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Important note for #blind users!
#CRDroid doesn't contain #gapps, there's no Talk Back available.
You have to download it manually and put it to your phone via recovery.
Also you'll need a TTS engine and this is kinda problem because I know no TTS which work out of the box without prior network access.
#Espeak needs internet to download language data on first launch;
#RHVoice needs internet for every new voice;
#Vocalizer is paid and needs the same;

The only option at least for Russian people is to download #FonTTS (modern implementation of #NewFon) and use it.
If you know totally offline TTS synthesizers for other languages, please share.

Also even if you put Talk Back and TTS via recovery they won't start via volume buttons.
You have to enable usb debugging via recovery and then, on welcome screen, via adb, enable Talk Back and set default TTS for speech output.

After that you're good to go as an usual user.

I have found an old Samsung Galaxy s5 while reorganizing my old boxes with technical stuff.

16 gb of storage, 2 gb of ram, 32-bit cpu, Samsung Touch Wiz on Android 6.0.1, everything working but battery is almost dead.
Perfect target for crazy experiments, isn't it?

I've flashed #CRDroid 7 with #Android 11 without #gapps.
The latest update was in February 2024 and this is an official end of life for this device. But still it works and Android 11 on a device which was abandoned officially on Android 6 is stable and smooth.
Not the fastest of course, but works and doesn't freeze every second.
I'd say it is comfortably usable for some tasks.

In the series of posts I will tell my experience and share anything I find useful.

So check replies to this post or visit my profile :D

Why are there no good phones on the market?

I don't want much:

#rant#tech#Enshittification

Moving to a combo of a #PinePhonePro and a #Pixel phone with #LineageOS sans #GApps. I ❤️ @bitwarden, but their options are... rough.

No #Google means the #FirefoxForAndroid extension can't access vaults. The webpage / #PWA is 100% not mobile responsive (in 2024!). Ditto the #Linux app. There's no #Android app in #FDroid despite, iirc, the client being #FOSS?

At least make the website mobile friendly. A non GApps extension/client would go a long, long way, too though.

@kuketzblog Zunächst: Im Grunde nicht so überraschend, trotzdem hoffe ich, dass das Team von #LineageOS da ein paar Punkte angehen würde. Hierzu wäre es gut, wenn dein Beitrag – am besten übersetzt – in die Kanäle von LingeageOS (z.B. das entsprechende Subreddit) getragen wird. Edit: Ah, das ist schon passiert.

Dennoch würde es immer noch von den eigenen Ansprüchen an das eigene Gerät abhängig machen, ob #LineageOS eine Alternative dafür sein kann. Wer z.B. ein altes mit Bloatware vollgestopftes #Samsung-Gerät sein Eigen nennt oder sein Gerät ohne #GApps betreiben will, für den kann das System nach wie vor ein Befreiuungsschlag sein. Denn echte Alternativen zu Lineage gibt es auf vielen Geräten schlicht nicht. Ähnlich viele Geräte unterstützt das ebenfalls auf LOS aufbauende #eOS von @murena, welches eine Reihe von mehr oder weniger schwerwiegenden Problemen hat: divestos.org/misc/e.txt