livingsilver94 It seems to be an old Samsung I9001 Galaxy S Plus from 2011. Do you think is worth trying to install anything on it? Any of these OS not based on Android. Thanks
What Mobile Operating System Do You Use?
MMB Honestly no. I had a Samsung Galaxy S (your phone is just a pimped version of it) and I stopped using it because of how slow it had become. It's just too old nowadays. At any rate, LineageOS is based on Android.
Let's not hijack the thread though, this is not about smartphone support.
Out of curiosity I installed UbuntuTouch on my Nexus 5 thirty minutes ago. The installation was incredible easy using the ubports-installer from the snap store.
livingsilver94 I'll forget about doing anything with it. It'll remain as it is. Unused.
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livingsilver94 Android kernel is based on the LTS linux kernel.
I miss BBOS 10, but back on Android after they killed it off.
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Bought a Xperia X two years ago and installed Sailfish. Was quite happy with it, but two months ago i quit and put Lineage 16 on it. The problem was the compatibility with Android Apps (banking app, identification app for Belgian Gov. , etc..).
I am using a 'dumb' or a feature phone as I would like to call it! I mainly didn't get a smartphone as it is the only privacy-friendly alternative that is both inexpensive and practical. I also have no need for a smartphone. I can do most of my stuff on my laptop with Linux. Not to mention, it helps me to be more aware of my surroundings when I am out. You can never be too cautious!
also on a "not smart" phone (10-year-old Nokia) - yes I could get some newer smartphone and put Lineage or Postmarket on it or something, but then I'd have to deal with worse battery life and I probably wouldn't be able to use the usual "apps" anyway. there's absolutely no way I'm gonna walk around with a device that's spying on me :/
I am waiting for my librem 5 to be shipped
I used Android, then meego harmattan, after that android, then sailfish, then ios, and currently android again
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Dumb phone until open source and hopefully open hardware phone become a thing.
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So i am currently using standard android stuff, nothing to sing about there.
i would however like to give an honourable mention to the best phone i ever had and one i still miss to this day, the nokia n900 with maemo 5 OS. For me this was peak nokia. I've even contemplated buying one second hand but... I also like an uncomplicated life
Diggis best phone ever has to go to the Palm Pre 2. WebOS has had an affect an the entire mobile ecosystem. And the Pre 2 was extremely hackable. AT&T only, but you could pull the cellular antenna out of a Pre 1 from Sprint and get the 2 working. You could also overclock the crap out of them. Had to throw one in the freezer a time or two from pushing it a bit too far.
Currently using jailbroken iOS on iPhone 7 while (still!) waiting for my Librem5
Brucehankins i've heard a lot of good things about the palm products but i never breached that gap myself
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Brucehankins I might try that at some point. I am waiting for such a project to mature.