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Am I out of luck on phone OS because i have a Z Fold 6? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 22 hours ago by Khlo@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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Basically are there any decent de-googled phone OS that is good/decent for a folding phone?

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[–] sonalder@lemmy.ml 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I guess your best bet is to heavily debloat your original OS using adb or UniversalAndroidDebloaterNextGen for exemple and switch all apps from Google/Samsung/Partners to FOSS solution. Also tweak all the settings you can, ditch the PlayStore, Google account, etc...

I think that's the best you can do. Maybe in a few years you will have better option but I am not sure of that as it is a Samsung and it has become harder and harder in a few generations.

Here are some ressources. DYOR and use at your own risk :

https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation https://www.reddit.com/r/samsung/comments/rzhz13/ultimate_samsung_oneui_debloat_privacy/ https://github.com/invinciblevenom/debloat_samsung_android

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 5 points 20 hours ago

My last three phones have been Samsung and I have used adb to remove Samsung bloatware on them, which could be a good start

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I've heard running a different OS on Samsung phones can be problematic since it triggers Samsung Knox

[–] Khlo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Damn i guess what I'll do for now is de-google the most i can with the apps/services I use and then going for a non-folding pixel for my next phone

[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 4 points 20 hours ago

You should de-Samsung too! But Google is a great start imo

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Why a non-folding Pixel? Did you end up not liking having a foldable?

I am not criticizing the decision, just curious. I have never even used a foldable.

[–] Khlo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Don't get me wrong I love my folding phone.

I haven't done any research, but the OS (One UI from Samsung, in this case) has a lot of tweaks to make sure everything works seamlessly and smoothly with the larger screen.

I'm just assuming that the de-googled OSes probably don't play nice with the larger screen, especially while opening and closing the phone.

[–] comradegreetingcard@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago

Full disclosure, I have not tried graphene (I have a pixel 8 on the way that I will be flashing), but they do support the pixel fold and pixel 9 pro fold (silly name).

https://grapheneos.org/faq#supported-devices

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 1 points 19 hours ago

I've had an amazing time with GrapheneOS on pixel 8 pro. I had to flash back to stock and gOS works better cause stock is so all in on ai everything 🙄

I'm going to switch back to gOS, just been putting it off lol

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

I don't know what i'm talking about, but I found this:

https://xdaforums.com/t/sm-f956b-0-userdata_aio-odin-flashable-remove-encryption-make-rom-rw-install-twrp-root-use-on-stock-firmware-unlocked-bootloaders.4708945/