#GraphineOS

2025-06-25

Love how #Google has decided to lock down #Android in increasingly ridiculous ways. I can no longer save files to my downloads folder, for "security and privacy reasons." This includes USB transfer from my PC to my phone, as well as Tailscale. Not even iOS is this restrictive! Switching to something like #GraphineOS or #lineage becomes more and more tempting by the day.

2025-05-10

Phone running #GraphineOS, PCs and laptops running #openbsd and #linux. Finally, I am using only the most private and secure operating systems to hand over my data to large corporations /j

diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱dianea@lgbtqia.space
2025-03-09

@chmod777

Yes, #graphineOS was the easiest install on an Android phone I've ever done. Zero stress, it just worked. And zero Google telemetry!

2025-01-13

@Jorganes @e_mydata
Si es posible, sólo tienes que saber que SO quieres instalar y hacer #root el teléfono.

En #Android hay varios "sabores" así como en #Linux

Está #LineageOS , #GraphineOS , #eOS y muchos más (que en realidad son sabores que trabajan sin los servicios de #Google ).

@marathon @begsby

Okay sounds great. If cloud storage is the biggest deal, then you should be able to find a $5 or $10 #VPS in the country of your choice that will certainly be performance enough. A few bucks more for a decent amount of storage:

https://github.com/nextcloud

If you need more than that, and you're self-hosting NextCloud, then #Wasabi can extend your NextCloud space with #S3 compatible storage buckets that you can literally just plug into your #NextCloud server for dirt cheap terabytes:

https://wasabi.com/#free-trial

This is also an excellent solution for your on demand videos (VoD) that you self-hosted on your own #PeerTube instance (You can run that PeerTube server on the same VPS as your NextCloud insurance too) 🤠.

#Degoogling.... Awesome 👍

There's several major choices and even more services that offer solutions. Some turnkey.

My two favs are #GraphineOS and #CalyxOS. I don't tend to pay too much attention to the rivalry and apparent enmity between these two camps, because they're both trying to support the same thing with respect to #freedoms, so if you already have a #Pixel I think I'd recommend:

https://grapheneos.org/ and there's literally boatloads of videos at your disposal for the DIY. I will say, that although it's quite marginal, my experience has been that this is slightly faster (responsive), but the last time I benchmarked was on a Pixel 3XL that I still enjoy as one of my daily drivers.

The #Calyx_Institute is a well known long-time champion of freedom and protections from #industrial_surveillance #dystopia and I do recommend that folks use the "MiFi" membership service. Here's a little known privacy fact #ProTip - their mobile service anonymizes you - your name appears nowhere in the 5G cellular service plan with the carrier, so you're only one of thousands of 5G devices that's identified by only, "Calyx Institute".

It's pretty much the cheapest plan available anywhere too, and gets even cheaper the second year:

https://calyxinstitute.org/membership/internet

You can also purchase a brand new degoogled phone at a great price too with CalyxOS preinstalled:

https://calyxinstitute.org/membership/calyxos - this is my personal fav, but like I said, GraphineOS and CalyxOS are both phenomenal and GraphineOS is prolly a bit more anal where you're privacy is concerned.

And there's also https://Brax.me - Rob Braxman, he sells degoogled phones and is a great resource for privacy education, but I think I'd opt for one of the previously mentioned #ROMs to flash my #Android.

If you get some time, you might be interested in reading up a bit on Nick Merrill - imagine being in the position of not even being able to attend your own court hearings because that would be a felony❕❕❕ Your attorney can go and represent you, but you cannot. You cannot even tell your own wife ❕❕

He was the first man to fight the injustice of an NSL and to my understanding, to date being the only successful person to do so, which is the only reason we are aware of it today.

It's a very scary thing and he has blogged about his fight and dilemma extensively. It's worth a deep dive and will reinforce why you are doing the right thing by eschewing Google services.

https://calyxinstitute.org/about

I hope that helps!

#tallship #fOSS #privacy

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2024-09-25

@timClicks @khionu

Worth asking if anyone has experience with the #fairphone5 or something similar (doesn't seem available in the US)? That or #GraphineOS seem like reasonable routes, though I love tap-to-pay and would still have to acquiesce to Google in that respect....

2024-09-25

I called the police today and they got confused cause the address I gave wasn't where they where seeing me calling from. First, I didn't know my phone was providing that to them, second, I'm happy to know that feature of giving approximative location works on #GraphineOS.

CapT-Rex :maryland: :nixos:batvin3211@fosstodon.org
2024-07-31

Well, my #degoogled Xiaomi phone died a few days ago, due to a bad update, and I bricked it trying to fix it...
I see a Google pixel with #GraphineOS in my future. Any suggestions, I am looking at getting a used pixel 7.

2024-03-29

In this quarter’s Tone Report, I write about the state of the ESPionage RPG, the start of The Final 5 comic, Yota’s Room 412, Band of Blades, Matt Wagner’s Mage, 52 Pickup podcast, and the GraphineOS.
tonemilazzo.com/2024/03/28/boo
#blog #music #TTRPG #Comics #podcast #GraphineOS

Twelve :GrapheneOS:Twelve@fosstodon.org
2023-03-23

I just raliced my phones with #GraphineOS and #lineageos has veen the most relible phones I had over any of them with the stock rom. I just find that kind of intresting. /e/ I sadly can't say worked for me when I used it.

2023-01-18

Day two, using #Andriod and #Linux as my primary devices... So far so good, I like how much more compact the resolution density is on Android but I miss the Apple Watch integration and some of the more smooth just works stuff. My phone is running #GraphineOS which has been pretty great so far. At this point, I feel I might be going back to at least iOS at the end of this 2 week challenge. But it's only day two, time will tell.

𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐳𝐚𝐫glassicCzar
2023-01-08

Mission Success, I have fully de-googled my google pixel by downloading

𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐳𝐚𝐫glassicCzar
2023-01-08

Am just about to root my phone to download , wish me luck

2022-12-17

Hello from #GraphineOS on #Andriod it definitely feels very different from iOS

Twelve :GrapheneOS:Twelve@fosstodon.org
2022-11-17

Well, hello from my new pixel 6a with #GraphineOS super nice and easy setup, really like it so far

2022-11-09

Just a quick toot to mention how impressed I am with the battery life of my Pixel 7 Pro after installing #GraphineOS on it. I'm getting close to 50 hours on a single charge. The Google cruft doesn't just invade your privacy You can download it for free from: grapheneos.org/.

2022-09-05

4 days in using #GraphineOS. I miss google maps but other than that its so freeing having no notifications

Alex4l3x
2021-10-10

Is there a good focussed keyboard app for de-googled phones? The default keyboard of is very cumbersome to use.

2021-02-16

@thegeekfather I appreciate you sharing your experience. About to press the "Buy It Now" button for a Pixel 3 on ebay.

#GraphineOS looks promising.

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