[HardtailHack]

I was interested in the new Volla phone but the cameras will be worse than the Pixel I have now, so I started looking at De-Googled Android.
After a quick search, GrapheneOS looks like a pretty decent option.

Has anyone tried it or anything else worth having a look at?
No I don't want an iPhone and I have used Sailfish but I haven't had any luck with midrange Sony phones so I gave up on it.

 

[jonKranked]

i'm about to give up on smartphones and get a jitterbug

 

[Pesqueeb]

i'm about to give up on smartphones and get a jitterbug

I've considered digging out, rooting and replacing the hard drives in the old ipods. I don't use the phone much for anything except surfing teh at work and music, and all this "smart" technology has become so pernicious that it's starting to make sense to me to ditch it.

Oldmanyellsatcloud.jpg

 

[jonKranked]

My biggest current concern with Android is that they seem to be going all in on AI. Kill list.

 

[Jm_]

Am I the only person that thought this would be about an Absolute Black OverSize Graphene pulley or something?

 

[johnbryanpeters]

My biggest current concern with Android is that they seem to be going all in on AI. Kill list.

Disable Google Assistant.

 

[HardtailHack]

I've considered digging out, rooting and replacing the hard drives in the old ipods. I don't use the phone much for anything except surfing teh at work and music, and all this "smart" technology has become so pernicious that it's starting to make sense to me to ditch it.

Oldmanyellsatcloud.jpg

My TV hasn't been connected to the internet for a couple of years, figured I'd see if there was an update that would make it look less 1990's.
Seems there was an update and there was an agreement for all of the snazzy LG "Services", it said you could agree to each one individually but that was a lie, it was all or nothing.
It's pretty nuts that you can't just buy a TV and that's the end of the deal, but no, they have to make money off you post purchase.

For a phone I need to be able to use Android Apps for my multimeter, amp clamp and thermal camera, they will hopefully work as sandboxed apps. If not I can just put an old phone in my electrical bag.

 

[jonKranked]

Disable Google Assistant.

i'm talking about upcoming versions its becoming more integrated and might not be easy to disable.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

i'm talking about upcoming versions its becoming more integrated and might not be easy to disable.

Unfortunately true.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

There would be a strong market, I think, for dumb and secure phones.

 

[HardtailHack]

There would be a strong market, I think, for dumb and secure phones.

Yeah it seems to be the current trend for the organic, locovore, tiny home tribe.
There's lots of dumb phones on the market, there's some decent sounding e-ink phones out there.

How secure they all are, I'm not sure.

 

[HardtailHack]

Sort of unrelated but my mom was going to update her Nokia 5.4 or change carrier as it couldn't make calls on the 4G network.
This let me turn VOLTE and WiFi calling on.

The only issue is that it resets every time you cycle the power, hers no longer gets updates so it shouldn't be an issue.

 

[HardtailHack]

Haven't done anything with the phone yet.

After switching the laptop to Linux Mint I can't see myself switching back to Windows any time soon.
It's good.