DeGoogle - Canada

Hello everyone, since this would be my first post within the Lemmy squad, I'm deciding to talk about my degoogling process.

I have learn most of it via scrolling through Reddit, but I was able to find apps that I would like to use, to cater to my needs.

First off my phones,

I currently have 3 phones, one for work, one for personal and one I was using as a MP3 Player (phone is completely broken, lol)

My Work phone: Samsung Galaxy A36 5g

Unfortunately, I need a device that has access to google/microsoft apps for work. Unless something changes, this is what I currently use.

My personal phone: Samsung Galaxy A16 5g.

A16 5g -> Teracube 2s (Degoogled version with e/OS)

I'm waiting for this phone to come in the mail and ill be transfering everything over. its basic, got a replaceable battery, headphone jack, sd card/sim card slot, with a 6inch screen. I really wanted a Linux phone, but the market for them right now is either too expensive or they have issues with "working like a phone" - (unable to simply call/text).

I just want a phone that works and can do the following;

1. Call and texting
2. Emails
3. Calenders
4. Note taking apps
5. Music/podcast
6. A app for storing my books
7. Accessing a Web browser
8. Need a Weather app
9. Youtube alternative for every now and then
10. Maps

That's pretty much it.

Now here are the apps I'm transfering everything over towards:

Messages & Phone Calls

Google Messages -> Quik; Google Phone/Contact -> Fossify phone\contact

Email; Gmail -> Tuta mail

Fossify apps: for some general things

Voice recorder

Camera

Notes

Clock

App Stores: experimenting with these stores

Aurora Store

Neo Store

F-Droid

Droid-ify.

Browser; Startpage & DuckDuckGo

Calender; Samsung Calander -> Fossify calander and Tuta Calander (email only)

Notes app; Colornote and Fossify Notes

Internet browsing

Reddit -> Lemmy

Lemmy on mobile: Blorp and Interstellar

Security Checks

Privacy Scanner (app on Aurora store??)

Streaming; Youtube -> Rumble + Flow

Maps: Google Maps -> MapQuest & CoMap

MapQuest: the honest, closest thing to google maps that is not owned by google. Well... It was at one point the google maps before google came along.

Weather: Weawow

Files; Samsung Files -> Fossify File Manager

Gallery/Photos; Samsung Photos -> Ente Photos

Launcher: Yagni Launcher

Keyboard: Samsung Keyboard -> Urik Keyboard

Books(phone) : Episteme oss

Calculator -> Unitto (Neo Store)

Currently trying out Fauxx

Unihertz Jelly Star (the now broken MP3 player)

Canta and Shizuku (debloating) - I was experimenting with these apps when learning on reddit about debloating, but while doing that - I can't use my music apps since it'll restart itself. This device, even with unlocking the bootloader and opening USB debugging, is almost impossible to degoogle. Installing a diffrent OS system dosent work either. Only thing I can do to it now is factory reset it.

I definitly advise to not buy it. The software on this phone is garbage.😅

I am also learning on how to use Linux on my PC and moving away from Apple products (just an Ipad) as well.

Well thats all for now.....