by dbadmin | Oct 24, 2025 | Custom ROM, Features, Google Pixel 10, GrapheneOS
Credit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority The news that GrapheneOS — the private mobile OS based on AOSP — is partnering with an as-yet-unnamed smartphone maker to officially support a Snapdragon-powered smartphone has the community pondering who the partner will...
by dbadmin | Oct 23, 2025 | Custom ROM, Features, Google, Google Pixel, Privacy
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority I’ve introduced GrapheneOS to a lot of friends and acquaintances, and I often see a mix of excitement and hesitation. Not because GrapheneOS doesn’t deliver on its promises, but because it practically requires you to buy...
by dbadmin | Oct 15, 2025 | Custom ROM, News
TL;DR Librephone is an effort to reverse engineer proprietary code needed for your phone to run. While projects like LineageOS prioritize open-source code, some binary “blobs” have so far been necessary. The project will start by identifying a target handset with...
by dbadmin | Oct 12, 2025 | Android 16, Custom ROM, LineageOS, News
TL;DR The LineageOS team has released LineageOS 23.0, bringing Android 16 to over 100 different devices. This release is based on the initial Android 16 release due to Google’s delay in releasing QPR1’s source code. LineageOS 23.0 includes updated versions of Aperture...
by dbadmin | Aug 24, 2025 | Android Customization, Custom ROM, Features, Privacy
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Android used to be synonymous with freedom. If you didn’t like your phone’s interface or bloatware, you could simply install a custom ROM — the colloquial term for a forked version of the Android operating system. But that...
by dbadmin | Aug 15, 2025 | Android, Custom ROM, Features, Google, Privacy
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority A few days ago, my colleague Calvin shared an interesting fact about GrapheneOS: The custom ROM allows him to set a duress PIN that completely erases the phone when he enters it, including encryption keys and the eSIM...
