This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ==== Phones and more ==== Android is built on the [[https://source.android.com/|AOSP project]]. You can access your phone, or tablet, using the [[https://developer.android.com/studio|Android SDK]] to access [[https://developer.android.com/tools/adb|Android Debug Tooling]], adb, tooling in the terminal. This is how you would commonly perform basic backups, access device folders in your file manager, and perform rom flashing. === ROMs and alternatives to stock === Stock being the system how it arrives by default from the manufacturer. Alternatives include: * [[https://lineageos.org/|LineageOS]], which most other projects are based off. * [[https://crdroid.net/|crDroid]], a feature rich variation of LineageOS * [[https://grapheneos.org/|GrapheneOS]], designed almost exclusively for the Google Pixel line. Fork of [[wp>/wiki/CopperheadOS|Copperhead]], built for security sandboxing through user profiles, and remains supported while phones are still under [[https://androidexperto.com/what-google-pixels-7-years-of-updates-actually-means/|Google's "seven years of updates" coverage]]. * e/OS is a degoogled fork of LineageOS * [[https://calyxos.org/|CalyxOS]] is treated as a competitor to Graphene, with [[https://calyxos.org/docs/guide/device-support/#support-length|same support length and similar devices]]. [wp>/wiki/CalyxOS|Wikipedia link]] * [[wp>/wiki/DivestOS|DivestOS]] is a discontinued soft-fork of LineageOS, built to support end-of-life devices. * [[https://postmarketos.org/|PostmarketOS]] is Alpine-based Linux operating system, built explicitly for end-of-life devices: phones, tablets, computers. [[https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices|See their device list]]. === Resurrecting a dead phone === Samsung Galaxy A21, which was successfully charged and booted for the first time since 2024. Planning to test some custom roms. Open to your suggestions! * [[https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/a21s/install/|LineageOS]] * [[https://crdroid.net/a21s/11|crDroid]] === Unsupported ROMs === * [[https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_A21s_(samsung-a21s)|PostmarketOS]] is unsupported * GrapheneOS and CalyxOS are a no. == What should I do with this phone? == Let me know!
