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Am I out of luck on phone OS because i have a Z Fold 6? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 days 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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[–] dditty@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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 2 days 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 2 days ago

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

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 2 points 2 days 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 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Even knowing that, I do understand their apprehension. GrapheneOS doesn't really add any QOL features that are not found in AOSP; just security/privacy features. So if that commenter's last foldable was only usable to them due to Samsung's QOL features, I presume they wouldn't find GrapheneOS on a foldable any more usable than AOSP on a foldable.

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days 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