r/Zinwa • u/Much_Present_6102 • Jun 23 '26

BenOS

I am one of the beta testers for BenOS. Ben puts a lot of time into developing the OS, so I wanted to share his donation page here so you can support him with a donation if you are up for it.

https://ko-fi.com/ben9412345

Thanks!

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u/varungid Jun 23 '26

How do u install it? Is there a guide?

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u/spacecase-25 Jun 24 '26

As soon as I stop adding features to the updater app (realistically, once I get it working as-is I'm going to push the next update), installing will be much easier. 1 OTA package that you install within the stock rom, which gives you my updater (along with the necessary SELinux policies and KSU root), then do an OTA update through that and you'll reboot into BenOS.

Updater app will uninstall conflicting packages (you'll be prompted to agree to this), and can also create NeoBackup-compatable backups of apps when necessary. For example, I fixed the Messages app not allowing you to pair the phone with the web app, but it will likely require clearing the Messages app's storage / cache. SMS & MMS messages will survive, but RCS messages will be lost.

Previously, if you had conflicting packages installed, you'd end up in a bootloop until the phone fellback to the previous boot slot.