[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] BengtWinhe:
Help me shoos the best rom

Hi there friend, Bengt from Sweden here, right now I'm super pissed.. Haven't slept a minute, got the brilliant idea to debloat my S8 some more... Somehow I forgot that was the first thing I did over two years ago.. So i f#@d up my phone real bad and spend the night to avoid reset all permissions Not only that, somehow I've have missed SwiftKey are now a NSA/Microsoft spyware I have installed. Long story short, in about two week I will have a new subscription free calls, 36Gb at $20. I'm feed up with Google and D.r Samsung and Samsung that and Google that and have always been privacy consernd so now I'm want to have your best suggestions to what new firmware I should have, if there are any Google free, maximum debloated build. Secundery to that i want better battery performance, and a nice camera would be great to. I have read the LineageOS wiki and the forks I quote further down they mention quiye sounds appealing, but maybe there are better alternatives out now? Sorry for the long thread! I would be super happy for any guidance. Maybe should mention that I have Linux Mint on my computer, do I need Windows for flashing or ADB or whatever the terms are now, 4-5 years since i changes firmware on a phone. maybe need to ise a virtual mashine then? Thanks if i read all this and I would kiss i doe free if u can help me =) Here is my info:

DROID INFO REPORT

DEVICE

Model: SM-G950F (dreamltexx)

Manufacturer: samsung

Baseband Version: G950FXXU4CRKB

RIL Version: Samsung RIL v4.0

Build Number: R16NW.G950FXXS4CRLB

Build Fingerprint: samsung/dreamltexx/dreamlte:8.0.0/R16NW/G950FXXS4CRLB:user/release-keys

Bootloader: G950FXXS4CRLB

Java VM: ART 2.1.0

OS Version: O (8.0.0)

SDK: 26

DISPLAY

Resolution: 720x1480 pixels

Software Density: 320 dpi (xhdpi)

Refresh Rate: 60 Hz

PROCESSOR

CPU Architecture: ARMv8-A

Board: universal8895

Chipset: SAMSUNGEXYNOS8895

Cores: 8

Clock Speed: 455 MHz - 2314 MHz

Instruction Sets: arm64-v8a

CPU Features: fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32

CPU Governor: interactive

Kernel Version: 4.4.111-14902807-QB21249916

Kernel Architecture: aarch64

GRAPHICS

Renderer: Mali-G71

Vendor: ARM

OpenGL Version: OpenGL ES 3.2

RAM

Total: 3452 MB

Java Heap: 256 MB

STORAGE

Internal: 53.9 GB

EXTERNAL: Not Detected

PRIMARY CAMERA

Resolution: 12,2 MP

Flash: Yes

Video Resolution: Full HD, 1920x1080

Supported Resolutions:

Image:

4032x3024

4032x2268

3024x3024

3984x2988

3264x2448

3264x1836

2976x2976

2880x2160

2560x1440

2160x2160

2048x1152

1920x1080

1280x720

960x720

640x480

Video:

1920x1080 (Full HD)

1440x1440

1440x1080

1088x1088

1280x720 (HD)

960x720

800x450

720x480

640x480 (VGA)

480x320

352x288

320x240

256x144

176x144

SECONDARY CAMERA

Resolution: 8 MP

Video Resolution: Full HD, 1920x1080

Supported Resolutions:

Image:

3264x2448

3264x1836

2560x1440

2448x2448

2048x1536

1920x1440

1920x1080

1440x1440

1280x720

960x720

640x480

352x288

320x240

256x144

Video:

1920x1080 (Full HD)

1440x1440

1440x1080

1088x1088

1280x720 (HD)

960x720

800x450

720x480

640x480 (VGA)

480x320

352x288

320x240

256x144

176x144

FEATURES

Bluetooth: Yes

Bluetooth LE: Yes

GPS: Yes

NFC: Yes

USB Accessory: Yes

WiFi: Yes

WiFi Direct: Yes

BATTERY

Technology: Li-ion

Health: Good

SENSORS

Rear Ambient Light

Rear Proximity detecting

HRMLED IR

HRMLED RED

MAX86907

LSM6DSL Acceleration Sensor

LSM6DSL Gyroscope Sensor

LSM6DSL Acceleration Sensor UnCalibrated

LSM6DSL Gyroscope sensor UnCalibrated

Interrupt Gyroscope Sensor

AK09916C Magnetic field Sensor

AK09916C Magnetic Sensor UnCalibrated

LPS22H Barometer Sensor

TMD4906 Proximity Sensor

TMD4906 lux Sensor

TMD4906 RGB IR Sensor

TMD4906 RGB Sensor

Proximity Alert Sensor

SAMSUNG Step Detector Sensor

SAMSUNG Step Counter Sensor

SAMSUNG Significant Motion Sensor

Samsung Rotation Vector

Samsung Game Rotation Vector

SAMSUNG Tilt Detector

SAMSUNG Pick Up Gesture

SContext

SX9320 Grip Sensor

Screen Orientation Sensor

HRM Sensor

HeartRate Sensor

Motion Sensor

Gravity Sensor

Linear Acceleration Sensor

Orientation Sensor

"Replicant is a completely free software variant of LineageOS, with all kernel blobs and non-free drivers removed.

As a response to the refusal for several reasons of support for signature spoofing in official builds, a LineageOS fork with microG services included, known as "LineageOS for microG", was created. The project ships custom builds of LineageOS with the required patch and native F-Droid support, bundled with the MicroG project's free re-implementation of proprietary Gapps. In other respects it follows upstream, shipping OTA updates every seven days.

/e/ is a fork of LineageOS created by Gaël Duval that is intended to be "free from Google". It replaces Google Play Services with MicroG, a free and open-source implementation of Google APIs.."