I have been convinced to switch from apple, and i am soon purchasing a pixel 7 pro. I would then like to put a custom rom on it because i would:

  1. like to use foss more
  2. like to maintain better privacy than apple offers
  3. would enjoy the control over the system
  4. not like to ever touch google chrome

There are some limitations to what i can choose though, as i need the following to work:

  1. google apps like sheets/docs/classroom/youtube
  2. banking app (usaa specifically)
  3. play store (could be replaced)

Additionally i would like to keep the flashy camera stuff google talks about with the camera as i use the camera a fair bit. I have also heard that androids can have different UIs, so i would appreciate a nice looking one (i use gnome on my desktop for this reason alone). What ROMs would you guys recommend i choose?

  • @[email protected]English
    3•1 year ago

    but using a custom ROM will require you to root, which breaks most banking apps.

    this is misinformation

    installing a custom rom doesn’t require root in fact, some custom roms advice you against it like divestos, grapheneos, calyxos and some more

    • @Jumper775OPEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      Sorry if this is really basic, but what is rooting? What are the positives and negatives of it?

      • @[email protected]English
        2•1 year ago

        rooting means gaining root access of android device

        in Linux file systems, root is the base folder called / and then comes other folders

        like(simplified) /Downloads/boku_no_pico means boku_no_pico is in downloads folder which is inside root

        so now, in traditional android based os, there are some folders which are not permitted to be accessed like system folder and rooting means gaining access to that folder, which gives you access to modifying any property of the system

        some negatives are that there are some crappy services who think rooting is only/mostly done by bad actors who are trying to abuse their services (basically Netflix, bank apps) so they try to block rooted users from using their services

        but these dumb big tech employees can’t even do one thing properly, hiding root is really easy once you get used to it, so now bad actors can still abuse their system and honest users suffer

    • Margot RobbieMEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Oops. You’re right, my mistake, guess my information is a bit out of date.