[ROM][S10e/S10/S10+][A13] iodéOS = LineageOS 20 + MicroG + adblocker [09/11/2023]

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Introduction

iodéOS is a privacy-focused operating system powered by LineageOS and based on the Android mobile platform. iodéOS aims at protecting the user's privacy with a built-in adblocker and by freeing the smartphone from snitches.

The objectives in the conception of this ROM are threefold:

  1. To keep the stability and security level of LineageOS, by minimizing the modifications made to the system. Apart the system modifications required by the adblocker, we mainly only added a few useful options commonly found in other custom ROMs, made some cosmetic changes, modified a few default settings to prevent data leaks to Google servers.
  2. To ease a quick adoption of this ROM by new users. We especially target users that are concerned by the protection of their privacy, but are not reluctant to still use inquisitive apps like Google ones. We thus included MicroG as well as a coherent set of default apps, and simplified the initial setup of the system. Particularly, an initialization of MicroG has been made with GCM notifications allowed by default, a privacy-friendly network location provider (DéjàVu) pre-selected, as well as Nominatim Geocoder.
  3. To provide a new and powerful way of blocking ads, malwares, data leaks of all kinds to many intrusive servers. We are developing an analyzer, tightly integrated into the system, that captures all DNS requests and network traffic, as well as a user interface (the iodé app). Compared to some other well-known adblockers, this has the advantages of:
    • Avoiding to lock the VPN for that use. You can even use another adblocker that uses VPN technology alongside our blocker.
    • Being independent of the kind of DNS server used by the system or set by an independent app: classical DNS on UDP port 53 or any other one, DNS over TLS (DoT), DNS over HTTPS (DoH), ..., as we capture the DNS requests before they are transmitted to the system function that emits the DNS request. What we do not support, is DoH when it is natively built into applications, i.e. when an app communicates directly with a DoH server, without asking name resolution to the system. It would require to decrypt HTTPS packets between such an app and the DoH server, which may create a big security hole.
    • Precisely mapping DNS requests and network packets to the Android apps that emitted (or received) them.
    • Deciding which apps have a filtered network usage (by default, all apps), and which ones can communicate with blacklisted servers.
    Since its first versions, we added many features to the iodé blocker: several levels of protection, fine-grained control over the hosts that should be blocked or authorized, displaying statistics on a map to see the quantity of data exchanged to which countries, clearing statistics... We are actively developing the blocker, and new functionalities will be regularly added.

Features

Changes in LineageOS to prevent data leaks:
  • Default DNS server: Google's DNS replaced by Quad9's 'unblocked' servers in all parts of the system.
  • A-GPS: patches to avoid leaking personnal information like IMSI to supl server.
  • Captive portal login: connectivitycheck.gstatic.com replaced by captiveportal.kuketz.de for connectivity check.
  • Dialer: Google default option replaced by OpenStreetMap for phone number lookup.

Pre-installed apps:

We included many useful default apps, but our choice cannot suit everyone; so we added the possibility to remove them. It can be done at the end of the phone setup, or at any time by going to Parameters -> Apps & Notifications -> Preinstalled apps.

  • MicroG core apps: GmsCore, GsfProxy, FakeStore.
  • NLP backends for MicroG : DejaVuNLPBackend (default), MozillaNLPBackend, AppleNLPBackend, RadioCellsNLPBackend, Nominatim Geocoder.
  • App stores : FDroid (with F-Droid Privileged Extension) and Aurora Store.
  • Browser: our own fork of Firefox (with Qwant as default search engine, many other ones added, telemetry disabled, parts of telemetry code removed) instead of Lineage’s default browser Jelly.
  • SMS: QKSMS instead of Lineage's default SMS app.
  • Email: p≡p (Pretty Easy Privacy).
  • Camera: our own fork of Open Camera, with a few tweaks.
  • Maps/navigation: Magic Earth GPS & Navigation (the only one free but not open source).
  • Keyboard: OpenBoard instead of AOSP keyboard.
  • PDF: Pdf Viewer Plus.
  • Personnal notes: Carnet.
  • {Ad/Malware/Data leak}-blocker: iodé.
  • News: to keep users informed about our developments, as well as a FAQ.
  • Meteo: Geometric Weather.

Pre-included FDroid repository:

The apps that we tweak or develop (microG services, the browser based on Firefox, the News app, Open Camera ...) are available through a repository that we included in FDroid (check the "Apps for iodéOS" category). For this purpose and to avoid name conflicts of some apps, we also had to make a few changes in FDroid.

Useful options from other custom ROMs:
  • Smart charging (disables charging when a given level is reached, to protect battery health).
  • Fingerprint vibration toggle.
  • Swipe down to clear all in recent apps (Android 10 only).

Installation Instructions

To download and flash our latest build, see https://gitlab.com/iode/ota.
You can also find here direct links to the latest builds.

Supported devices

Sources

Bug Reporting

You can post a message in this thread or (preferred) open an issue here.

Credits

LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of android, which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock android for your device.
All the source code for LineageOS is available in the LineageOS Github repo. If you would like to contribute to LineageOS, please visit their Wiki for more details.
This ROM would be nothing without the tremendous work made on MicroG, and all the other open source apps that we included. We are very grateful to their authors.


Contributors

Direct contributors: @iodeOS, @vince31fr
Indirect contributors (too numerous to list): All the people that contributed to the device tree, to LineageOS, and to the included open source apps.

Sponsoring

You can help in the development of this ROM by paying us a coffee here: https://paypal.me/iodeOS.

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Downloads : iodéOS

  • 09/11/2023 (build 20231107) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • Blocker: rules-based blocking added (wildcard rules and regular expressions), plus various improvements and bug fixes
    • OpenBoard keyboard: integration of recent improvements
    • LineageOS synchronized with October security patch included
    • New devices support: Pixel 6 Pro, Samsung Note 10 5G
    • Block lists updated
    • All apps updated
  • 28/08/2023 (build 20230824) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • Blocker: minor bugfixes.
    • iodéOS Premium API : bugfix for mail address with alias.
    • LineageOS synchronized with August security patch included.
    • Block lists updated.
    • All apps updated.
  • 01/08/2023 (build 20230629) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • Blocker: added backup/restore of recipient personalization (in Settings -> Custom blockings -> top-right menu).
    • microG: as the changes we made are no longer necessary, the official version is now included. The network localization modules have been abandoned in the latest version, in favor of the implementation of some of their functionalities directly in microG.
    • SafetyNet: adaptation of the SafetyNet validation method (necessary for certain applications, often including banking applications) to the latest developments.
    • iodéOS 4: discontinuation of the 'Smart Charging' feature in favor of the new LineageOS 'Charging Control' feature (in Settings -> Battery).
    • LineageOS synchronized with July security patch included.
    • All apps updated.
  • 29/06/2023 (build 20230629) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • Upgrade to Android 13 / LineageOS 20
    • iodéOS Premium: advanced blocker features will now be available via subscription (free for a certain period of time).
    • Blocker:
      • Presentation updated in Material Design 3 style.
      • A gauge on the home page gives an assessment of protection status.
      • Differentiation of malicious recipients according to protection type (standard / reinforced).
      • In the report, signs indicate the current blocking status of recipients ('prohibited direction' if blocked, 'danger' if malicious recipient not blocked).
      • Addition of a permanent notification featuring information on the application currently in use, as well as direct access to the application's blocking control and activity report. This notification can be disabled in the settings.
      • iodéOS Premium account connection added to settings.
      • Addition of a pure black background theme.
    • Charge control: a new LineageOS feature enables charge level control, and will replace 'Smart Charging' in battery settings. Both options are currently available for supported devices, but may conflict.
    • LineageOS synchronized with June security patch included.
    • All apps updated.
  • 04/04/2023 (build 20230401) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • Installation procedure: move to a fastboot script (read instructions: https://gitlab.com/iode/ota)
    • Blocker: improved use of blocking lists (sub-domains blocking)
    • FDroid: fixes an issue on apps update
    • LineageOS synchronized with March security patch included
    • All apps updated
  • 07/02/2023 (build 20230131) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • Blocker:
      • Improved blocking settings. You can now choose 'Standard' blocking (ads, trackers, malwares, etc) or 'Reinforced' blocking (same objective but more extensive), and then select additional categories.
      • The 'Porn' category has been extended to a wider 'Sensitive content' one, that also includes fake news, gambling, drugs, piracy, torrent..., with mainly child protection in mind.
      • The 'Extreme' category has been removed, as it is now part of the reinforced blocking.
      • Improved blocking lists. We merge several acknowledged and up-to-date sources, and have diversified our sources to produce more complete lists. The standard list has however been reduced a bit, to avoid as much as possible interference with apps expected behavior.
    • Added a new network location provider: Local NLP Backend. It is an improved version of the DéjàVu NLP backend which was already available in iodéOS. Like DéjàVu, it builds a local database connecting localizations learned from other NLP backends and apps using GPS, and mobile antennas/Wifi; but also has an active mode (not preselected) that can trigger GPS requests. To configure it: Settings -> System -> microG -> Location modules
    • LineageOS synchronized with January security patch included
    • All apps updated
    • New devices support: Pixel 3, 6, 6a
  • 20/12/2022 (build 20221220) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • Fixes smart charging issue
  • 16/12/2022 (build 20221215) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • Blocker: added multiple selection in settings / domain customization. Long-press on a domain, select several domains or all, apply actions (block all, authorize all...)
    • PdfViewerPlus: improved security by updating core libraries
    • Network settings: added a switch to disable connectivity check (and thus captive portal detection)
    • LineageOS synchronized with December security patch included
    • All apps updated
    • New devices support: Pixel 4 & 5, OnePlus 9 & 9 Pro
  • 24/11/2022 (build 20221121) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • Improvements in the blocker user interface (iodé app)
    • LineageOS synced with September security patch included
    • All apps updated
  • 17/10/2022 (build 20221014) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • Blocker:
      • Network blockings following their type (Wifi, mobile data, VPN) added
      • Default blockings definition for new apps
      • Personnalized recipients management improved
      • iodé's app access restrictions by password added
      • Search filters added in report and map
      • Display theme selection
      • Automatic and 'real-time' refresh of the whole app
      • Performance and fluidity improvements of the app
    • LineageOS synced with September security patch included
    • All apps updated
  • 27/07/2021 (build 20220726) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • SafetyNet certification activated: allows many apps, notably banking ones, to fully work
    • Setup wizard: the push notifications configuration page now also activates SafetyNet (fine-grained control in Settings->System->microG)
    • OpenCamera: the 'Use alternative flash method' in photo settings is no more necessary and can be disabled, allowing flash optimization
    • News app: German translations
    • LineageOS synced with July security patch included
    • All apps updated
  • 21/07/2021 (build 20220530) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • Upgrade to Android 12 / Lineage 19.1
    • Setup Wizard: new page to configure push notifications through microG
    • Lockscreen settings: switch added to disable fingerprint unlock when screen is off
    • Improved German translations
    • Bug fixes and improvements
    • LineageOS synced with May security patch included
    • All apps updated
  • 02/05/2021 (build 20220205) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • News app reworked
    • Setup Wizard: new iodé introduction
    • iodé blocker: pull to refresh replaced by automatic refresh in report tab
    • Teracube 2e 2022 batch released, video playback in browser and video recording fixed
    • Music app : playlist crash fixed
    • Open Camera : crash when tapping thumbnail of a newly recorded video fixed, photos and videos now editable
    • LineageOS synced with March security patch
    • All apps updated
  • 03/02/2022 (build 20220126) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • New iodé blocker map feature
    • Build mode changed to 'user' (i.e. release) mode): more apps work out-of-the-box and more secure device, but more restrictive recovery
    • Camera app changed to Open Camera
    • Wireguard kernel module included
    • Dark bootanimation
    • January security patch
    • Preinstalled apps updated
    • Beware: Play store Magisk module broken
  • 18/11/2021 (build 20211108) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • LineageOS updated (November security patch)
    • Preinstalled apps updated
    • Iodé blocker: hosts can now be customized, either globally or by app
  • 10/09/2021 (build 20210905) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
    • LineageOS updated (August security patch)
    • Preinstalled apps updated
    • Backup app included: Seedvault
    • microG now uninstallable: Settings -> Apps & notifications -> Preinstalled apps
    • New default accent color (clear blue from iodé logo)
  • 13/08/2021 (build 20210811) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte): first publicly available builds.
 
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Man, you are legend! Will i be able to download banking app or government app since i kinda need it for covid checkin in my country?
 
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Some covid apps do not require play services so generally work. Exposure notifications have been implemented in microG, so many apps that require play services work as well.
About banking apps: some work out of the box, some work with magisk hide, some cannot work...
You need to try by yourself, or ask about particular apps in older XDA iodé forums.
 
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vince31fr said:
Some covid apps do not require play services so generally work. Exposure notifications have been implemented in microG, so many apps that require play services work as well.
About banking apps: some work out of the box, some work with magisk hide, some cannot work...
You need to try by yourself, or ask about particular apps in older XDA iodé forums.
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The rom is beautiful and everything is working fine. However there the bluetooth call quality is really bad. I hope it will get fixexd soon
 
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gouthamram said:
How it's RAM management? Is it good for day to day usage and extreme gaming purpose???
Iam using S10+
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ok here is my take on this rom after 3 days (I guess). Flashing the rom takes a while and it encrypts the data by default even tho I had no such forced problem with other ones. if it's not encrypted and you flash it, it bootloops until you format data partition. The default setup this rom offers is good enough to use for average users. MicroG and stuff the authors put are well thought and stable. I like how they chose things like openBoard or iode browser (Firefox fork) over lineage ones because these are certainly better. Privacy wise so-called iode app has ad-blocker which is nice if the user can't set up his own. But not having (at least) google contacts sync threw me off than any other minor problems, so I managed to install it. next problem occurred when I tried to play Apex Legends Mobile beta, apparently MicroG can't show google's "login as tester" message or whatever that pop-up screen is. only solution was to replace MicroG with Gapps. The game itself went good, same as other aosp roms, better than stock roms, but in cost of battery temperature. it overheats pretty easily in outside of gaming as well. it could be my exynos s10e fault, who knows. Magisk installed fine with just flashing the zip. and the last thing TWRP can't ask for the password nor decrypt data partition folders, showing dozens of red warnings. Internal storage (media/0) is mountable and can be used tho.

edit: oh, due to not flashing multidisabler after formatting data it got encrypted, nothing to do with the rom I suppose. Still, good rom for those can live without google dependent apps and situations.
 
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ok here is my take on this rom after 3 days (I guess). Flashing the rom takes a while and it encrypts the data by default even tho I had no such forced problem with other ones. if it's not encrypted and you flash it, it bootloops until you format data partition. The default setup this rom offers is good enough to use for average users. MicroG and stuff the authors put are well thought and stable. I like how they chose things like openBoard or iode browser (Firefox fork) over lineage ones because these are certainly better. Privacy wise so-called iode app has ad-blocker which is nice if the user can't set up his own. But not having (at least) google contacts sync threw me off than any other minor problems, so I managed to install it. next problem occurred when I tried to play Apex Legends Mobile beta, apparently MicroG can't show google's "login as tester" message or whatever that pop-up screen is. only solution was to replace MicroG with Gapps. The game itself went good, same as other aosp roms, better than stock roms, but in cost of battery temperature. it overheats pretty easily in outside of gaming as well. it could be my exynos s10e fault, who knows. Magisk installed fine with just flashing the zip. and the last thing TWRP can't ask for the password nor decrypt data partition folders, showing dozens of red warnings. Internal storage (media/0) is mountable and can be used tho.

edit: oh, due to not flashing multidisabler after formatting data it got encrypted, nothing to do with the rom I suppose. Still, good rom for those can live without google dependent apps and situations.
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Talk about TWRP showing a dozens of red warnings, do you have a solution for that? I wanted to flash some thing else not lineage base but i can't with those red warnings
 
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Is there any way to use google RCS chat in google messages or restore whatsapp backups on this ROM.
I'm aware using these apps compromises my privacy, but i need them to communicate with family and friends.
 
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Quinquadrate said:
Is there any way to use google RCS chat in google messages or restore whatsapp backups on this ROM.
I'm aware using these apps compromises my privacy, but i need them to communicate with family and friends.
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I managed to finally restore my WhatsApp messages. If you have a spare device handy it helps, I'll assume in my instructions that you do and this device has WhatsApp with all your data on.

On the spare device:
  • Open WhatsApp -> Settings -> Chats -> Chat Backup
  • Make sure "Back up to Google Drive" is set to "Never"
  • Then click "Back Up"
  • This will then save a local backup to the root of your device (well the main user folder)
  • Navigate to your root/user folder and compress the WhatsApp folder. It should contain 3 folders within it: Backups, Databases, Media.
  • Download Airdroid (or something similar, but this worked best for me) and start a web session.
On the new device with iodé:
  • Go to the Local IP Address displayed in Airdroid (or equivalent)
  • Download the .zip file you created.
  • Unzip this file into the root/user folder that you found it on the spare device.
  • DOUBLE CHECK: That the folder structure is the same as on the spare device:
    • Root/User
      • WhatsApp
        • Backups
        • Databases
        • Media
  • Install WhatsApp from the Aurora Store (or whereever you prefer)
  • You should then be prompted to "Restore Backup" after the SMS/Phone verification in the process.
Hope this helps!

p.s. Use Signal rather than WhatsApp if you're interested in even more privacy. The hard part is getting others to use it.
 
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Did you try to reflash twrp?
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Yeah. I tried formating and a whole bunch of "permission denied" showed up. After that i reboot twrp and no errors showed when i tried formating again. However the internal storage still the same. It's kinda weird when i had notification about no OS installed but i can't install anything except LOS
 
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Seigul said:
Yeah i know that. After i used LOSS and Iode, i'm unable to wipe data and flash any rom not LOSS based
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I had to format data again and flash multidisabler (to disable encryption) then flash other roms. I'm currently on BlastUI 3.35 (FUF3), just make sure to flash latest bl+modem zip before flashing stock based ones, if that's what u r referring by not being able to flash others.
 
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Great Rom, I am using it since 2 hours.

One important note:
Your installation guide has some mistakes(at least for unlocked phones )
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iode / ota · GitLab

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You do not tell which recovery should be used. Also that you need the recovery image and the file vbmeta .img.
The TWRP xda page instructions for Heimdall Linux helped me:
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This is what worked for me.

1. Flash Lineageos Recovery and vbmeta in Odin. Recovery found here: https://download.lineageos.org/
2. Reboot to recovery
3. Enable ADB
4. Sideload iode OS
5. Reboot

This will preserve encryption.
 
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mx82 said:
Great Rom, I am using it since 2 hours.

One important note:
Your installation guide has some mistakes(at least for unlocked phones )
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iode / ota · GitLab

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You do not tell which recovery should be used. Also that you need the recovery image and the file vbmeta .img.
The TWRP xda page instructions for Heimdall Linux helped me:
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Just a quick heads up - TWRP will break stuff just like on my lineage, lineage recovery should be added to installation instructions instead.
Manually flashing a disabled vbmeta image also isn't needed unless AVB was disabled in this build.
 
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    Introduction

    iodéOS is a privacy-focused operating system powered by LineageOS and based on the Android mobile platform. iodéOS aims at protecting the user's privacy with a built-in adblocker and by freeing the smartphone from snitches.

    The objectives in the conception of this ROM are threefold:

    1. To keep the stability and security level of LineageOS, by minimizing the modifications made to the system. Apart the system modifications required by the adblocker, we mainly only added a few useful options commonly found in other custom ROMs, made some cosmetic changes, modified a few default settings to prevent data leaks to Google servers.
    2. To ease a quick adoption of this ROM by new users. We especially target users that are concerned by the protection of their privacy, but are not reluctant to still use inquisitive apps like Google ones. We thus included MicroG as well as a coherent set of default apps, and simplified the initial setup of the system. Particularly, an initialization of MicroG has been made with GCM notifications allowed by default, a privacy-friendly network location provider (DéjàVu) pre-selected, as well as Nominatim Geocoder.
    3. To provide a new and powerful way of blocking ads, malwares, data leaks of all kinds to many intrusive servers. We are developing an analyzer, tightly integrated into the system, that captures all DNS requests and network traffic, as well as a user interface (the iodé app). Compared to some other well-known adblockers, this has the advantages of:
      • Avoiding to lock the VPN for that use. You can even use another adblocker that uses VPN technology alongside our blocker.
      • Being independent of the kind of DNS server used by the system or set by an independent app: classical DNS on UDP port 53 or any other one, DNS over TLS (DoT), DNS over HTTPS (DoH), ..., as we capture the DNS requests before they are transmitted to the system function that emits the DNS request. What we do not support, is DoH when it is natively built into applications, i.e. when an app communicates directly with a DoH server, without asking name resolution to the system. It would require to decrypt HTTPS packets between such an app and the DoH server, which may create a big security hole.
      • Precisely mapping DNS requests and network packets to the Android apps that emitted (or received) them.
      • Deciding which apps have a filtered network usage (by default, all apps), and which ones can communicate with blacklisted servers.
      Since its first versions, we added many features to the iodé blocker: several levels of protection, fine-grained control over the hosts that should be blocked or authorized, displaying statistics on a map to see the quantity of data exchanged to which countries, clearing statistics... We are actively developing the blocker, and new functionalities will be regularly added.

    Features

    Changes in LineageOS to prevent data leaks:
    • Default DNS server: Google's DNS replaced by Quad9's 'unblocked' servers in all parts of the system.
    • A-GPS: patches to avoid leaking personnal information like IMSI to supl server.
    • Captive portal login: connectivitycheck.gstatic.com replaced by captiveportal.kuketz.de for connectivity check.
    • Dialer: Google default option replaced by OpenStreetMap for phone number lookup.

    Pre-installed apps:

    We included many useful default apps, but our choice cannot suit everyone; so we added the possibility to remove them. It can be done at the end of the phone setup, or at any time by going to Parameters -> Apps & Notifications -> Preinstalled apps.

    • MicroG core apps: GmsCore, GsfProxy, FakeStore.
    • NLP backends for MicroG : DejaVuNLPBackend (default), MozillaNLPBackend, AppleNLPBackend, RadioCellsNLPBackend, Nominatim Geocoder.
    • App stores : FDroid (with F-Droid Privileged Extension) and Aurora Store.
    • Browser: our own fork of Firefox (with Qwant as default search engine, many other ones added, telemetry disabled, parts of telemetry code removed) instead of Lineage’s default browser Jelly.
    • SMS: QKSMS instead of Lineage's default SMS app.
    • Email: p≡p (Pretty Easy Privacy).
    • Camera: our own fork of Open Camera, with a few tweaks.
    • Maps/navigation: Magic Earth GPS & Navigation (the only one free but not open source).
    • Keyboard: OpenBoard instead of AOSP keyboard.
    • PDF: Pdf Viewer Plus.
    • Personnal notes: Carnet.
    • {Ad/Malware/Data leak}-blocker: iodé.
    • News: to keep users informed about our developments, as well as a FAQ.
    • Meteo: Geometric Weather.

    Pre-included FDroid repository:

    The apps that we tweak or develop (microG services, the browser based on Firefox, the News app, Open Camera ...) are available through a repository that we included in FDroid (check the "Apps for iodéOS" category). For this purpose and to avoid name conflicts of some apps, we also had to make a few changes in FDroid.

    Useful options from other custom ROMs:
    • Smart charging (disables charging when a given level is reached, to protect battery health).
    • Fingerprint vibration toggle.
    • Swipe down to clear all in recent apps (Android 10 only).

    Installation Instructions

    To download and flash our latest build, see https://gitlab.com/iode/ota.
    You can also find here direct links to the latest builds.

    Supported devices

    Sources

    Bug Reporting

    You can post a message in this thread or (preferred) open an issue here.

    Credits

    LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of android, which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock android for your device.
    All the source code for LineageOS is available in the LineageOS Github repo. If you would like to contribute to LineageOS, please visit their Wiki for more details.
    This ROM would be nothing without the tremendous work made on MicroG, and all the other open source apps that we included. We are very grateful to their authors.


    Contributors

    Direct contributors: @iodeOS, @vince31fr
    Indirect contributors (too numerous to list): All the people that contributed to the device tree, to LineageOS, and to the included open source apps.

    Sponsoring

    You can help in the development of this ROM by paying us a coffee here: https://paypal.me/iodeOS.

    Screenshots

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    vince31fr
    vince31fr
    Downloads : iodéOS

    • 09/11/2023 (build 20231107) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • Blocker: rules-based blocking added (wildcard rules and regular expressions), plus various improvements and bug fixes
      • OpenBoard keyboard: integration of recent improvements
      • LineageOS synchronized with October security patch included
      • New devices support: Pixel 6 Pro, Samsung Note 10 5G
      • Block lists updated
      • All apps updated
    • 28/08/2023 (build 20230824) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • Blocker: minor bugfixes.
      • iodéOS Premium API : bugfix for mail address with alias.
      • LineageOS synchronized with August security patch included.
      • Block lists updated.
      • All apps updated.
    • 01/08/2023 (build 20230629) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • Blocker: added backup/restore of recipient personalization (in Settings -> Custom blockings -> top-right menu).
      • microG: as the changes we made are no longer necessary, the official version is now included. The network localization modules have been abandoned in the latest version, in favor of the implementation of some of their functionalities directly in microG.
      • SafetyNet: adaptation of the SafetyNet validation method (necessary for certain applications, often including banking applications) to the latest developments.
      • iodéOS 4: discontinuation of the 'Smart Charging' feature in favor of the new LineageOS 'Charging Control' feature (in Settings -> Battery).
      • LineageOS synchronized with July security patch included.
      • All apps updated.
    • 29/06/2023 (build 20230629) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • Upgrade to Android 13 / LineageOS 20
      • iodéOS Premium: advanced blocker features will now be available via subscription (free for a certain period of time).
      • Blocker:
        • Presentation updated in Material Design 3 style.
        • A gauge on the home page gives an assessment of protection status.
        • Differentiation of malicious recipients according to protection type (standard / reinforced).
        • In the report, signs indicate the current blocking status of recipients ('prohibited direction' if blocked, 'danger' if malicious recipient not blocked).
        • Addition of a permanent notification featuring information on the application currently in use, as well as direct access to the application's blocking control and activity report. This notification can be disabled in the settings.
        • iodéOS Premium account connection added to settings.
        • Addition of a pure black background theme.
      • Charge control: a new LineageOS feature enables charge level control, and will replace 'Smart Charging' in battery settings. Both options are currently available for supported devices, but may conflict.
      • LineageOS synchronized with June security patch included.
      • All apps updated.
    • 04/04/2023 (build 20230401) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • Installation procedure: move to a fastboot script (read instructions: https://gitlab.com/iode/ota)
      • Blocker: improved use of blocking lists (sub-domains blocking)
      • FDroid: fixes an issue on apps update
      • LineageOS synchronized with March security patch included
      • All apps updated
    • 07/02/2023 (build 20230131) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • Blocker:
        • Improved blocking settings. You can now choose 'Standard' blocking (ads, trackers, malwares, etc) or 'Reinforced' blocking (same objective but more extensive), and then select additional categories.
        • The 'Porn' category has been extended to a wider 'Sensitive content' one, that also includes fake news, gambling, drugs, piracy, torrent..., with mainly child protection in mind.
        • The 'Extreme' category has been removed, as it is now part of the reinforced blocking.
        • Improved blocking lists. We merge several acknowledged and up-to-date sources, and have diversified our sources to produce more complete lists. The standard list has however been reduced a bit, to avoid as much as possible interference with apps expected behavior.
      • Added a new network location provider: Local NLP Backend. It is an improved version of the DéjàVu NLP backend which was already available in iodéOS. Like DéjàVu, it builds a local database connecting localizations learned from other NLP backends and apps using GPS, and mobile antennas/Wifi; but also has an active mode (not preselected) that can trigger GPS requests. To configure it: Settings -> System -> microG -> Location modules
      • LineageOS synchronized with January security patch included
      • All apps updated
      • New devices support: Pixel 3, 6, 6a
    • 20/12/2022 (build 20221220) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • Fixes smart charging issue
    • 16/12/2022 (build 20221215) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • Blocker: added multiple selection in settings / domain customization. Long-press on a domain, select several domains or all, apply actions (block all, authorize all...)
      • PdfViewerPlus: improved security by updating core libraries
      • Network settings: added a switch to disable connectivity check (and thus captive portal detection)
      • LineageOS synchronized with December security patch included
      • All apps updated
      • New devices support: Pixel 4 & 5, OnePlus 9 & 9 Pro
    • 24/11/2022 (build 20221121) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • Improvements in the blocker user interface (iodé app)
      • LineageOS synced with September security patch included
      • All apps updated
    • 17/10/2022 (build 20221014) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • Blocker:
        • Network blockings following their type (Wifi, mobile data, VPN) added
        • Default blockings definition for new apps
        • Personnalized recipients management improved
        • iodé's app access restrictions by password added
        • Search filters added in report and map
        • Display theme selection
        • Automatic and 'real-time' refresh of the whole app
        • Performance and fluidity improvements of the app
      • LineageOS synced with September security patch included
      • All apps updated
    • 27/07/2021 (build 20220726) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • SafetyNet certification activated: allows many apps, notably banking ones, to fully work
      • Setup wizard: the push notifications configuration page now also activates SafetyNet (fine-grained control in Settings->System->microG)
      • OpenCamera: the 'Use alternative flash method' in photo settings is no more necessary and can be disabled, allowing flash optimization
      • News app: German translations
      • LineageOS synced with July security patch included
      • All apps updated
    • 21/07/2021 (build 20220530) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • Upgrade to Android 12 / Lineage 19.1
      • Setup Wizard: new page to configure push notifications through microG
      • Lockscreen settings: switch added to disable fingerprint unlock when screen is off
      • Improved German translations
      • Bug fixes and improvements
      • LineageOS synced with May security patch included
      • All apps updated
    • 02/05/2021 (build 20220205) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • News app reworked
      • Setup Wizard: new iodé introduction
      • iodé blocker: pull to refresh replaced by automatic refresh in report tab
      • Teracube 2e 2022 batch released, video playback in browser and video recording fixed
      • Music app : playlist crash fixed
      • Open Camera : crash when tapping thumbnail of a newly recorded video fixed, photos and videos now editable
      • LineageOS synced with March security patch
      • All apps updated
    • 03/02/2022 (build 20220126) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • New iodé blocker map feature
      • Build mode changed to 'user' (i.e. release) mode): more apps work out-of-the-box and more secure device, but more restrictive recovery
      • Camera app changed to Open Camera
      • Wireguard kernel module included
      • Dark bootanimation
      • January security patch
      • Preinstalled apps updated
      • Beware: Play store Magisk module broken
    • 18/11/2021 (build 20211108) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • LineageOS updated (November security patch)
      • Preinstalled apps updated
      • Iodé blocker: hosts can now be customized, either globally or by app
    • 10/09/2021 (build 20210905) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte):
      • LineageOS updated (August security patch)
      • Preinstalled apps updated
      • Backup app included: Seedvault
      • microG now uninstallable: Settings -> Apps & notifications -> Preinstalled apps
      • New default accent color (clear blue from iodé logo)
    • 13/08/2021 (build 20210811) for S10e (beyond0lte), S10 (beyond1lte) and S10+ (beyond2lte): first publicly available builds.
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    BobFed
    Quinquadrate said:
    Is there any way to use google RCS chat in google messages or restore whatsapp backups on this ROM.
    I'm aware using these apps compromises my privacy, but i need them to communicate with family and friends.
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    I managed to finally restore my WhatsApp messages. If you have a spare device handy it helps, I'll assume in my instructions that you do and this device has WhatsApp with all your data on.

    On the spare device:
    • Open WhatsApp -> Settings -> Chats -> Chat Backup
    • Make sure "Back up to Google Drive" is set to "Never"
    • Then click "Back Up"
    • This will then save a local backup to the root of your device (well the main user folder)
    • Navigate to your root/user folder and compress the WhatsApp folder. It should contain 3 folders within it: Backups, Databases, Media.
    • Download Airdroid (or something similar, but this worked best for me) and start a web session.
    On the new device with iodé:
    • Go to the Local IP Address displayed in Airdroid (or equivalent)
    • Download the .zip file you created.
    • Unzip this file into the root/user folder that you found it on the spare device.
    • DOUBLE CHECK: That the folder structure is the same as on the spare device:
      • Root/User
        • WhatsApp
          • Backups
          • Databases
          • Media
    • Install WhatsApp from the Aurora Store (or whereever you prefer)
    • You should then be prompted to "Restore Backup" after the SMS/Phone verification in the process.
    Hope this helps!

    p.s. Use Signal rather than WhatsApp if you're interested in even more privacy. The hard part is getting others to use it.
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    vince31fr
    vince31fr
    *** New Update : 07/02/2023 ***

    Available as OTA (see OP)​
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    Zakelinho
    Zakelinho
    Privacy related ROMs are always welcomed. Thank you! Will try it soon.
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