CalyxOS is back – download release 7.2.2.0 with full maintenance support

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the Web Installer only works for Pixel and Motorola devices.

With this release, we are pleased to announce that CalyxOS has started supporting the SHIFTphone 8.

CalyxOS 7.2.2.0 is signed by us using a new HSM-based, open-source signing solution we designed to enhance the security of the entire signing process, ensure redundancy, and remove single points of failure.

As many of you may have been expecting, Android 17 has launched earlier this month. Our team is in the early stages of porting it to our supported devices. We will soon share a timeline for releasing CalyxOS 8 with Android 17.

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When did we start considering android phones as Linux phones?

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Worth noting that even if you’re installing from the web installer you may still need the google USB driver as described in the manual installer. My test install (on pixel 8) kept stopping at the fastbootd screen until I installed the driver on my laptop. Took me a hot minute to work out what was going on.

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Not a Linux phone.

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Their new matrix space: #calyxos-general:matrix.org

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And what processes have they put in place to prevent another multi month software outage?

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Yes! I knew I should wait before uninstalling it from my phone!

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You need to reinstall though, no OTA update possible because of signing key changes.

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Hmm yeah bummer. I didn’t realize. Hopefully I can keep my data and apps and stuff already setup. Cuz I’m really not keen on reinstalling everything - especially since I have a Jolla phone coming in 4 months and I intend to ditch Android altogether.

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All your data will be wiped on install afaik. You can use the built in backup system seedvault to save a lot of stuff, but that cant back up app data for certain apps like banking.

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Then I won’t bother. I’ll do it only if the Jolla proves disappointing and I sell it.

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This is great, but how can we be sure this won’t happen again in the future?

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Damn just a few months after I finally gave up waiting and switched to iodéOS. If migrating between android OSs was as easy as desktop, I might switch back, but I can’t be arsed now. Glad it’s back tho!

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Back in KitKat, lollipop days I was able to restore just data partition using twrp. Not sure if it still works…..

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I’m on Pixel + Graphene right now.

If I this thing dies before Motorola does its GOS release, what’s currently the best de-googled hardware/OS combo for like $400 bucks?

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How do you locate your phone if stolen, find my device, if not Google…. I thought about doing that step but I don’t find a replacement for “Find my Device” and Wallet (NFC Payment cards) … Otherwise I would do it. So how do you do this?

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I honestly haven’t thought about it too much. I think you can get a cheapie bluetooth watch to send you an alert if its nearby.

You can probably enable Google’s find my if you want, but then what’s the point of having a secure phone if Google always knows where you are?

Not too be to defeatist about things–there may be a solution out there for you–but a lot of the conveniences of modern life require trade-offs that we are encouraged to not think about.

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I’ve been a great fan of the project and used it as my daily driver for >5 years. It was stable as heck and the devs were super responsive, even adding in neat features at users’ request.

That said, I’ve lost trust in the project and moved on to GrapheneOS. The departures of Chirayu Desai and Nick Merrill smell weird from miles away. The latter left without any words of farewell explaining why he’d abandon his own project from one day to the other. I won’t engage in speculation as to what happened behind the scenes, but there are enough red flags here to keep my distance.

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