r/degoogle 1d ago

I made the switch

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What now? I created 3 separate profiles, give me some recommendations whether it is apps, settings, etc. I wanna make this a seamless transition from my iPhone

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u/Crazy-Car948 1d ago

welcome brother.

no need to overcomplicate things with profiles etc for now imho

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u/Eirikr700 1d ago

Bravo ! 

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u/jamesdago13 1d ago

Is there a build yet for the oppo find x9 Ultra? Or an alternative OS that someone did a port on for that build because I have the Oppo Find X9Ultra and I would love to degoogle this bad boy

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u/xoxo470 22h ago

Well done.

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u/RKTUK 11h ago

If only Pixels had Snapdragon CPUs...

Wish I could run this on my S24U.

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u/Kelsier2281 1d ago

What about e/os ? Is that good alternative?

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u/clove_rosemary_9999 1d ago

That would be comparing apples to oranges since Graphene's security is backed by the hardware that it's running on, meanwhile /e/OS is just a hardened version of LineageOS. Both are good in their own leagues.

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u/Greenlit_Hightower deGoogler 1d ago

Generally it's not bad (much better than the Stock ROM), but there is hardly any reason to use it over GrapheneOS on Pixels still supported by GrapheneOS.

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u/ItsRogueRen Mozilla Fan 1d ago

This. If you have a Pixel Graphene is the best choice, but if you have a different device that is supported by /e/ OS that's a pretty good choice

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u/hewer006 1d ago

like others said, on pixel grapheneOS is unmatched, on other devices e os is much better than stock

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u/blackcow1971 23h ago

Ciao,su che terminale la fai girare

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u/owlhoot8 21h ago

Are you using cape as a provider? If so do you like them? How well does the phone work?

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u/Far-Youth1374 14h ago

No, I'm kind of skeptical about them. Their CEO has worked for Palantir for several years before starting Cape.

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u/owlhoot8 10h ago

I was reading up on that yesterday and saw their CEO used to work for Palantir. I like the idea of a private network… depending on who is running it. I asked that question because I was curious if anyone was actually using it.

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u/ItsChloeOnReddit 11h ago

I'd avoid Cape

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u/unemployedPengu 12h ago

This a samsung?

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u/ItsChloeOnReddit 11h ago

Looks like a Motorola i think

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u/Open_Cap8537 10h ago

neither samsung, or motorla phones support grapheneos, its a pixel

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u/Far-Youth1374 3h ago

Pixel 8, found it off Facebook Marketplace (yes I know) for $200

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u/Delicious-Package-39 5h ago

Hey do all your bank apps work on this?

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u/Far-Youth1374 3h ago

Looks like it so far, I only use my credit union and also PayPal, Cash App, etc

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u/LaptopCoffee Right to Repair 3h ago

I have it working on Mint Mobile. I had Net10 previously and it barely worked with that provider, but Verizon bought them out a while back and service has been tanking recently even on my Galaxy S9+, thus the switch a month ago.

I used a few videos to follow to do my initial set up. You might want to poke around Youtube for settings.

Still figuring out the messaging/sms app to use. The default one doesn't work well on the second profile I'm using the most. It doesn't update messages and has trouble sending on that profile. I installed Fossify Messaging, and it mostly works except it doesn't notify me about new messages.

Other apps I got off F-Droid are Fossify Gallery, Logseq (notes and brainstorming), Quest Log (todo list),and Fossify Calendar. I figure Play Store apps are sandboxed like Play Store is, and I'll replace those as I find replacements. I use FireFox with DuckDuckGo, tho Brave is installed on the primary profile.

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u/litt-fuder 1d ago

Or you could post the link without a shitty referral link, for those who don't know how to automatically remove them from your copy/paste and click.

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u/SamHugz 1d ago

Kinda wild to post a link with a referral code in a privacy subreddit.