Less Than Half of Android Users Have Upgraded to Android 13 or 14! 🤯
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Android 14 has been out for 9 months and Android 13 was released almost two years ago, but less than 50% of Android users have devices running those versions...

Funny, the comment types here are the same as on Youtube:

  1. “I still run Android and it is totally fine, will never switch Android just got worse!”
  2. “Well, money”
  3. “Companies need to support phones longer”
  4. “I just use LineageOS on that device”
  5. Misinformation
  • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    5 months ago

    My 4GB phone was perfectly usable on Android 11. It upgrade itself to android 12 and it’s basically can’t keep a second app in background anymore.

    • Ilandar@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Try a lighter custom ROM if you can. LineageOS’s implementation of Android 14 is still usable with a 4 GB device.

      • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        Changing ROMs is a huge pain. Not only it can brick the phone, full backups were basically made impossible long ago. It’s best to do it as soon as you purchase the phone and that’s what I am gonna do.

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          Agreed. Now if only I could find a good device. I am very picky with hardware. I want a Motorola phone with a headphone jack and Lineage OS that works in the US.

          I will note that you need to do a complete wipe when changing Roms. It breaks random things in the OS

          • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            0·
            5 months ago

            High-tier Xiaomi phones usually have headphones jacks and really good hardware . I don’t know about lineage OS, but there’s a EU roms for Xiaomi phones that get rid of all their useless shit. The weirdest thing is that it’s actually a kinda-official custom ROM.

            nowadays, all the phones are pretty similar in terms of perf, unless you’re into mobile gaming/video editing/AI, it doesn’t matter. A 12GB Ram, 512GB phone is completely future proof. Heck, if there’s ever a desktop mode added on Android, it’s more than enough for 99% of regular computer usage.

        • Ilandar@aussie.zoneEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          Nah, it’s pretty easy. I’ve done it many times myself. You have to be pretty unlucky or stupid to brick a phone.

          • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            3·
            5 months ago

            did it many times too and never bricked a phone. The fact that there’s a chance that it can brick a phone is the problem. Were I live, even the cheapest phones cost a month worth of salary, so if you brick s phone, you’re basically without a phone for months as you slowly gather the funds to buy a new one.

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        It works well with a 3gb device. I honestly was expecting it to croak but it works better than new phones with Google junk.