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what foss phone OS do you use and why? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was thinking about using graphene OS, but I've read some lemmy users dislike this OS due to perceived misleading advertising and the pixel 7a you're supposed to install graphene on because it's from google (an advertising company).

Another option would be lineage OS, but there is so much false information about this OS, namely compatible phones that simply don't work with this OS and no support.

what works for you? I want a phone with no google, that doesn't force me to use the manufacturer's ecosystem and that won't show the apps I don't want or need (on an asus I own you cannot neither get rid nor hide bloatware)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I use Calyx on a Fairphone 4. It's not totally degooglified, since it comes with MicroG which is used to connect to Google services. I use Aurora Store and a couple of original Google Apps like Gboard too (none of my Google apps can access the internet, since they're behind the built-in firewall). It works well except call functionality which can be wonky and there's the issue that a lot of apps from Play don't work well with MicroG. I only use a small selection of Play apps though, so it doesn't bother me too much.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (5 children)

What about banking appss?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I was about to answer this, but decided I didn't want that information in public.

However, the bank I use, which is a largish one, has an app that I've installed with the aurora store without microg or google play services on divestos and it complains that it won't work without gsf, but it works fine after clicking ok.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Depends on the bank's app. I have CRDroid (LineageOS fork I think) and my local bank apps have either full support or no support for biometrics (everything else works).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

This is what stops me from leaping to phone Foss.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

My banking apps work fine on Calyx.

Banking apps normally check for rooted phones as the thing they don't like. Because pixels come with an unlocked bootloader, you don't need to root the phone to install a custom ROM, and so banking apps are still okay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Calyx comes with microg right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I never bothered with banking apps. (Outside of the virtual debit card app from my bank. That one did install successfully. However, I never got try out in store because it deleted my virtual card after a few days and I didn't care enough to set it up again.)