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

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[โ€“] 6 points 4 months ago (8 children)

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!

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 4 months ago

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 4 months ago

    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.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 0 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I saw that but you ave to be able to flash graphene, high I can't...

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Why can't you flash graphene? It requires a PC or android phone with a web browser and a cable.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    I fear I might brick the phone with a mishap

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 4 months ago

    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.

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