2026-03-21 06:23:07

realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world

Okay so now #Google is saying that we'll be able to sideload apps in #Android using something called #AdvancedFlow.

This makes me feel a lot better about using it moving forward, but now I do wonder why they sort of pitched it as the end of sideloadiing.

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-sideloading-unverified-apps-new-rules-3650343/

RT: https://social.teci.world/objects/7e05309d-d6bd-4633-abb1-c9333b168934

realcaseyrollins ✝️ wrote the following post Tue, 17 Mar 2026 04:44:31 -0700

Will #LineageOS and #AOSP be able to get around the new #Android certification feature that will be rolling out worldwide next year?

2026-03-21 06:47:35

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

@realcaseyrollins ✝️ I have been watching this as well. I see GrapheneOS has partnered with Motorola for creating phones with GrapheneOS installed from the factory.
I am currently running IodeOS on a Pixel6a. But I'll want to upgrade soon. ( I really want that mobile desktop mode you can only get on Pixel 8 or higher)
One of my challenges is that my work will need me to carry a stock Android because of their communication channels. But as I move away from field work to desk work, I may be able to abandon that.

2026-03-21 06:47:35

realcaseyrollins ✝️

realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world

🧡

2026-03-21 07:58:09

realcaseyrollins ✝️

realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world

@christopher I use a personal phone and a work phone, I highly recommend doing that.

My previous phone was a #Google #Pixel with #LineageOS. Freakin' love it, but #Google broke #RCS support on custom ROMs, which kinda screwed up a relatively important group chat I was in (it got converted to an #RCS group chat once everyone in the group got #RCS phones), so when it broke, I went back to stock #Android.

Having #RCS support is pretty important to me, so for my phones I don't really plan on going back to #LineageOS anytime soon. Maybe if sideloading gets worse, more manufacturers will make their own spinoffs of #Android that retain both the #RCS and the sideloading features. I think internationally some phones have already been degoogled, although IDK how well they'd work with cell towers here in the #USA.

2026-03-21 12:05:52

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

@realcaseyrollins ✝️ I did the dual phone for a long time. I already have 3 laptops and an iPad for work, another gadget was just too much. Plus carrying two phones around on weeks I'm on call wasn't much fun. But I understand where you're coming from.

I did see a project a while back that was going to implement RCS in custom ROMs, if I find it again, I'll share. Maybe I dreamt it. 🤷‍♂️