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

submitted 3 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour 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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 hours ago (1 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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago

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