Comment on LineageOS now officially supports the Pixel 9 series

ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Lineage is just Android, however, some apps (Usually banking apps are the worst offender) throw a fit running on rooted/custom roms, though it’s usually bypass able with varying amounts of effort. I would not expect a glucometer app to have issues, but I’ve seen apps throw that fit for less in the past.

  Being a medical thing, I’d advise you to pickup a cheap used Android phone that’s also on the supported list to test out your app first, or at least have an alternative means of monitoring it

  I did some Google searching and it came up… inconclusive, though the Dexcom website has this blurb on the compatible phones section

  “You can use this app on any OS that meets the minimum requirements, but Dexcom recommends not updating to a new OS before it’s listed here.”

  And the only minimum requirement for Android is that it’s v10. I also didn’t see mention of root/or “unauthorized OSes” on that page and alot of the times they will put something like that if a companies app will scan for root/custom roms

  So, you might be fine

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  • ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Last time I checked there was a relatively narrow selection of phones the Dexcom app works with. Pretty much just iphone, galaxy, and pixel. I just checked again and there’s a lot more now, so maybe it’ll work?

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    • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’d give it about a 70% chance of just working

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  • Noedel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Does NFC still work? (I know that low key defeats the purpose of a privacy oriented android build but yeah)

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    • n2burns@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Yes, NFC the technology works. However, certain applications, like Google Wallet can be problematic and require workarounds (not because of technology itself though)

      I know that low key defeats the purpose of a privacy oriented android build but yeah

      Not everyone using a custom ROM is doing it for privacy reasons. I see privacy as a perk but I mainly use custom ROMs to keep my devices around longer and to get new features.

      Even for those who are concerned about privacy, I don’t think NFC is that big of a security hole. I know some people who turn it on only when they’re using it, but that’s pretty painless.

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      • Noedel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yeah I did that with an old Motorola, it went for years. Now I have a pixel and it seems to come with a lot of features that break when installing an alternative OS

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    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      afaik it should. but why do you think NFC defeats privacy? it is quite short range, isn’t it? having google services is much worse

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      • Noedel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Well, I was mostly concerned about google knowing where I’m shopping. I know using google pay is lazy buy I’m not perfect…

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• bradboimler@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Works on GrapheneOS

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  • ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Oh damn, good to know

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• compostgoblin@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Out of curiosity, why do you think it wouldn’t work?

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  • ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It already only works on a pretty narrow selection of android phones. It seems like the Dexcom app is very picky.

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    • Lawnman23@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      docs.google.com/forms/d/e/…/viewform

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      • ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yeah… That’s how I initially got it to work on my pixel 6 pro. Since then they started supporting it.

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