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I've run iodéOS for at least a year by now.
It used to have some bugs that mildly inconvenienced me,but they have all been fixed now.
I really like it. It just works.
Uninstallable default apps just means that the stores (f-droid / aurora), browsers, camera and lots more can be removed in the settings, so you dont need to root access to do so.
Don't want the default email client and contacts app? Just uninstall them from the settings. Takes a reboot to take effect.
If you need them again, just go back there, install them again, reboot and you're golden.
Attaching a screenshot from the "Preinstalled apps" page in the settings.
Feel free to ask if you have any more questions.
Uh, okay. Weird use of "uninstallable", but this is definitely good to hear! I was looking at Calyx that has a suite of apps that will just always be stored on your device whether you install them or not. Glad this isn't that sort of situation 🙂
One followup question, might be out of your ballpark since you're happily using Iodé: in their FAQ, they answer the question "Can I uninstall iodéOS and go back to Google Android?" with
I hope those "coding skills" aren't more involved than being able to run a couple of
adbandfastbootcommands. Have you seen anything to the contrary, in support forums and similar?to be clear, I'm not "going back to Google Android", but I might get adventurous with other custom ROMs.
I think that is just about how to strip the iodeOS modifications from the system without a complete reset or something. Probably using
adbandfastbootas you mentioned. But I have no idea about how any of this works or why I would want to do that.If you want to install any other OS, just go about it as you would normally. I don't see how this changes anything really.
Cool, cool. Will give it a shot when I have a couple hours to install it 👍 Thanks for your help!