So, a phone that’s still well in the support window of the original vendor plus probably years more via LineageOS. I don’t see a ton of value in postmarketOS on the FP6.
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141·20 days agohttps://lineageos.org/Developer-Verification/
How does this affect LineageOS and its users?
TL;DR: This will not affect LineageOS directly. But it may affect users running the stock ROM on their device.
When the stock ROM is installed on a certified device, package installation will be gated by the package “AndroidDeveloperVerification”, which will check against the developer’s registered/verified signing identity. Google is providing an “advanced flow” opt in for power users to install unverified-developer apps after acknowledging risk and waiting a full day. This is a one-time toggle to disable verification, not something you have to redo every time you wish to install a package.
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html
An OS that has objectively less functionality, less stability and less battery life (probably less security, too) than what’s available via libre(-ish) alternatives doesn’t strike me as something anyone would want to have, at least while these alternatives still receive relevant feature and security updates.
If Nura is ever able to close this gap, that changes of course. For now I don’t see the appeal.
On a 10 year old phone that can’t/shouldn’t be used for anything else that’s different, however. I’m glad to get a use out of that phone with Nura if the alternative is for it to be e-waste.