somewhere around the house, and have no idea where it is. I will find it one of these weeks, so I guess I am not a zombie, yet :)
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      by segin ( 883667 ) writes:
      
      Meantime, I need a phone to be a phone, not a firmware-needing brick.
      I guess the real problem with smartphones is the term "smartphone". The "phone" part should probably be dropped. After all, they've always actually just been pocket computers that happen to handle phone calls.
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        by kurkosdr ( 2378710 ) writes:
        
        The "phone" part refers to the form factor, including positioning of the main microphone and call speakerphone. I wish people could finally understand that and stop being twats. It's like complaining media center PCs shouldn't be called desktop computers because they aren't sitting on top of a desk.
        
        Re: I don't use a smartphone (Score:1)
        
        by Zero__Kelvin ( 151819 ) writes:
        
        Bullshit. Learn some history kid. Before smartphones there were all manner of cell phones that began to have features added. A text based web browser was one such feature. There was a great deal of speculation as to what else might be added to cell phones. "Why, you could even add a small screen" said one speculator. "Oh, I have an idea ... It could be a touch screen" said another. "How about a full qwerty keyboard" pontificated a third. "The dialpad could be on the touchscreen!" said another. If PDAs had t
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  by beckett ( 27524 ) writes:
  
  I downgraded to a clamshell for emergencies only.
- Re: most phones are to locked down to even try thi (Score:1)
  
  by Fast Adam ( 6018664 ) writes:
  
  Agree, i have U.I. api and hacked firmware of my Chevy 1ton 4x4 rig multiple times, phones are on CIA-lockdown, its Fqn bullshat
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  by gtvr ( 1702650 ) writes:
  
  For IOS, I think you can sign up for the Apple dev program (not sure of specifics) and get your hands on IOS betas.
Well... (Score:3)

by helpfulcorn ( 668048 ) writes: on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @07:02AM (#58711786) Homepage Journal

Only if it's a Cowboy Neal release....

That's a gay sex joke.

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Never (Score:1)

by siege72 ( 1795922 ) writes:

My smartphone is my only phone. If I brick it, I don't have a phone until the SIM gets moved to another device.
I used to do it, but no more (Score:5, Informative)

by 93 Escort Wagon ( 326346 ) writes: on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @06:55PM (#58716058)

I eventually figured out that, no matter what shiny new feature was included in a new beta, I would find it interesting for maybe a day and then never use it again. It's just not worth the tradeoff for a device which I want to be as reliable as possible.

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  by dargaud ( 518470 ) writes:
  
  Ditto, and in addition it's way too difficult to install, even if you work in that field. On my backup phone which had an unremovable adware show up unexpectedly last week after a year without use, I tried to install an alternate OS, couldn't root it (no auto-prog worked, no boot roms were available). All the root/rom/OS information online for that model was just copy-pasta that applied to other phones, wasn't accurate and wasted my time. I just factory reset, restored from online backup and was done.
waiting for rotary dial support (Score:2)

by spywhere ( 824072 ) writes:

Without it, I'm reduced to screaming, "Hello, Mabel? Mabel! Get me Susquehanna 5-4778!
If I got to the point where things didn't work (Score:2)

by bobstreo ( 1320787 ) writes:

anymore, maybe, but Android 5.5.1 (only one update and apparently done) seems stable enough if I clean the cache and reboot weekly/weakly.
dropbox and the cellular company have issued warnings that their apps aren't supported on my version of android anymore, which is actually not a bad thing.
All I really use the device for is phone/text/mail...
In the past, I have rooted and run alternative OS versions, but who really cares anymore?
iOS public betas are pretty solid (Score:2)

by DavidinAla ( 639952 ) writes:

I don't install developer betas even when I have access to them, but Apple's public betas (for both iOS and Mac) have been stable enough that I've used them for my iPhone and MacBook with absolutely no issues.
Loved Cyanogenmod then Windows Insider Preview (Score:2)

by filesiteguy ( 695431 ) writes:

For a few years I rooted my Android devices and my go-to OS was Cyanogenmod. Then, frustrated with Android, I moved to Windows Mobile 10. It was cool running the latest versions of Windows Mobiel except when it didn't work. But, hey, I'd submit bug reports hoping it would get better.

Now - I run an Iphone X.
No (Score:2)

by PPH ( 736903 ) writes:

Flip-phone.
the missing option (Score:1)

by Dusanyu ( 675778 ) writes:

I don't own a Smartphone
Just not worth it.... (Score:2)

by King_TJ ( 85913 ) writes:

A long time ago, I guess I cared more about being among the first to use whatever new thing came down the pipe. Maybe it just felt like what I was "supposed to do" as a guy working in I.T.? I was supposed to learn about all of this stuff before everyone else, right?
But nah -- I got older and I think wiser. These days, I'd never put a beta version of a cellphone OS on a phone I actually rely on day to day. Leave that stuff to all the kids who only use their phones for entertainment and personal use to ch
I used to. (Score:2)

by flippy ( 62353 ) writes:

Now, it's more important to me to have a device that doesn't have bugs, as beta versions are bound to.

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hello sir this is CurryOS ROM v 3.3.5 GOLD edition (Score:3, Funny)

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Does LineageOS count? (Score:2)

Only if I'm paid to use it! (Score:2)

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I used too. (Score:2)

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I don't use a smartphone (Score:3)

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Re: most phones are to locked down to even try thi (Score:1)

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Well... (Score:3)

Never (Score:1)

I used to do it, but no more (Score:5, Informative)

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waiting for rotary dial support (Score:2)

If I got to the point where things didn't work (Score:2)

iOS public betas are pretty solid (Score:2)

Loved Cyanogenmod then Windows Insider Preview (Score:2)

No (Score:2)

the missing option (Score:1)

Just not worth it.... (Score:2)

I used to. (Score:2)