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Linux Community Discussions => Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat => Topic started by: kalpana on Nov 07, 2023, 03:59 AM

Title: Is it safe to continue using an Android phone after its EOL?
Post by: kalpana on Nov 07, 2023, 03:59 AM
Hi,
Posting here after a long time. I am using a Nokia G20. This is my first Android phone. I purchased this phone on December 2020. This phone will no longer receive security patches after 2024. As I said this is my first Android phone so basically I tried to implement my knowledge which I have gathered by using Linux for more than a decade.

As soon as a particular release of Ubuntu reaches its EOL I have always replaced it with a new supported release. I am trying to follow the same theory with Android.

Here is the problem. I can't just install a new Android on my phone like I do with my desktop. Unfortunately LineageOS doesn't support my handset.

When I tried to discuss this issue on various Android forums some of the members told me that I am overthinking this and that they use phones which have reached it's EOL.

What's your opinion? Should I continue using this phone after its EOL?

@theFu
Please mention your opinion too.
Lubuntu 20.04