anyone got any experience with /e/OS (de-googled) android? -fairphone

brent

I've had the luxury of a couple free hours to research this and the more I read it becomes absurd. A pixel phone, the one made by google and sold by google...why would anyone put a "de-googled" OS on that..and trust it? Seems ludicrous. Still reading.

AlphaElwedritsch

You can start reading from here and you know why...
And why are pixels the only supported devices.
For me, there's no alternative

https://grapheneos.org/faq#device-support

brent

AlphaElwedritsch And why are pixels the only supported devices.

I've read reviews of people installing these OS's on unlocked androids. as well. edit: well your link clearly shows graphene is pixel only.

Pixel: $600 (edt: seeing sme nice refurbs for 150 and up!)
Android: $175
me: $0.00
android looks the best or I will stay in DumbPhone land another decade. I'm OK with that, except for all the funny looks..

synth-ruiner

Anyone know how to get files onto this thing? My old phone just showed up as a USB mass storage device. Don't want to use cloud storage stuff.

Lucien_Lachance

synth-ruiner as in copy files to/from computer to/from the phone?
i figured that out
i used a usb-c to usb-c cable, and in the phone, settings >connected devices, >usb (tap it) use usb for: file transfer

didnt figure out how to make it stick though

synth-ruiner

synth-ruiner turns out I was using one of those fake cables that only does charging 🤦

AlphaElwedritsch

For those who may concern.

https://ventral.digital/posts/2024/12/9/practical-grapheneos-for-the-paranoid/

brent

AlphaElwedritsch
wow quite a screed. loved the footnotes. the graphene people had nothing nice to say about any of their competition. or non-pixel phones.
In fact they devoted a lot of time answering the question I had above: why the most secure OS in the world on top of the least secure company in the world?

spoiler: the least secure company in the world built the most secure phone.
I am going to print that page to PDF and file it. Like a few on this thread, I am in the market.

brent

@Lucien_Lachance so how is de-googled life almost a month in?

AlphaElwedritsch I'm real close to buying a decently-priced used unlocked Pixel w/Graphene tonight. I talked to two different Verizon 'dealerships' in my town..they both said no problem to transfer my plan on that. One said I could use existing sim card, one said I'd have to upgrade sim card. Either way no big deal. I was persuaded by your literature on this thread as well as my own research.

Lucien_Lachance

ive had the fp5 with e/os/ for a little over a week now

i removed the selfie cam! dont want that pointing in my face all the time. love that its so modular.
other than that im starting to like it. battery seems to last for 7-10 days with my (non)usage pattern, and will probably go up when the novelty factor is gone.
havent installed a single app, there is nothing that i want, its offline 99% of the time.
its a phone

lf-araujo

Have you tested banking, Uber, and the google car interface?

Lucien_Lachance

brent good, but keep in mind im basically using it as a dumbphone

lf-araujo
no

brent

Lucien_Lachance good, but keep in mind im basically using it as a dumbphone

you made a smartphone a dumbphone (which I would do if I had a smartphone) which is cool but a dumphone=$60USD and a smartphone=$400+USD and that's the only thing keeping me from pulling the trigger and replacing my dumb phone.
Besides, I'm saving $$ for a better vehicle. Our lives are priority-driven, no doubt.

VaSAMiAn

I thinking also to buy a Fairphone 5. Is battery good?

Lucien_Lachance

VaSAMiAn mine is at roughly 60% left after a week, but i hardly use it for anythong other than calls and sms, and there arent many of those either

AlphaElwedritsch

VaSAMiAn 2-3 days maximum with normal use

Lucien_Lachance

brent i used a nokia briefly before i got the fp5, i couldnt cope with the small screen and huge fonts (that couldnt be made smaller) reading a text msg was a pain, especially since the nokia insisted on scrolling to the bottom all the time - i could only read the bottom 2 lines. typing wasnt good either

brent

Lucien_Lachance i used a nokia briefly before i got the fp5, i couldnt cope with the small screen and huge fonts (that couldnt be made smaller) reading a text msg was a pain, especially since the nokia insisted on scrolling to the bottom all the time. typing wasnt good either

I have a nokia 2720 right now and all that is true plus KAOS OS glitchy as heck (to keep in rated PG). If you have less headaches now than you did the right thing.

Lucien_Lachance

brent yes im quite happy. the jvc earbuds i just got today dont work though. wont pair with neither eachother nor anything else. but the transparent back cover for the fp5 that i also got today is cool

inkbug

Lucien_Lachance I am a big fan of the Fairphone project in general. I had used the FP2 with LineageOs for a couple of years, and I'm currently writing this on an FP3 that I've had for about 3.5 years now.
I am using the stock Android, though.
When this phone starts acting up I might try squeezing a couple of more years out of it by trying different ROMs before getting whatever model they have then.

Good luck with yours - I wish you the best with it.

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