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  • volleyyyball [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Ironically, Google Pixels have the best privacy-respecting custom ROM support

    https://grapheneos.org/ https://calyxos.org/

    • aaro [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Seconding Calyx, graphene can be a bit of a pain in the ass but both are good

        • aaro [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          https://youtu.be/heVNcdq2MKA here's a good rundown

          tl;dw: Calyx has more features, runs faster, and is easier to use in general, and for fairly small security drawbacks that you can opt out of, it gives you hugely more usability

      • volleyyyball [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        The guides after this page should explain it better than I could - you basically have to just be able to get into the settings, so you have to go through any Google Android prompts before you can

      • volleyyyball [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        I don't believe either support it - you should aim for a phone with official support, and only Pixels are supported by Calyx and Graphene

        Imo Graphene is better, but Calyx might be a little more approachable. Both are good though!

  • ajouter [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Huawei got kicked out of the google ecosystem so chances are you won't have to sign up for google shit there

  • elderKettle [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Hisense has a phone with an electric ink display like a kindle or nook, but it runs on android but but it's a Chinese company, so no google

    it's clearly viable in full sunlight and the display only uses power when the screen changes. It even does video fairly well. They put a lot of thought into the UI, and i've had no trouble with it despite being a sad, detestable monoglot anglophone. It has admittedly changed how I use my phone. Less video, less browsing, more reading. It doesn't play nice with my US carrier, so I'm capped at a 2G connection, but I've accepted it as a feature, rather than a bug. Maybe it's right for you. Maybe not. Worth considering.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAIHkawsEuo

  • sgtlion [any]
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    2 years ago

    Find anything LineageOS supports, and use that - You can optionally install GApps to whatever level you want or don't want Google on there.

      • sgtlion [any]
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        2 years ago

        xda-developers forums are legit and trustworthy for their unofficial versions. But I will caveat that if the phone isn't on the LineageOS 'official' support list, it can take a day of fiddly messing to successfully flash and install, YMMV.

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Xiaomi phones are some of the best available in terms of punch for pricetag.

  • MaoTheLawn [any, any]
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    2 years ago

    just bought a Xiaomi Redmi Note phone. It’s good for all of that, but the camera is inferior to the iPhone. Every phone camera I’ve experienced has been worse than the iPhones camera.

    I just carry my old iPhone around in my bag these days as a spare camera and emergency phone.

  • kissinger
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    1 year ago

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