You can use MacroDroid for this. Or just continue to use your Pixel with LineageOS
this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2025
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With no security updates to various firmwares?
Yes.
Macrodroid sold out and became spyware crammed with trackers that send data to dozens of third party analytics companies. Stay away from Macrodroid. Exodus report on the app
Well, my device is safe. I used a patched version with all that crap removed and my phone uses MinMinGuard and AdAway to block what's left.
May I ask how you got that patched version and how you can trust it?
Like every patched app, from 4PDA. I trust the forum members more than all the spyware present in the unpatched app. (If you are paranoid you can use App Manager the remove the components yourself)
@Dust0741 Check out jmp.chat (i can provide a referral code if you'd like a free trial). Your number would be ported there, and then SMS would go over XMPP/jabber to any device with a client running. Your phone can stay home, and you'd get SMS messages on your laptop or whatever device you've taken with you.
Yep this is what I'm doing currently, with Lineage as the phone OS and Monocles for XMPP on the phone.
I don't use voice, so I don't really care about it anyway. If you need voice, the Cheogram XMPP app can do VOIP.
I had a similar setup to this awhile back. You have to port the number to your VoIP provider of choice and then decide on what client you are going to run (no need for SIM card). I was wanting voice service and only needed limited SMS, so I went with linphone (and played around with zoiper too). If you are needing good SMS support, then JMP is probably the best. It supports both SMS and MMS. You won't get E911 access I believe, but as data only its a good solution.
Free wifi is all over the place and if you wire up a mobile hotspot in your car (yes it somewhat defeats the purpose), you can get some pretty decent coverage.
having a hotspot you can turn on in an emergency is different from just leaving it on all the time, and even then decoupling the baseband system from your device is still worthwhile.
@Dust0741 transfer it to a VoIP number and have a VoIP app on your data-only SIM. Unless your data-only SIM provider does some blocking
can you use kde connect for this? or if you didn't want to do that, then pushbullet?
I had a similar setup before and ended up routing the messages through my sip trunking provider, which gave me more control over incoming and outgoing SMS. It let me handle forwarding rules a lot easier through their dashboard, and I could also script some actions using their API. Worked way better than the workaround I was doing before.