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GrapheneOS; i need to buy a google phone to be able to install this? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Like the title says. I've been reading recommendations about this OS, so i went to look on their homepage, but you can only install it on Pixel phones, which are from google, right? In other words, to get rid of google products, you still have to spend your money on google? Am i missing something? I thought there were other custom roms where you can choose whether or not to add to add google products? Please be gentle, i'm a noob when it comes to custom roms. I have had CyanogenMod on a phone many years ago, but someone helped me do it. And i'm really not current with changes in recent custom roms.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very interesting comment, thank you so much for your thoughts! The Fairphone is interesting, i've been reading about it now and then, and i will definitely check out CalyxOS. How do you like the Fairphone? I wouldn't need it for resource heavy apps, but i would like to be able to make some decent pictures with it (big bonus for macro option). Again, much appreciated!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not a gamer or a heavy social media user. So I don't know if the FairPhone 4 is a good choice for that, if that's your thing. Probably not from what I've read.

It's plenty good enough for my needs though. It feels like a good mid-level cellphone from 3 years ago - with the price of a top-tier cellphone of today though :)

I like the Fairphone 4. It has one annoying bug that the Fairphone folks are taking an inordinate amount of time fixing: random screen dimming when the phone gets hot in the sun. Other than that, it's been absolutely flawless for me. Hopefully the screen dimming issue will soon get resolved.

Bonus: the Fairphone 4 supports charging control, and CalyxOS has the option enabled. That makes it the only phone I know that supports this apart from Pixel phones!

As to your question re pictures: I'm not much of a photograph, but I've read the cameras are nothing to write home about. They take very decent pictures for me though. Maybe I'm easily pleased... If you install Open Camera to replace the crummy stock Android camera app, it has a button to select the wide angle camera or the regular camera. The latter can focus onto stuff maybe an inch away. Not sure if that's enough for you. I can shoot a sample photo if you want.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A bit late, i think lemmy.world was in maintenance for a while. Thank you again for your thoughts on the fairphone 4. I'm not going to buy a phone just yet, so i still have time to do some more research, but you definitively put this phone on my radar!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My pleasure :)