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Review of iodeOS
I switched to iodeOS in August 2025 with my Pixel 6 after CalyxOS hit the pause button on further releases and updates. I liked Calyx and would have stuck with it, but since they won’t be providing any updates for at least the next several months, and their system after that is likely going to…
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One Year with a De-Googled Android and What I Learned
UPDATED (August 31, 2025): Google has changed the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) with Android 16, which includes omitting Pixel device-specific source code. That complicates custom ROM development for groups such as CalyxOS and GrapheneOS. Because Android is significantly changing, two key developers are leaving CalyxOS (my previously recommended de-Googled system), and all developments and…