<![CDATA[Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution.]]>Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. I’ve summarized my experience in this post.

You’ll find out what options I considered and tried, as well as what inconveniences are worth keeping in mind. I also provide an example of how to collect what’s important for you when choosing a device for degoogling.

🌐 https://blog.gridranger.dev/mobile-oses-featuring-fairphone-5/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/01f1c8c4-4402-41ae-8c6e-9a5bd8dcf65d/since-i-ve-had-a-degoogled-phone-i-ve-been-happy-to-share-my-experiences-with-those-who-are-also-looking-for-a-solution.RSS for NodeTue, 26 May 2026 10:28:38 GMTSat, 16 May 2026 14:53:12 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Tue, 19 May 2026 14:59:20 GMT]]>@oysteini Thanks! 🤝 Fixed!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/david_bardos/statuses/116601832080058333https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/david_bardos/statuses/116601832080058333Tue, 19 May 2026 14:59:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Tue, 19 May 2026 13:28:27 GMT]]>@david_bardos
A great read and thanks for testing out the alternatives to Google/Apple(/Windows?) on mobile devices, I used to run all manner of "ROMs" like 10+ years ago, sadly the same deal breakers persist: camera, radio and incomplete alternative package bases.
Also being rather limited in supported devices isn't ideal.
What has happened for desktop computers regarding open source alternatives has not happened effectively for mobile devices unfortunately and this is a great shame.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/acesabe/statuses/116601474737786310https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/acesabe/statuses/116601474737786310Tue, 19 May 2026 13:28:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Tue, 19 May 2026 12:25:33 GMT]]>@david_bardos I think there is a formatting error in the section about postmarketOS: The text after "The plus side:" and after "Known issues:" should probably have been formatted as lists.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/oysteini/statuses/116601227417602042https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/oysteini/statuses/116601227417602042Tue, 19 May 2026 12:25:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Tue, 19 May 2026 07:21:37 GMT]]>@ancientsounds @david_bardos wow that takes a decent picture!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/doubleubee/statuses/116600032324777077https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/doubleubee/statuses/116600032324777077Tue, 19 May 2026 07:21:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Mon, 18 May 2026 09:07:10 GMT]]>@david_bardos

ftw. 😉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://framapiaf.org/users/debacle/statuses/116594785001921556https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://framapiaf.org/users/debacle/statuses/116594785001921556Mon, 18 May 2026 09:07:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Mon, 18 May 2026 06:48:58 GMT]]>@david_bardos Interesting article, and even more interesting website design!

One thing to note is that most people do not (and will not, ever) install an OS; they simply buy a device and Windows, macOS, Android, iOS come preinstalled. You could say they chose their OS by choosing the device.

In the same fashion, there are mobile Linux OSes, e.g. and that just come preinstalled for users on devices: , , +

I think it's this category of OSes that has the higher promise of adoption by normal non-technical folks.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/opensourceopenmind/statuses/116594241617904491https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/opensourceopenmind/statuses/116594241617904491Mon, 18 May 2026 06:48:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:40:26 GMT]]>@adam @Kurt Then maybe it wasn’t clear enough after all. Fixed. 👍

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/david_bardos/statuses/116590905031974263https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/david_bardos/statuses/116590905031974263Sun, 17 May 2026 16:40:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sun, 17 May 2026 13:59:29 GMT]]>@Kurt @david_bardos I also read it as examples of LineageOS forks.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toots.adamu.jp/users/adam/statuses/01KRV3R6QG0BGYZFR3XMP2VAFChttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toots.adamu.jp/users/adam/statuses/01KRV3R6QG0BGYZFR3XMP2VAFCSun, 17 May 2026 13:59:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sun, 17 May 2026 11:30:04 GMT]]>@david_bardos ... buy a fairphone.

Thanks again, very helpful
2/2

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Jdb_env/statuses/116589684617062190https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Jdb_env/statuses/116589684617062190Sun, 17 May 2026 11:30:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sun, 17 May 2026 11:28:47 GMT]]>@david_bardos Hello Dávid, thank you very much for sharing your trip to
Your blog makes it very clear.
I 100% agree with you when you say we don't escape google by using their stuff. So 1° for me, no google pixel and no android at all
2° LINUX is very reliable.
3° if I didn't have 2 ooooold Samsung Galaxy phones (one A6 and one a10), I would choose the fairphone, for the same good reasons you gave.
4° I will try hard anything I can do with these phones, before deciding to 1/2

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Jdb_env/statuses/116589679586208354https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Jdb_env/statuses/116589679586208354Sun, 17 May 2026 11:28:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sun, 17 May 2026 10:26:42 GMT]]>@david_bardos if i read "most" followed by "example", i think the example refers to most. But I'm not a native speaker

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/Kurt/statuses/116589435481791787https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/Kurt/statuses/116589435481791787Sun, 17 May 2026 10:26:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sun, 17 May 2026 10:10:09 GMT]]>@Kurt Thanks for your comment. 👍 Perhaps you're referring to where I wrote, “Most de-Googled variants are forked from LineageOS.” I deliberately wrote “most,” not “all.”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/david_bardos/statuses/116589370369807395https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/david_bardos/statuses/116589370369807395Sun, 17 May 2026 10:10:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sun, 17 May 2026 09:39:14 GMT]]>@david_bardos GrapheneOS is niot based on lineageOS

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/Kurt/statuses/116589248777823985https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/Kurt/statuses/116589248777823985Sun, 17 May 2026 09:39:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sun, 17 May 2026 06:22:59 GMT]]>@GeorgWeissenbacher Thanks, I updated the article with these info. 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/david_bardos/statuses/116588477115588851https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/david_bardos/statuses/116588477115588851Sun, 17 May 2026 06:22:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sat, 16 May 2026 21:17:35 GMT]]>@david_bardos I agree with most limitations, but the fingerprint sensor actually works perfectly fine on 24.04 on my , and the new Qt6-based version of Morph is a significant improvement. But as all the OSes in your list (except postmarketOS), it is dependent on the Android drivers and kernel (via Halium), which at this point is quite outdated. I really enjoy Ubuntu Touch (in fact, I am writing this on UT in the uMastonauts App), but as a daily driver, GrapheneOS is probably a better choice.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/GeorgWeissenbacher/statuses/116586332503376139https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/GeorgWeissenbacher/statuses/116586332503376139Sat, 16 May 2026 21:17:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sat, 16 May 2026 19:56:58 GMT]]>@ancientsounds Thanks, that's great! I updated the post. It will be refreshed on my site as soon as pipeline runner will be unclogged. 😅

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/david_bardos/statuses/116586015490592680https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/david_bardos/statuses/116586015490592680Sat, 16 May 2026 19:56:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sat, 16 May 2026 19:22:09 GMT]]>@david_bardos thank you, this is just what I'm looking for! Great website design too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/howisyourdog/statuses/116585878630385956https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/howisyourdog/statuses/116585878630385956Sat, 16 May 2026 19:22:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sat, 16 May 2026 19:16:49 GMT]]>@yama It's a succes story then.🙂 Inspiring! 👍

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/david_bardos/statuses/116585857677009654https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/david_bardos/statuses/116585857677009654Sat, 16 May 2026 19:16:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sat, 16 May 2026 19:03:24 GMT]]>@david_bardos Neat, i degoogled a while back.
There definetly are working alternatives

Personally the only inconviniences ive noticed are that google-depended taxi apps dont work anymore, lol.

But thats what phoning is for anyway.

As for delivery things like Wolt, they actually offer purely web based interface, which works just aswell.

Anyhow, best decision of my life.
Banking app works too, normal actual bank tho,
those "online banks" like revolut do NOT play nice at all.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/yama/statuses/116585804891216831https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/yama/statuses/116585804891216831Sat, 16 May 2026 19:03:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sat, 16 May 2026 18:06:08 GMT]]>@david_bardos great read, thanks for sharing! Have fun with trying out postmarketOS 🙂

Been daily-driving it on FP5 for half a year and am really looking forward to call support (once it's merge-able).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/allpurposemat/statuses/116585579737564209https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/allpurposemat/statuses/116585579737564209Sat, 16 May 2026 18:06:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sat, 16 May 2026 17:21:16 GMT]]>@pocketvj Thanks for sharing! 😊 I hope more and more people will degoogle over time. Perhaps, with more people interested, new projects will flourish or the existing ones will receive a significant boost!
Creating your own apps is surely hard work, but it sounds awesome!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/david_bardos/statuses/116585403271139481https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/david_bardos/statuses/116585403271139481Sat, 16 May 2026 17:21:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution. on Sat, 16 May 2026 17:01:33 GMT]]>@david_bardos
i just went through your summary, thanks🙏
i made similar experience. was happily running ubports on a nexus for several years, the best phone i had until i lost it.
then run pmos/sxmo on a for quite a while daily, praying when doing an update and spending months writing your own apps is a fulltime job, i still love it, but dont beleive anymore that it will make it to a phone state. /e/os is a joke, honestly. sailfishOS, for my tast too colorfull and too far off a linux system

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