crosspostato da: https://lemmy.kde.social/post/416424

Hello there! This is my problem: I’m going to buy a new smartphone, and I’d really like to degoogle myself as much as possible. The idea would be to buy a device compatible with LineageOS, but… Supported devices are usually older models, and often there are newer devices with better specs for the same price, that does not support lineageOS. Is seems a shame to buy a device with lower specs than another one just because of software compatibility. So the alternative would be to buy an unsupported device, unlock the bootloader and debloat it as much as possible, flash privileged fdroid and aurora store on it, install microg, etc… What do you suggest me to do? Is the second alternative a viable option? What other steps should I do if I decide to go that way?

Thanks in advance folks!

  • tubbadu@lemmy.kde.socialOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    thanks for the answer!

    So a phone you can root to debloat as your second option would probably also be suitable for option 1.

    Not always, because LineageOS for example has many unofficial builds (which I’d rather not use), meaning that the bootloader is unlockable but no official LOS image is available… right?

    • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.meEnglish
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      1 year ago

      If you stick to official builds, then yeah it’s indeed pretty limited. Maybe building the unofficial ones yourself would alleviate your concerns?

      It’s… probably still easier than trying to debloat and put microG on a stock ROM.

      Depends on the manufacturer whether I’d rather use the stock ROM or an XDA special I guess.

      • tubbadu@lemmy.kde.socialOPEnglish
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        1 year ago

        So you’re suggesting using an unofficial build? How do updates work? The unofficial developer has to rebuild it in order for me to install the update? I have really no idea how all of this work

        thanks for your help!