GiLUG has some resources (automatic HCL, Wiki) to document about devices freedom and procedures: http://www.gilug.org/mobils/ (pending of english translation) http://wiki.gilug.org/
Wiki has room to document devices with detailed recipes same as CyanogenMod Wiki was, but for any FOSS ROM. El 12/06/18 a les 16:17, [email protected] ha escrit: > Hello, > > Thanks for your reply. > > I did root the phone. It is a Xiaomi Redmi 4A. > > Neither Replicant nor Lineage have official releases for this device. > > Of course I have deactivated half (>100 hand picked apps) of the shipped > stuff, and > blocked all the phoning home I can get a hold of with netstat, via hosts file > and > AFWall+. I've come far, but am not completely through yet. > > Unless I get uBlock origin or uMatrix to work, I consider webbrowsing unsafe > because of the plague of cross site functionality. > > Nevertheless I am never loading an unofficially cooced up ROM from anyone from > some dark corners of the internet. I'd rather try to block official chinese > backdoors. But have my hardware supported professionally. > > In my view many western "democratic" based OS's contain "malware" all the > same. > > I wish I could clarify where the problem is. Should MIUI be so non standard > conform, > that something like browser add-ons for a firefox fork wouldn't work? > > I admit, that the error might not be in IcecatMobile. Could be MIUI or > my modifications. But I am asking here, because I am guessing others might > have > the same issue. And it would be interesting, if it occurs also in other > Android > flavors. Or if it has to do with IceCat > > BTW: I could at least grant the other missing permission SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW > manually > with root terminal: > pm grant org.gnu.icecat android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW > > > > Am Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:19:34 > +0300 schrieb Mart Rootamm <[email protected]>: > >> Hi. >> >> The best I can think of, is for you to back up all your information, >> root your phone and then install a compatible version of LineageOS or >> Replicant. >> >> What is the model of your Xiaomi phone? >> >> Keep in mind, that non-Android certified phones, and devices with >> brand headquarters in non-democratic countries might come with malware >> preinstalled. >> >> https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/24/some-low-cost-android-phones-shipped-with-malware-built-in/ >> >> https://blog.avast.com/android-devices-ship-with-pre-installed-malware >> >> Strictly In terms of nomenclature, that Xiaomi phone runs MIUI 9.5.5.0 >> based on AOSP 7.1.2, and is not Android-certified. >> >> -M. > > -- > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
