#custom os

My phone updated to oneUI 7.

I was wholeheartedly hoping against hope this wouldn't happen..

Now I gotta change up the majority of visual settings on my phone...

....Of course, there's some things that won't be fixable, I might finally look into getting a custom os.

How about you? What's your experience been with oneUI 7? Or do you have apple? Tell me everything.

In the first installment of Flashback I am taking a look at the Samsung Galaxy S4 5 years after it’s initial release. First I will note that I am running a custom OS (Lineage OS 14.1/AOSP Nougat equivalent) 

Pros: 

Updated features and settings make this device worthwhile to own and easy to handle. Be warned though if you choose to use a nightly version of this OS you will see bugs. Overall this is the best operating system that has been on this phone since premiere with in-depth customization and the ability to use up-to-date apps and games.

Cons:

I run the Nightly OS so I do see bugs mainly with the calling feature, e.g. i have to make sure my headphones are unplugged before making a call or else the other person will not hear me. Other than that the biggest problem is camera quality but then again, this phone is five years old. 

This phone has experienced wear and very noticeably because the plastic casing is experiencing weathering.

I do love the removable battery. I personally keep 3 extra batteries charged and ready so when I’m out and my phone dies I can simply pop it out and put the next one in. 

Overall the Galaxy S4 is a choice contender in today’s low-cost market and is my choice for cell phones in general because of its many uses and functions.

*Almost any OS

We've added a great new feature in Jidoteki, it's the ability to install *any operating system from your own .iso URL. We say *any but in fact it doesn't work with Windows yet.

So far we've successfully tested with OpenBSD, NixOS and VyOS.

Import Veewee and Packer templates configs

We know most of you are using Veewee or Packer to create custom virtual machines. With Jidoteki, you can now paste your .iso file URL and boot command directly into a form field for us to download and install.

You can't paste your entire templates, so make sure to follow the examples provided.

How does it work?

Similarly to a regular OS installation, we'll feed the custom script (preseed/kickstart/etc) to the virtual machine over a private HTTP server.

Jidoteki will then take your boot command and send the string to the console.

Boot command options

Just like Veewee and Packer, Jidoteki accepts special variables for the HTTP server's IP, PORT and NAME. It also accepts all the standard special codes such as <esc>, <wait>, <enter> (case insensitive).

You can paste the config directly into the text field, which we'll then sanitize and turn into a much friendlier multi-line string. We do this because we use YAML multi-line strings as opposed to Ruby and JSON arrays.

Feel free to use a multi-line string if you prefer.

Documentation

We've updated our documentation in the Create section to provide more details about the custom OS installation process.

We hope you can try this out and let us know how it works for you.