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Hey all,

im looking to ditch the stock rom and put a rom on that doesn't have any proprietary stuff on it. i have a Moto G Stylus 5G 2024, and from XDA, it seems that there is not only root, but also GSI roms. do GSI roms still contain google binaries (play store, play services, etc...) or is it similar to a AOSP rom where its just a bare android image with no apps other than the very basic stuff? Sadly i can't afford getting a pixel atm or another device that can run mobile linux or graphene, so just wanted to see if this was viable.

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[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It stands for 'Generic System Image', I've used one before and it was mostly bare and service-less, but that has been a minute. One thing I'd note is that it was a pain in the ass and there were extra steps and requirements that if I had bothered to read I wouldn't have messed with and just gone with AOSP.

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yeah sadly there is no AOSP roms for my device or offical or unoffical linage OS. all the ROMS ive seen are all GSI roms and there's very few to pick from.

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Not sure of the intricacies of your hardware, this one does look like a pain in the ass, but there appears to be a LineageOS development build for at least one variant of a Moto G Stylus 5G on xda-developers.

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-16-0-unofficial-lineageos-23-for-motorola-moto-g-stylus-5g-denver.4758372/

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

that's an older model.