I am toying with the idea of buying the GS6 with Murena e/os, but there is very little information about this phone. I was wondering if somebody had tried it
I am toying with the idea of buying the GS6 with Murena e/os, but there is very little information about this phone. I was wondering if somebody had tried it
I was about to but found out I could get a much better pixel with grapheneOS for cheaper. It’s great it exists to develop European operating systems though!
Sadly the absolutely pitifully small storage space of the pixels to force you to use their cloud services carries over to graphene.
Currently I have immich not removing any photos or videos from my phone and my entire music library synced via syncthing.
Even if I got the more expensive “upgraded memory” pixel, I would be out of storage (having 0 games on my phone and minimal apps) in about another year, maybe 2…
The experience of only “cloud” (even if self-hosted) media services is a compromise at best.
Same story for me: I got a refurbished Pixel for less than $200 and installed GrapheneOS in a few minutes. I wanted a secure OS, but I got something better: the most plain, stable, and dull Android you can have. It’s perfect for me.
My next phone will be either the Motorola/GrapheneOS, or a Sailfish thing on a cheap Sony Xperia.
/e/ OS looks like a fork of LineageOS, which is not a good selling point because I cannot buy a refurbished phone for that, and the advantage over LineageOS or GrapheneOS is not clear to me.
One of the advantages is that if you have to buy a Pixel to use Graphene then you are basically rewarding Google (even if you are buying secondhand). E/os USP is it comes pre installed option on Fairphone which are the moment is the most ethical way of buying a phone - if that is of concern to you. It is to me so I have bought one. By all accounts they have solved a lot of compatibility issues with banking apps so I might give eos a go myself.
I saw that but you ave to be able to flash graphene, high I can’t…
It’s ridiculously easy through their web installer.
Super ridiculously easy, even before they had their installer. I got pixel 1 years ago, second hand, just for fiddling with it. It was the shortest fiddling in history and the phone was ready to be used in minutes.
Nothing like the experience I had in Samsung for example.
Another veteran, I see! I concur, messing about on Samsung phones with Odin and TWRP was an entirely different business. I switched to CalyxOS after that, and their install process / command line installer was already leagues better (partly probably also due to the Pixel line’s greater openness).
Oh, OK
Why can’t you flash graphene? It requires a PC or android phone with a web browser and a cable.
I fear I might brick the phone with a mishap
I think it’s healthy to worry about that but I will say that Graphene’s install experience is the best I’ve ever seen. Visiting a page in a web browser with the phone connected, the page will walk you through every step, explaining each one clearly and then double-checking your work to confirm proper execution before continuing. It is by far the most polished and safest ROM install I’ve ever done.
Believe in yourself ,its easy