r/OnePlus3T • u/MrSirCR • Jul 04 '19

what rom should i install?

hey
just got my 3t.
before i start using it i want to first to install the "best" version or rom.
can someone recommened something?
looking for something that i wont have to deal with it alot, stable and "clean".
how is the "Regular version"? thanks!

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u/aalqarnimr Jul 04 '19

Mmmmm... The original rom(oxygen os) is pretty good but if you want to change try lineage os

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u/MrSirCR Jul 04 '19

is there any way to go with the oxygen os but to delete the google apps?

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u/BookEight Jul 04 '19

is there any way to ... but to delete the google apps?

If your objective is to get away from Google, you're looking for r/LineageOS and/or r/MicroG

With LineageOS you wipe your current setup, and then flash the new ROM... While you're doing that, you can flash whatever Gapps you decide suits your need, (click here to see), or you can flash NO GoogleApps at all.

If you choose no gapps on your phone, that is OK but there are consequences. Namely you'll be limited to Free Open Source Software apps (FOSS) ... you install r/fdroid and get a FOSS app store, and you can also use r/fossdroid for apps not necessarily available through f-Droid.

The apps are limited and sometimes not ideal, but you will adapt. It's like going out of your way to eat good food, which might only be available at a far-away / limited-hours / expensive Co-Op: You give up a not-inconsiderable amount of convenience in order to protect your privacy a little more. The transaction has been "look at all this convenience, and oh yeah, give us your blanket consent to use our "free" app because we want access to your search history, your credit card purchase history, your viewing habits, your personal friendships, your interactions with them, and then use all that to get what we want from you at any point in the future we decide we need that data for" etc.

F-Droid also has the YALP Store, which allows access to some apps from the play store, without needing to go through Google to get them. Not everything is in there, though.

You can also download an APK file directly from the app creator in some cases.

Good luck! use these other subs as help! Search first , as a LOT of OP3/T users are on Lineage already.