Degoogling my Phone / Part 1
11mon 2d ago by lemmy.world/u/Verax in degoogle@lemmy.ml
Phone - Pixel 9 Pro
Browser - Firefox
Search Engine - Ecosia
Keep Notes - Joplin
Tasks - Tasks.org
Password manager - Bitwarden
2FA - Aegis
Email - Posteo.de 12€ pro Jahr mit Thunderbird
Google Photos and Drive - Jottacloud Home / 70€ per Year for 1TB and 5 Users (family photos videos and documents) - awesome
Wetter - Breezy Weather
Google Photos - Aves Libre & Image toolbox
Google Play Store - Aurora Store & Droidify
Google Play Services - micro G
VPN - Mullvad VPN 5€ a month (only paid when needed) are there free good alternatives?
Google Clock - Clock App Form Droidify (Chrono from Droidify but its Bugged for now)
Gboard - Futoboard (seems finally working correctly) and Futo Voice
Phone - Fossify
Contacts - Fossify
SMS - Fossify
Google File Manager - Material Files
Shazam - Audile
Google Translate - DeepL
Quick Share - Local Send
Social - Eternity for Lemmy / Moshidon for Mastodon / Pixelix for Pixelfed / Discord
AdBlock DNS -....
Scanner - OSS Documentscanner
Docs - FreeOffice / Office NX
Google Kamera - ProShot 9€ Onetime payment
YouTube - Revanced YouTube (tried out Libretube and others but I need video watch sync between TV (SmartTube) and phone)
Yt Music - Metrolist and testing others
GMaps - Magic Earth
Google Calendar - Timetree or Fossify
Audible - Smart Audiobook and DRM free Audiobooks
Calculator - Fossify
Podcasts - Antennapod
Soundcore App for Music devices
Using the Soundcore Aeroclip. (Awesome fit and security)
Searching alternatives for Kindle. PayPal alternative that can be used everywhere. Gemini Assistant, Circle to search or Lens alternatives. No selfhosting for now.
List of current banking app compatibility with Graphene OS
For anyone not aware of this it is a good resource.
That list is bogus, my banking app is listed there as "working" but absolutely does not work.
Well it is a maintained list, my bank has stopped working since I first saw this list and it has been updated as such.
Maybe submit something to help others know that it is no longer working and get the list updated. Things change unfortunately.
Ah, OK. Fair enough.
Have you changed android for a degoogled OS ?
Not for now. Want to have my appsuite ready for it. Also banking app is a problem.
same here... :(
Root it and hide it.
I also used a custom rom. But after rooting android some apps will not work anymore. Mainly apps like Microsoft. Or okta. Or these stupid apps I need for work, which is detecting a rooted android somehow.
Use Shamiko (magisk module), XPrivacyLua and HideMyApplist (lsposed modules) (lsposed is a magisk module)
Proton vpn is without cost for one device.
Im really struggling what to do with android itself...
Same. Banking apps are a problem. I wish there were proper Linux phones. Or nothing make there own os.
If you're still using stock Android then I'm sorry to say that your efforts are somewhat wasted.
Please try GrapheneOS.
As for a free VPN alternative, check out URnetwork.
For a browser, Waterfox and Ironfox are better alternatives. Don't forget extensions. Might as well have Brave as a backup if you need a Chromium browser.
I like ironfox but I have cromite if ironfox breaks
I indeed use waterfox. I can recommend it.
Ad block via dns can done on your own network if you want. Like using opnsense or pihole.
Thalia sells DRM free Audiobooks
What calendar are you using that connects with Task.org? Great list by the way!
Most of the apps I'm using are the same.
The Email - Posteo.de 12€ pro Jahr mit Thunderbird is still in german.