Scenario in short:

I’m trying to install LineageOS onto a spare phone that I have (redmi note 8T) Hoping to get a daily driver out of it. The installation process requires me to install Android11 to install lineage on top of /over that. Which afaik isn’t directly available outside of some websites that I’ve never heard of.

For safety’s sake: would the install of lineage wipe the install of Android11? Or could there still remain backdoors?

  • SpikesOtherDog@ani.socialEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    Pretty sure we are on the same page here. My only concern is that the radio drivers would remain out of date because the manufacturer wouldn’t post updates and I don’t expect Lineage to handle an unexpected driver change gracefully.

    I could be wrong and the drivers might be a trivial thing for lineage, but I doubt it.

    Also, drivers, modules, firmware, I’m using these terms loosely because of the way they have been treated by Android, using Firmware to refer up Android itself.