Hey dear smart community, I don’t use any Google products or services over 3 years now. Always had android and used fdroid. No apps for banking ( cash lover). Osmand for maps. Extremely happy to find this app for socializing with like minded people. Now I feel time has come to upgrade privacy and security and custom ROM phone. I am considering if getting pixel8 and installing GOS. The only issue is,that I have 0 (ZERO) knowledge about how to do it. I have looked many videos and read on websites how to do it,but I am so afraid that I will not be able. I don’t know if that is right to ask for assistance from people here,but I don’t feel like I am capable of doing so. Plus,I have samsung which I would like to prepare and give my friend to use. Unfortunately, that person in immersed to Google world ( internet banking apps ect). Do you think LineageOS could give more protection and same smooth usage of phone ? I will appreciate any suggestions how to custom ROM phones. Best wishes to all.
Hi I work at Murena and we sell phones precisely for people who want to use something different than Big Tech yet don’t really have a lot of technological expertise eg to flash devices. Check us out at https://murena.com/ ! Our phones come with /e/OS, you can read more about it on https://e.foundation/
The phones should have a ton more security improvements, though.
for example, do they support locking the bootloader? do they ship firmware updates?
are security updates at least supported for 5 years?
is hardware-accelerated virtualisation supported? are Linux GKI kernels supported?
Hi thanks for your questions. Indeed, all the phones we sell come with locked bootloaders and green bootloader status (except the pixels). Security updates are implemented monthly.
Can recommend indeed. I have used both, GrapheneOS and /e/OS and can confirm both are great. If you somehow do not feel or do not want or can not setup yourself, buying from Murena is a great alternative to stay away from BigTech.