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?

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    I personally wouldn’t recommend that

    …although if you are flashing it to a device with a locked bootloader it does need to be signed by the vendor (thus making tampering unlikely)