LineageOS

Raised as a usability problem by 25 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2017–2026), in 21 threads.

People raised many different problems with LineageOS, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 24 complaints

Official build support is scattered across endless Telegram chats, hard to search2026-07-08
GPS takes minutes to lock satellites, draining battery and hard to use2024-08-26
Upgrade steps are hard to remember; wrong order feels irrecoverable2024-02-16
Default side-swipe back gesture triggers accidentally too often2023-07-29
Gboard keyboard doesn't appear when selecting a text box, and voice typing fails2023-05-21
Regular security updates cause boot loops, forcing factory resets and reinstalls2023-05-03
Several-second wait for the screen to refresh between each action2023-01-03
Turning off the feature requires visiting each app's settings page separately2023-01-01
Setting up the de-Googled Android setup takes hours and steps change every year2022-04-26
Device download pages use random names unrelated to the devices2022-04-26
Couldn't find any way to debug broken quick settings or locate its state2022-04-19
Device randomly freezes for about 10 seconds when opening apps or fields2022-01-26
Modded camera apps needed hours of trial; no high-megapixel or macro lens support2021-09-12
Devices list cannot be sorted, so finding a suitable device by release year and Android version is very hard2021-09-04
Finding the correct official LineageOS build for a specific phone is hard and tiresome2021-06-03
Getting custom OS running is much harder and requires research into which phones are supported2021-04-10
Constantly breaking apps and features make it an infuriating experience for non-technical users2020-08-21
Factory reset leaves files behind, despite its description suggesting a full wipe2018-10-03
Phone slows to unusable levels, forcing restarts several times a day2018-09-14
April Fools joke notification is hard to get rid of2018-07-12
Phone slowed down to the point of being unusable2017-11-22
Flashing requires an anonymous binary, and build docs are scattered across a huge forum thread2017-11-14
Non-removable preinstalled app Br0Zip is obnoxious and can't be uninstalled2017-04-06
Site never explains what the project is, so visitors cannot figure it out2017-04-06