Calyx is having some weird dev stuff happening, and may not get updates for months. Be careful.
https://calyxos.org/news/2025/08/01/a-letter-to-our-community/
Discussion
If you're using Calyx ROM on your android phone this is something to be aware of.
Great now I have to make ANOTHER backup phone setup?
Worth it.
I've been using custom roms since Android 4, cyanogen, lineage, etc. The only one I consider now is Graphene.
What makes Graphene more trustworthy than Calyx? Is it because the lead developer is an obsessed autist? I mean that is usually a good sign 😂
Is it that Calyx depends too much on corporate code?
Does seedvault offer an easy transition to Graphene?
- Ease of install and use.
- Consistent updates.
- Great community on the forums.
- It has a long history of being secure and stable.
- It consistently performs the best vs Cellebrite.
- Their security patches regularly get accepted upstream into Android main.
- Doesn't rely on weird 3rd party stuff for Google access, instead sandboxes Google Play.
I like weird 3rd party Google replacements but other than that, pretty solid. I'm gonna distro hop and see what I like best. Looks like I need to use Graphene for a while anyway because of the Calyx thing going on. Thanks!
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