Submitted 3 weeks ago by LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works to askandroid@lemdro.id
My phone still works perfectly fine despite its age and I’m too cheap to buy a new one.
On a security level, yeah, obviously.
On a day to day level, no
I wouldn’t trust it to handle anything sensitive, but that doesn’t make it useless. If you can unlock the bootloader and swap in a different rom, that usually solves any problems security wise, as long as there’s a recent enough rom available. And even without that, the risks involved aren’t 100%, and can be mitigated to some degree.
This. I’d avoid using it for banking or access to a Gmail account that is registered with your bank. Or receiving 2FA texts.
But scrolling Lemmy and making calls? It’s probably fine.
So not a primary device.
Make it your burner phone.
Thank you for the info. I’ll see if I can install a different OS
Can you run lineageOS on it? My Nexus 7 2013 just stopped getting security updates last year.
I will look into this alternative OS, thanks!
Short answer: yes You could give the hardware new life as a Linux phone with PostmarketOS if the hardware is supported and you’re willing to do some tinkering
No. Just don’t install strange shit from shady sources and you will be ok.
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Only if you care about security.