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;
- Call and texting
- Emails
- Calenders
- Note taking apps
- Music/podcast
- A app for storing my books
- Accessing a Web browser
- Need a Weather app
- Youtube alternative for every now and then
- 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.๐
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.....