Curious what phones are more privacy-focused.
Pixel6 with grapheneOS
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I’m using a pixel 6a with GrapheneOs
Just ordered a 6a. Any idea how that works with the esim? I’ve never done esim or graphene, so although I’m familiar with different roms I have no idea what the setup experience is like on graphene with a pixel 6a
Privileged eSIM management can be enabled in Settings ➔ Network & Internet ➔ Privileged eSIM management. The toggle will be greyed out and unusable if sandboxed Google Play is not installed, as the functionality is reliant on it.
more info: https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-google-play-esim
hope this helps
Not using the esim, but i am interested to know as well
You may read about the esim here https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-google-play-esim
A pinephone with postmarketOS and sxmo
Oh cool. Do you like it?
How’s the battery life?
Pixel 7 for GrapheneOS
Pixel 6 GrapheneOS
Lineage on a Pixel. AOSP is great without gapps
I recently got myself a Pixel 7 Pro. the preinstalled OS really tries to push all the Google stuff on you, which isn’t great.
but after a quick look around for 1 hour, I installed GrapheneOS and am very happy with italthough I’d really like to have a Linux smartphone. but there seems to be none with good hardware…
Android uses the Linux kernal, so it is technically linux
You can flash your own mobile linux os to it. I know a guy who did. But he was very knowledgeable about that stuff. And so privacy focused he wouldn’t even show it off 😭
Right the Linux phones seem to be more for tinkering than anything. I can’t really convince myself that’d be suitable for my every day life lol
Fairphone 3(+, well it’s only half way between plus and non-plus)
running /e/OS (ridiculous stupid name)
it’s okay - but too expensive for okay
Moto g7 play with lineageOS 20 + microg + magisk delta I’m also running adaway and blocking all the tracker activities from my apps using app manager, and of course, using the most FOSS as possible for replacing proprietary apps. It works well, but sadly this phone won’t allow me to hide root and the locked bootloader, so no safetynet because of CTS verification.
Edit: if I use hardware attestation disabler on lsposed, it passes
I bought a Pixel 7 for the sole purpose of GrapheneOS. I really have no complaints. It Just Works and I feel slightly less uncomfortable carrying a phone with me.
Fairphone with /e/OS. I also like the fair-trade and repairability aspects of it.
How’s the performance/longevity of the Fairphone in your experience?
Super happy. I’ve had mine since pre-pandemic and it’s still working perfectly. It’s even survived an accidental mud bath, I could then open it up myself and clean it.
That’s nice! Unfortunately it doesn’t seem like it’s available in the US just yet but I’ll keep my eyes peeled
You can also keep an eye on the forum in case someone wants to sell theirs.
A little late, but Pixel+GrapheneOS.
E: bought the phone for the OS. GrapheneOS/CalyxOS are the ones recommended by the community.
Nothing is perfect. Even GrapheneOS has been accused of “sharing telemetry” by individuals (no source on that, just read random comments on different forums so you can probably ignore it).
Even without rooting your phone there are ways to degoogle a bit. I have a Crosscall phone (French brand) that is essentially vanilla Android with 4 OEM apps. I used
adbto debloat it.I recommend doing this especially if you don’t have a Google account or don’t want to use the Google stuff. Saves on battery. Then thow on some of the standard replacement apps (qksms, OSM, whatever).
There is a slew of DNS/host blocking apps/filters (think netguard, blockada) or monitoring apps like Trackercontrol that help as well if you can’t root or put Lineage, eOS, GrapheneOS, Divest, iode, Copperhead, etc. on your phone.
Removed by mod
Pixel 7 pro + graphene. Like others I got the phone for the OS, though I’m quite concerned now that I’ve seen the drama between the former lead dev and Louis Rossmann (and others).
Lead dev stepped down from the project
Samsung Galaxy S10+, use LineageOS on it and have replaced the battery earlier this year after it finally started to last less than a day. Hoping to get another few years out of this phone before I lose support from Lineage.
