Can anyone tell this meme is true or false? I don’t have Gspy so I cannot test this
f-droid’s website https://f-droid.org/ has a link to https://keepandroidopen.org/ which says in Google will lock down Android in September,
If you were planning on reformatting your phone to GrapheneOS, LineageOS, PostmarketOS, or UbuntuTouch, now is the time to do it.
Can I still use apps from the app store if I use one of those alternative OS’s? I’m not very good with phones and don’t use mine much, but with so many things slowly going phone only I don’t want to cut myself off entirely.
Also, can I use those OS’s on my tablet? Which is best for somebody with decent Linux knowledge but almost no smart phone skills?
Phones are usually easier to find compatibility than tablets. If you check the websites for those operating systems, you will see what devices are compatible.
- https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices
- https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
- https://grapheneos.org/faq#supported-devices
- https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/
- https://docs.sailfishos.org/Support/Supported_Devices/
Concerning apps, you will be able to run 99% for your apps. There are odd rare cases where some may not work. For those, you may find success by installing them through https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.store/ instead of the through the Google Play Store.
One is particular feature that doesn’t work is using the NFC wallet feature on phones, but you shouldn’t use those anyways because you’re giving an extra cut away to Google, Samsung, or Apple, on top of credit card fees from Mastercard, Visa, or the like.
Some banks apps don’t work on Graphene. All of mine never have any problems. It might be worth saving a click link on your phone your banks website instead if the app doesn’t work. https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compatibility-with-grapheneos/ Or instead consider switching banks.
Thanks! I don’t trust my phone enough for banking anyway. I’ll try this out in the next few weeks.
Edit: Erg, looks like my phone isn’t supported by Graphene or Lineage… Oh well.
It might sound weird, but,
if you can sell your phone, and buy the one you want second hand,
you might be able to land a compatible device without any financial lose.
I don’t have Google Home installed on Graphene but also I can completely block microphone usage. 😏
I turned off “ok google” detection in my phone. Still it triggers incorrectly from the car radio sounding similar to “ok google”. In theory turning off the detection should mean that the assistant only starts when I tap the microphone icon, but that’s not my experience.
I can confirm, google is always listening, and it’s not even very good at pretending not to.
I never use any voice commands for my phone. So I disable it and uninstall all voice related apps and settings.
An unexpected benefit was this significantly improves the overall performance of the phone.
Hey, wiretap
never in my life have i ever said “hey” anything to my phone and i intend to keep it that way
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Why are we ai upscaling so many things??? Like what does that playdoughy smoothness add to anything. Espescially 10 year old memes 😭
(i dont blame op, anybody still using google or unaltered ddg will get ai for their first like page or two of image results)
On a side note, if you have a Chromebook or other laptops/desktops, you can reformat the BIOS to give you better control, more security, and less backdoors.
It’s true for hardware that has dedicated low-power keyword detection hardware. I know my Pixel 1 had this behaviour. Haven’t tested it on my current phone since I actually have it enabled…
