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Am I the only guy here on Stock Android? (lemmy.today)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Toasted_Breakfast@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I assume virtually everyone in this place is using some third party ROM. Many of you probably rocking Banana ROM off your Alcatel z657 bought at Boost Mobile in 2012.

But is there any simpleton here like myself who is on stock android? You know, the middle age dude who has "Privacy" as a hobby because he can't afford or have time for a real one. 😶‍🌫️

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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Define "stock." You mean what comes on a phone? Or raw AOSP?

I've ran CyanogenMod back when that was as close as most people were ever gonna get to AOSP. I've also run the "Google Play Edition" version of Android that was only available outside the US for whatever reason back in the day. I remember we had to flash the firmware, then flash something else to use CDMA on it (when that was a thing). Otherwise you got no signal because out of the box it was GSM only.

Right now, my Android phone runs whatever the latest version of OneUI is available for the Galaxy S10, because that's what I have. My main phone is an iPhone, but I do like running the S10 for a few things. Like if I'm gonna be doing any typing. Gboard on Android kicks the crap outta any keyboard on iPhone. Anyway, I'm running "stock" — what is stock for that phone. I have no real interest in modding it. I would not mind running an AOSP-like on the S10, but I don't really need to be fancy about it, and since I want Gboard, I need Google Play Services, so something privacy-oriented isn't going to work. Not on the S10, anyway.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah, Stock could mean whatever Android your phone comes with, or it could mean standard AOSP like even without GApps, OP should really clarify that.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If OP is like me, OP probably doesnt know.

Turn phone on. Phone works. Jobs done.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 points 23 hours ago

So that'd be whatever Android your phone comes with, then, and not standard AOSP.

Now that I re-read it, OP called themselves a simpleton, so I think you're right, there's no chance OP is using standard AOSP.