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(Cat) Smartphone OS Replacement options (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Recently I have bought a Cat S75. On their website they stated at the time that I will get at least Android Version 13. currently its still on 12, which is fine cause its end of life is not reached yet. With the current Version cycle I'd say the end of life vor 12 is expected in ca 9 months.

I have a Cat s41 as well, of which I had to switch away from cause there is some ancient android (~8) on it and it doesn't get any updates.

I am cautious with just trying out a new OS on my device, because I dont know how I would get back the old OS if nothing works, and Cat beeing a rather small smartphone producer makes finding experience-reports rather difficult.

Can I just expect a Linux/ degoogled Android to work on my devices? I'd guess not, therefore: Can I test that somehow? Is there a way to go back to the factory settings or smth like that if I am lost?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Check out LineageOS and have a look at the xda developer forum for more info.

And I did a quick search that listed a few good starting points… running a custom rom on your phone is quite liberating… but also a rabbit hole that is deeper than any black hole in the universe. Have fun and good luck!

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=custom+rom+cat+s75+xda+-samsung+-galaxy

Edit: ‘cause autocorrect

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

isn't there a list of supported devices?

iirc, unless you have a supported phone, you can't try lineageOS

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[–] pylapp 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes you should definitely check before whether or not the device is supported. You can find it for LineageOS here: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/

You may also have a look on /e/OS: https://doc.e.foundation/devices

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Oh, /e/ is a really good suggestion.

There is always the route of compiling your own kernel, it all depends on how adventurous you feel… and how much spare time you have.

Edit: /e/OS has a quite big selection of phones if you just drill down into their docs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I should have been more specific, “Check out LineageOS, they have a list of supported devices, you can also trawl xda-developers for info and guides”