Basically are there any decent de-googled phone OS that is good/decent for a folding phone?
I guess your best bet is to heavily debloat your original OS using adb or UniversalAndroidDebloaterNextGen for exemple and switch all apps from Google/Samsung/Partners to FOSS solution. Also tweak all the settings you can, ditch the PlayStore, Google account, etc…
I think that’s the best you can do. Maybe in a few years you will have better option but I am not sure of that as it is a Samsung and it has become harder and harder in a few generations.
Here are some ressources. DYOR and use at your own risk :
https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation https://www.reddit.com/r/samsung/comments/rzhz13/ultimate_samsung_oneui_debloat_privacy/ https://github.com/invinciblevenom/debloat_samsung_android
https://technastic.com/remove-samsung-bloatware-safe-to-remove-apps/
Might be outdated but still a great ressources to take a look I think : https://www.joyk.com/dig/detail/1648435997630319#gsc.tab=0
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My last three phones have been Samsung and I have used adb to remove Samsung bloatware on them, which could be a good start
I’ve heard running a different OS on. Samsung phone can be problematic since it triggers Samsung Knox
Damn i guess what I’ll do for now is de-google the most i can with the apps/services I use and then going for a non-folding pixel for my next phone
Why a non-folding Pixel? Did you end up not liking having a foldable?
I am not criticizing the decision, just curious. I have never even used a foldable.
Don’t get me wrong I love my folding phone.
I haven’t done any research, but the OS (One UI from Samsung, in this case) has a lot of tweaks to make sure everything works seamlessly and smoothly with the larger screen.
I’m just assuming that the de-googled OSes probably don’t play nice with the larger screen, especially while opening and closing the phone.
You should de-Samsung too! But Google is a great start imo
I’ve had an amazing time with GrapheneOS on pixel 8 pro. I had to flash back to stock and gOS works better cause stock is so all in on ai everything 🙄
I’m going to switch back to gOS, just been putting it off lol
I don’t know what i’m talking about, but I found this:
