Discard the botnet, acquire privacy.Apple iPhones and iOS are the biggest 1984 Orwellian dystopia surveillance botnet on earth and track every step you take, every breath you breathe, every word you say, every game you play, every move you make, Apple will be watching you, with Google coming in a close second.If you LARP as caring about privacy while still using Applel spyPhones and spyOS or stock android, you're a hypocrite with zero privacy.>Step 1: Find a supported phone (beware carrier variants with locked bootloaders)>Step 2: Unlock the bootloader>Step 3: Install a ROM without Gapps if possiblehttps://wiki.lineageos.org/deviceshttps://iode.tech/installationhttps://grapheneos.org/installhttps://crdroid.net/downloadshttps://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/deviceshttps://xdaforums.com*Disclaimer: OEM apps (including camera) might not function without the stock ROM, requiring the use of 3rd party or FOSS camera apps and you may lose access to some lenses, refer to the below section if you really care about photos.>Out of the box FOSS phoneshttps://www.fairphone.comhttps://puri.sm/productshttps://pine64.org/devices/pinephonehttps://volla.online/enhttps://furilabs.comhttps://store.fxtec.comhttps://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/>Spec Reference Siteshttps://www.gsmarena.comhttps://www.phonearena.comhttps://www.notebookcheck.net>Frequency Checkershttps://www.frequencycheck.comhttps://kimovil.com/en/frequency-checkerhttps://willmyphonework.net>Visual Phone Size Comparisonhttps://phonesized.comhttps://www.phonearena.com/phones/size>Open source Android applicationshttps://f-droid.org>App compatibility list for de-googled phoneshttps://plexus.techlore.tech>OS-wide ad blockinghttps://blokada.orgPrevious: >>109470416
cell phones 20-25 years ago with external antenna >>>>> fresh street shit in india >= your shit aka phone
>>109485943just give it up anon, no one wants to post in your tranime threads
>>109485943>acquire privacy>voluntarily carry around a device broadcasting your location at all timesPick one.
>>109485943I've already gotten my android completely debloated. Dumped the rom, removed (actually removed) all the google crap, patched kernel, everything is good. Have root via magisk and can do whatever I want with the thing. I even might have found some baseband modem source code and had some fun with AT codes :^))
>>109486687I sometimes turn on airplane mode when I go out and don't want to be tracked.
We're bringing the pinephone generals back! Those were peak /g/ comfy!
>>109486718>and can do whatever I want with the thing.Run an overlapping Window manager and kicad on it then. My Pinephone with its 15 year old processor and 1/3 the ram could do that trivially.
>>109485943Or just get a Commodore Callback and dab on normieshttps://commodore.net/callback/
>>109487233They should include Commador basic.
>>109487233>Pre-order
>>109487233>$400 burger bucks>for a fucking dumb flip phone with no appsjust get a chink flip phone for $40it'll be just as private since the chinks monitoring you will never cooperate with glowniggers
>>109487381it uses sailfish linux, tfym dumb flip phone?
>>109487233based and boomerpilled
>>109485943i admire the effort but let's be honest, any freedom on any phone like device is lost cause, you won't win, device attestation will come, everything will glow even more, your lineageos phone will become useless for anything other than calls, basic sms and notes
>>109490483Also for calls and SMS. You can't do shit without Qualcomm's proprietary math. The phone is basically a brick./thread
>>109487233is this open source
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>>109485943Dead general.
>>109495734seethe glownigger
>>109490504What is this proprietary math you speak of
>>109496257Qualcomm owns communication protocols and protocols required to communicate with 4.5G or 5G networks. Also Wi-Fi, Bluetooth.>>109495992I want a LibrePhone as much as you want. Not gonna happen.
>>109486718>removed (actually removed) all the google crapYeah I'm sure you did bro.Did you change the time server? DNS? GPS? SUPL? Your phone probably makes 10 connections to google servers every hour
>>109496992>DNSQuad9>GPSDisabled>SUPLSee above. I don't need SUPL because I know how to get around my area and I do not drive.It's really not that hard.
>>109493259No
>>109496947many phone's baseband firmware got uploaded to github accidentally many times over, even though it was under an NDA, along with many other proprietary components belonging to thousands of brands of android smartphones, not to mention gitlab and internal buckets for companies like LG, Samsung, etc. I dunno about qcom but if you were dedicated you could probably find their internal source code. There really isn't backdoors (that I've seen) but there sometimes are asinine things like AT codes that could be called which write the IMEI (which you should not do that , because in many countries doing so is illegal)
>>109497036Oh. Didn't know about that. Our glory lol
>>109497011So then there is still left:Connectivity check (bypasses VPNs)>connectivitycheck.gstatic.comTime server>time.android.comCertificates and safety net>remoteprovisioning.googleapis.comYes, this is hard coded into android itself>firebaseinstallations.googleapis.com>webview, GPS, SUPL and I don't remember every single connectionGood luck removing that allProtip: You didn't.
>>109497043But I did. I am basically an android expert at this point. Sadly.
>>109497058Did you run wireshark and check your connections? (you didn't)
>>109497063You don't run wireshark on android generally?I use pcapdroid dude, fuck off.
Let's say I have a relatively recent Xiaomi Poco x7 with a locked bootloader and all the privacy first OS' don't support it. Is the only way around this really buying a new phone, or do I have other options at all if I want to keep Google out?
>>109459819we are so back.pmOS sometimes pisses me off, but when it works, it works.Being able to use upstream Linux kernel with stuff like NFS is great.Normally if you want to use Anki on your Android phone and PC simultaneously, you have to jump through stupid hoops, Anki Android is a separate project from main Anki, then you need to setup local server for Anki sync etc.With pmOS, you simply install the standard desktop Anki and mount the data dir over NFS, done.
>>109486718out of curiosity, why didnt you just go with linux mobile at this point? surely it has to be more usable than android with all android features disbled lol
>>109497142Nah it really runs great honestly.Smooth, very smooth. It has calls, texts, browse 4chan. About 13 apps on it in total (not including system apps etc)
Erm... what is this supposed to be again?
>>109487233Can it survive being dropped in water or being water soluble a feature like CIA note paper?
>>109497251Measures pedophilia levels of an website or image.
>>109497251pedobear app
>>109497251pdf support
>>109497251it beeps when it detects your presence
>>109487165You rebel
>>109497251It counts steps.
>>109497508It is IP44, so it's kinda poopoo, and there are other flipphones on the market that have better rating and a detachable battery - CAT S22 is IP68. If you want mobile phones with a quickly detachable battery and have an IP above 67, there are some mobile phones with Linux, but for the ease of mind (when it comes to hardware) it's best to look at rugged phones from popular or kind of popular brands and flash a custom ROM.The only options I can give you for IP67 or better, that have a detachable battery (pre-2027 since EU mandated all phones have detachable batteries or have a lengthy battery lifecycle from Q1 2027 and beyond) and are linux phones lack the physical keyboards that many crave, mostly because the market for those is pretty small. What exists are pretty interesting projects that I have no information about since I have an older samsung that I slapped LineageOS on it as I have it since I was in elementary.Projects you may take interest in:-FLX1, NOT S OR S+ MODELS (if it'll ever come back in stock)-Volla Phone Plinius-Volla Phone X23Yeah, that's literally what I managed to find with a confirmed/stated IP rating of above 67. There may be more out there, but I don't care right now.Good luck in your search for other phones besides those, if there are any. Those were also mentioned in >>109485943 so take a look there as well.
I just installed lineageOS on my Samsung s20 fe 5g.If I don't like it, how can I go back to stock android? I couldn't find anything on their webpage
>>109497113>ankibased
>>109497018sadmany such cases
>>109485943>Apple iPhones and iOS are the biggest 1984 Orwellian dystopia surveillance botnet on earthprove it.because this is wildly untrue. iOS (and macOS) are exceptionally secure.
>>109504998>secureSecure doesn't mean private.Apple gets to surveil the shit out of you.Also the iphone is only private insofar as you use it as a privacy phone. People, however, download facebook Instagram tiktok whatsapp, google maps, etc and just give out their data like idiots
>>109504998Yup same reason why Trump, Elon, Bezos, Altman and all of their kind use iPhones. Honestly surprised they let this flamewar thread and immature OP stay up. It's literally childish misinformation.
>>109507402this is the honest truth.
>>109487212Based, I fucking hate how crippled android is.
>>109507402>Thinking people in this thread like Android any more than iOSLol.
