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https://lineageos.org/Changelog-17/
tl;dr builds between 1st april and 8th april have a prank which tells the user that their device is compromised and will be used to mine crypto and it's impossible to completely shut this notification off without using root shell
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/89f76y/can_we_have_a_serious_talk_about_april_fools/?sort=top
Do you think it's still a good idea to install LineageOS on your mom's phone?
Too bad Replicant and Copperhead support only 1.5 devices. What do?
▶ No.893397>>893402
I wouldn't personally stop using Lineage because of this, but I can see where the users are coming from. This was a juvenile decision on the devs' part--hopefully one they will learn from in the future.
I haven't looked into Replicant or Copperhead recently. How is the device compatibility nowadays?
▶ No.893401>>899932
>lel April Fool's joke!
>except the image update didn't hit my phone until April 4th
I legitimately thought I had gotten some sort of corrupted image with malware injected into it. I'm already switching to something else. If not Oxygen (since I have an OPO) then I'll just go with stock android.
▶ No.893402
>>893397
>I wouldn't personally stop using Lineage because of this,
Me neither, but I had to answer a couple of uncomfortable questions from the relatives which I helped to switch to LOS as an alternative to buying new phones. This really sucks.
▶ No.893403>>893411
>tfw still using some crusty nightly build of a cyanogen fork from circa 2 years ago
I'm probably at risk of having an actual bitcoin miner on my phone, thanks for the reminder OP
▶ No.893411
>>893403
it's a note 3 btw if anyone has non-lineage recommendations
▶ No.893419
I don't use that shit, but I'd definitely stop using it because of this, I can't even begin to imagine what was going through their heads that allowed this to get through.
▶ No.893421>>893423 >>893425 >>893426 >>893485
>posts Reddit
>reddit spaces
Maybe it's time to go back once for all.
▶ No.893423
>>893421
It is not my fault that the #1 and official place for LOS discussion is on reddit.
How would you format the opening post of this thread? I presume you can do better, so go ahead, I'll be glad to learn.
▶ No.893425
>>893421
How about you stop desperately trying to fit in?, we already know you come from reddit, no point in trying to hide it.
▶ No.893426>>893438 >>893448
>>893421
god forbid anyone try to separate paragraphs of text with more than one line feed
▶ No.893438>>893443 >>893448 >>893460
>>893426
A paragraph is a minimum of 5 sentences. You did not separate paragraphs, you separated sentences.
▶ No.893443>>896024
>>893438
paragrapgh does not have a minimum of sentances. silly face.
▶ No.893448
>>893438
he >>893426 is not me
now how about we calm down and stay on topic?
▶ No.893456
I will not stop using it, as LOS is the only reason I keep using this four years budget phone. But it was really a very unprofessional move
▶ No.893457
Thanks for sharing OP. That's some absolute quality autism on the LOS devs part.
▶ No.893460
>>893438
He's separating links you faggot. It's much more readable that way.
▶ No.893485>>893494 >>893495
>>893421
Maybe you should quit being such a faggot...
▶ No.893495
>>893494
>>893485
Better yet, pic related.
▶ No.893500>>893504
Don't know anything about lineage, but it's just a joke. Get some humor autists.
▶ No.893501>>893547
>le BSD is le bad because i can't make my epik jokez about joos and sjw and hugs
>LOS team made a joke??!?!?!!? better stop using this le botnet XDD
Just accept you fell for the April's fools joke you retarded mongoloid.
▶ No.893504>>893507 >>893656
Anyone have a screenshot of the warning?
>>893500
>It's just a prank bro
▶ No.893505>>893507 >>893656
>>893394 (OP)
the exact notification text is not quoted anywhere, 0 screenshots here, 0 screenshots in the reddit thread...
Would be nice to know what are you so upset about.
▶ No.893507>>893508 >>893524 >>893525 >>900095
>>893505
>>893504
Some users got a message saying "You might be a victim of software counterfeiting" and pressing it sends the user to a "Wallet" app that is obviously a prank.
Reading the fucking changelog explains that everything is a prank, but these retards can't read.
▶ No.893508>>893509 >>893512
>>893507
IT's JUST A PRANK BRO
an extremely unfunny and annoying one. literally kill yourself faggot
▶ No.893509>>893511
>>893508
>prank
>extremely unfunny and annoying
Isn't that the point of pranks?
▶ No.893511>>893513
>>893509
it's not a good business strategy to annoy your users
▶ No.893513>>893516
>>893511
It somehow works for Microsoft
▶ No.893516
>>893513
There are no alternatives to Windows
>inb4 but muh Ganoo/Loonix
It's shit. It fucking sucks. Some things suck less than in Windows but for the things normalfags care about Windows sucks less.
▶ No.893524>>893739
>>893506
>>893507
Thanks for confirming that op is just a whining faggot.
▶ No.893525
>>893506
>>893507
It is a lot more "serious" looking text in the Russian locale, which is what my relatives use.
▶ No.893529>>893531 >>893534 >>893574
Why is April fools still a thing and who decided this was a good idea? I'm glad I haven't updated, this is retarded.
I wish there was a non-retarded Lineage distro with MicroG, F-droid, Orbot and libre replacements for the regular stuff you'd get with Gapps that actually had builds for my phone.
▶ No.893531>>893533
>>893529
You might just start it, looks like it's possible that the critical mass will jump.
▶ No.893533
>>893531
My only issue is time really. I've been so busy lately I have no idea when I'd maintain it.
▶ No.893534>>893536
>>893529
Lineage has official builds with signature spoofing so you can use it with MicroG. As for F-Droid, you can easily sideload it or install it as a system app using Recovery.
▶ No.893536>>893537
>>893534
*sigh* I meant having all that stuff preloaded, it would be way more convenient, especially for people currently using stock. It'd be like the Ubuntu of ROMs.
▶ No.893537>>893539
>>893536
Writing a short, step-by-step, guide about how to install those things may be better than making the whole ROM.
▶ No.893539>>893541
>>893537
Those already exist, the issue is alot of people won't even know those things exist.
▶ No.893541
>>893539
Nor will they be bothered to go out of their way to install those things, they'll just use stock cus it works.
▶ No.893547
>>893501
That's way different and you know it, nigger.
▶ No.893574>>893659
>>893529
This has been around for a while. It doesn't have tor or anything built in, but it comes with microg and f-droid out of the box.
https://lineage.microg.org/
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▶ No.893659
>>893574
This looks to be well maintain and not just another LOS hack that will be abandoned after few years
But I don't see the benefits for having the work to install it, my phone have been working very well without Play Services, aside from localization services and few apps that refuse to work
▶ No.893689
>computers need to be srs business
It's obviously a joke.
▶ No.893733>>897364 >>897797
I saw a bunch of people complaining about how their normie friends and family thought it was serious and I don't understand why someone would load a third party OS with no warranty shit on some normies phone, sounds pretty dumb tbh, I'm glad the LOS team gave these tards a wake up call. Also why don't people read the damn patch notes which clearly outlines the joke for them?
▶ No.893739>>893798 >>893804
>>893524
That's not what it looks like on mine. This is what it fucking looks like on mine.
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▶ No.893798
>>893739
Yeah, my relative got the similar text (as much as it can be in a different locale)
Totally obvious for non-tech person. Prank up my ass.
▶ No.893804
>>893739
That one looks a lot more obvious as a prank though. It's clearly a parody of Windows Genuine Advantage. I didn't even install LineageOS and I think this is all retarded
▶ No.895964>>895986
I don't mind the prank, but they completely fucked up the delivery. I didn't get the prank update until April 8. It is now April 11 and I still have a fake app and irremovable notification.
▶ No.895986>>896412
>>895964
>It is now April 11
10
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▶ No.896057>>899382
They made and apology, no need to abandon LOS anymore
https://lineageos.org/An-April-Apology/
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▶ No.896412
>>895986
what are time zones you dumb nigger
▶ No.897364
>>893733
>why don't people read the damn patch notes which clearly outlines the joke for them?
probably because of the update button just appears and you tap it
▶ No.897797
>>893733
>why would anyone help their friends and family get better battery life and escape as much of the botnet as they can without giving up their conveniences?
gas yourself
▶ No.899181
This is useful the fact that mining literally kills userbase means they won't do it anytime now.
▶ No.899382
>>896057
>To our users, we apologize and promise to do better next year.
>this was not a teamwide or even Project Director driven consensus. This failure too will be remedied with respect to next year.
They obviously haven't learned from their lesson, they're going to do another retarded prank next year.
▶ No.899401>>899657
I want to install LineageOS on my LG G5 but I heard that Bluetooth doesn't work yet and it breaks LGs encryption engine so certain apps that use it for logins don't work. And last time I installed TWRP on this I decided I should lock the bootloader after unlocking it and installing TWRP because having the bootloader unlocked means you need to wait out some annoying ass fucking message every time you boot your phone up about having the bootloader unlocked. Apparently locking the bootloader while having a custom recovery partition like TWRP bricks your fucking phone forcing you to use the official LG flashing software to flash back to stock. Christ what a shitshow.
▶ No.899657>>899661
>>899401
>lg phone ever
They have to be one of the worse major phone manufacturer.
But complaining about message on reboot? Really? How often do you really reboot your phone?
▶ No.899661>>900030
>>899657
pretty sure it loads in the background while the message is showing
blabla dev version something
▶ No.899737
>muh privacy
>muh open source
>it does not matter whether if my phone has an entire operating system running at ring -3 and has full i/o access
>not to mention it can be operated remotely by you-know-who
Fuck off. Retarded niggers deserve retarded jokes. Kill yourself.
▶ No.899932
>>893401
>Trusting a Chinese OS.
You're going to get Mao'd.
▶ No.900030>>900119
>>899661
>pretty sure it loads in the background while the message is showing
it's usually not that way on phones, and he's probably actually wasting time and power
▶ No.900095
>>893507
How do you turn on pirate locale? I can't find it in the language selector.
▶ No.900119
>>900030
I checked, you can remove to message
but it wont affect boot time
you still get the manufacturer logo splash