{"slug": "lineageos-for-microg", "name": "LineageOS for microG", "category": "os", "category_name": "Operating systems and desktop", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 2.932, "rising": 0.35, "first": "2026-02-17", "latest": "2026-08-20", "why": "There is a version that makes only the changes to include microg, has OTA updates too", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 2, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "There is a version that makes only the changes to include microg, has OTA updates too", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": "microg.org", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://lineage.microg.org", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["LineageOS for microG"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 789993680, "item_id": 49374605, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374605", "by": "alance", "date": "2026-08-20", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "so you can run a less-google-ish phone, but also run maps if need be.", "excerpt": "The pixel 5 ticks a lot of the same boxes as the pixel 4 btw. Similar form factor, but bigger battery and wireless charging. Plus if you install florisboard from f-droid you can customize a one-handed mode for the keyboard, which works quite well. Also this: https://lineage.microg.org/ so you can run a less-google-ish phone, but also run maps if need be.", "context": "", "use_case": "de-Googled Android phone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era"}, {"id": 755573888, "item_id": 47223368, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223368", "by": "greentea23", "date": "2026-03-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There is a version that makes only the changes to include microg, has OTA updates too", "excerpt": "There is a version that makes only the changes to include microg, has OTA updates too: https://lineage.microg.org/", "context": "", "use_case": "Degoogled Android ROM with OTA", "switched_from": "", "story": "/e/OS is a complete \"deGoogled\", mobile ecosystem"}, {"id": 752792656, "item_id": 47049541, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47049541", "by": "notpushkin", "date": "2026-02-17", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Some other apps are often willing to accept my current setup", "excerpt": "Wallet app is still impossible to get working, but there\u2019s been some development recently: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues/361 Some other apps are often willing to accept my current setup (Lineage for microG [0], plus Magisk, if you don\u2019t need root \u2013 Magisk Hide does some magic I don\u2019t really understand, but even without Play Integrity passing, apps just start working). With more tweaks, you might be able to", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "GrapheneOS \u2013 Break Free from Google and Apple"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["phone os", "de-googled android phone", "degoogled android rom with ota"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49366264", "title": "Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48039362", "title": "Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47566865", "title": "ChatGPT Won't Let You Type Until Cloudflare Reads Your React State", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47215489", "title": "/e/OS is a complete \"deGoogled\", mobile ecosystem", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47045612", "title": "GrapheneOS \u2013 Break Free from Google and Apple", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 789993680, "item_id": 49374605, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374605", "by": "alance", "date": "2026-08-20", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "so you can run a less-google-ish phone, but also run maps if need be.", "excerpt": "The pixel 5 ticks a lot of the same boxes as the pixel 4 btw. Similar form factor, but bigger battery and wireless charging. Plus if you install florisboard from f-droid you can customize a one-handed mode for the keyboard, which works quite well. Also this: https://lineage.microg.org/ so you can run a less-google-ish phone, but also run maps if need be.", "context": "", "use_case": "de-Googled Android phone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era"}, {"id": 768680353, "item_id": 48042522, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48042522", "by": "Velocifyer", "date": "2026-05-06", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I will be unable to solve the phone verification because I use LineageOS for microG", "excerpt": "reCAPTCHA is already so hard that I often can't solve the visual challenges, and Google has been blocking the audio challenges on VPNs (that is horrible for blind people) and also now the audio challenges are super hard. Google Gemini can solve them and I don't think that it will take long for lower power AI systems to be able to solve them. I will be unable to solve the phone verification because I use LineageOS for", "context": "", "use_case": "phone OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA"}, {"id": 761100513, "item_id": 47568782, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47568782", "by": "Velocifyer", "date": "2026-03-29", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use LineageOS for MicroG", "excerpt": ">that an apple device with a secure enclave signed it. What Apple devices are supported? All I have is a iPhone 4 running a old iOS version(pre iOS 7) (which I will not update and I don't think has a secure enclave) and a M1 mac mini and some lightning earpods and a apple thunderbolt display and some USB-A chargers and some old MacBooks. I saw something about android (https://typed.by/manifesto#:~:text=Android,Integr", "context": "", "use_case": "phone OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "ChatGPT Won't Let You Type Until Cloudflare Reads Your React State"}, {"id": 755573888, "item_id": 47223368, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223368", "by": "greentea23", "date": "2026-03-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There is a version that makes only the changes to include microg, has OTA updates too", "excerpt": "There is a version that makes only the changes to include microg, has OTA updates too: https://lineage.microg.org/", "context": "", "use_case": "Degoogled Android ROM with OTA", "switched_from": "", "story": "/e/OS is a complete \"deGoogled\", mobile ecosystem"}, {"id": 752792656, "item_id": 47049541, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47049541", "by": "notpushkin", "date": "2026-02-17", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Some other apps are often willing to accept my current setup", "excerpt": "Wallet app is still impossible to get working, but there\u2019s been some development recently: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues/361 Some other apps are often willing to accept my current setup (Lineage for microG [0], plus Magisk, if you don\u2019t need root \u2013 Magisk Hide does some magic I don\u2019t really understand, but even without Play Integrity passing, apps just start working). With more tweaks, you might be able to", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "GrapheneOS \u2013 Break Free from Google and Apple"}]}