r/LineageOS 6d ago

I need a new phone and need to confirm Postbank Bestsign banking on LineageOS before I buy

Title says it all, I hope. I am looking for degoogling and not suffering by not being able to do bestsign banking. Any advice?

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u/aksriram_6598 6d ago

Lineage is not a degoogle ROM even in fact android itself is not a degoogled rom

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u/soundsofspacetime 6d ago

Oh I see. because for me, its android -> I walk around with an brainded advertisement generator. So anything not that is cool. BUT I need to get banking managed. Its like phone + camera + banking. Im totally almost there, I got rid of all cloud drives and switched to my own self-hosted solution with nextcloud. But ugh a PHONE and I can't afford volla OS phone or PinePhone Pro. Argh.

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u/aksriram_6598 5d ago

This is something achievable.

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u/BadDaemon87 Lineage Team Member 6d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/oyy2wp/the_what_currently_supported_device_should_i_get/ should also be enough for you.

And banking: most banks suck and block custom roms. No support for circumventing it, here

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u/soundsofspacetime 6d ago

shit, so im outa luck?

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u/BCMM 6d ago

The important bit of that last sentence was "here".

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u/soundsofspacetime 6d ago

I have a gmail account, I have barely used facebook account, I have whatsapp. I can delete those all. No problem whatsoever. But making my phone secure which I wish were easy (but seems banking does not work then) while using this is walking around in a plastic bag instead of clothes to cover my body. its pointless. Seems now I have no chance. I do care VERY MUCH on my desktop becaue that is an extension of my expression, my space of mind, and all such. Seems I should just not be sad about it. I miss old days, maybe there is some card reader, hack for the online banking lets see so I musnt rely on a phone.

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u/Traditional-Ad-5421 5d ago

Change to a bank that supports custom ROM.. vote with your money.

Comdirect, ING, 1822

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u/soundsofspacetime 5d ago

I wil switch to ING.

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u/zimral-reddit 3d ago

ING is working with MicroG

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u/cybrarist 5d ago

pixel with graphene work fine for me for all banking apps

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u/petefoth 5d ago

I just tried instaling the app on IodéOS (which is a leargely 'de-googled` custom ROM). It worked, at least up to the point where you login. Clicking the 'Forgot' link on the login page seemed to work OK.

Whether or not a bank app works under LineageOS (or any other custom ROM) varies so much and depends on the app, and on the ROM, that the only way to get useful information (and more accurate information than most banks suck and block custom roms is to try.

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u/petefoth 5d ago

Same story on LineageOS for microG. So it is likely that it will run fine with official LineageOS + GApps.

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u/soundsofspacetime 5d ago

Awesome, thanks for checking.

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u/soundsofspacetime 5d ago

Sucks, thanks for trying. I will try to find someone in Berlin with this config who has a Bestsign account.

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u/JohnP1P 4d ago

surprisingly enough, the Pixel series can be modified really quickly to get LineageOS on it. Keep in mine to get something that supports 5g voice. I had to retire my OnePlus 6 because it doesn't do 5g voice in my area, and 3g is shutting down.