had my doubts about it, but it worked! though i had a bunch of sim connection problems, worked after few reboots. multiple sims management is ass (at least on my samsung phone). i can’t turn-off one SIM and work with the other, the internet tab ui in settings just starts lagging ( and my connection goes out the window). i have to reboot my phone every time i need to change anything in my sim connections. and the saftynet bullshit with whatsapp. otherwise its much better than one ui in terms of performance ( and of course privacy (; )


I guess barely anyone does:
https://wiki.lineageos.org/faq#canshould-i-relock-my-bootloader
https://forum.fairphone.com/t/relock-fp5-keeping-lineageos/108723
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/n7yo7u/a_discussion_about_bootloader_lockingunlocking/
https://xdaforums.com/t/solved-can-i-re-oem-lock-my-bootloader-after-installing-lineageos.4692135/#post-89707810
With /e/OS (based on LineageOS), the bootloader can be relocked on Fairphone, Shiftphone, Teracube, and Google Pixel, and they are sold locked by Murena (main developer of /e/OS).
https://community.e.foundation/t/list-devices-where-bootloader-can-be-relocked/48424
This means a pickpocket or airport security control can’t take a copy of your system image via USB and brute force your few-digit passcode in a virtual machine without guess rate limiting - they’d have to extract the flash memory chip from the phone to copy it. If they crack the passcode, they can start using your user accounts and whatever information is on the phone.
To be precise, the pickpockets don’t crack the phones, they sell to exporters, who sell to China:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20vlpwrzwdo
On the other hand, I’m appalled by the indifference when users point out failures of e/OS’s core feature, privacy protection, on the forum:
Fake location doesn’t work on HERE WeGo maps, therefore probably many other apps:
https://community.e.foundation/t/real-location-leaked-through-advanced-privacy/78155
Limited file access doesn’t work on PLAY’A VR Cardboard, therefore probably many other apps:
https://community.e.foundation/t/app-permissions-failure-can-see-all-files-despite-limited-access/69483
Tests failed again a few days ago on my phone with the newest /e/OS 3.4 A15.