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cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/52208401

Google is making it harder to build custom ROMs for Pixel phones

k0e3 73 points 2 months ago

I'm very happy with GrapheneOS right now, but I can't wait to get my hands on a Linux phone to get away from Google's evil grip of death. But at the same time, there are lots of Android apps I need day to day...

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Canuck 23 points 2 months ago

ATL & Waydroid/Lepton will bridge you over

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k0e3 18 points 2 months ago

Thank you, I'd heard of Waydroid with my limited research on Linux phones but not Lepton. I did a quick search and it seems like a fork of Waydroid by Valve. That's pretty cool! I'm trying to see if I can find a cheap, used Linux phone I can tinker with here in Japan because I don't have the balls to dive head first into the Linux phone environment as my daily driver.

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sorghum 13 points 2 months ago

Ping me if you find a suitable target that isn't a pinephone. I'd like to have something that has a bit more horsepower.

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Vicinus 19 points 2 months ago

Looks like in maybe a month there will be a viable fairphone 6 with PostMarketOS (via user TheMightyCat):

https://threadiverse.link/ani.social/post/35335064

https://lemmy.ca/post/69034826

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Babalugats 6 points 2 months ago

There's a short list of options here.

https://itsfoss.com/linux-phones/

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grue 5 points 2 months ago

I have a Pinephone, but my problem with it was always the software, not necessarily the hardware. (Maybe it's slow too, but it's hard to tell when it hardly does anything to begin with.)

I haven't really touched it in a year or so, but if the software is better now then I think it would fulfill the role of "cheap, used Linux phone [k0e3] can tinker with" just fine.

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oxideseven 4 points 2 months ago

I'm waiting for the commodore phone. Looks like exactly what I want.

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TheMightyCat 61 points 2 months ago

Im hard at work doing that.

For everyone that asks what alternative there is: Im developing a fully workiny postmarketos build for the Fairphone 6, which is a modern phone unlike most linux supported phones, i regularly post my progress here if you're interested!

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Canuck 10 points 2 months ago

I've been eagerly following all your posts. I think Fariphone is a great target with a history of others choosing it as a phone series to support. Thank you for your service, might just end up getting one from your shop.

My biggest painpoint with transitioning from Android to Linux is no Bluetooth pass through to Waydroid, but that's a whole different thing.

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brachiosaurus 2 points 2 months ago

Sorry to pry, are you working on this full time?

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TheMightyCat 8 points 2 months ago

Might aswell be with the hours im working. (Currently 4 in the night here xd)

But no, im doing this beside my cybersecurity job.

I really wish i could do this full time, i hope once the shop opens i can get enough to live on.

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