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Anon degoogles his Samsung (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 33 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Every DRM related app afterwards: WARNING! This phone is running insecure software and is incompatible with this service.

And before you tell me just to not use Netflix on my phone, I'm talking about a government app that lets me authenticate and without which I can't read official messages or login to any government or banking service.

So if I want to survive as an adult Dane, I pretty much have to figure out which company I would like to get sodomized by, and which is less of a clingy little bitch afterwards.

[–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

Oooooor have a secondary cheap absolute trash phone that is ONLY for those shitty government auth tools. Not ideal but gives you some control again

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What trash-ass country requires you to maintain a proprietary operating system and device to access government services?

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They referred to themselves as a Dane, which is somebody who lives in Denmark. So the country in question is likely Denmark.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 5 days ago

Oh. That makes sense. My brain must have passed it over thinking it was a typo (of course they're not a dog of a specific breed)

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 109 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Does all that and still used WhatsApp lol

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 62 points 6 days ago (10 children)

I still haven't found a way to make my parents use Signal, so either I stop communicating with them (which is tempting sometimes) or have this compromise

[–] teije9@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 6 days ago (7 children)

use matrix with the whatsapp bridge

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 116 points 1 week ago (1 children)

install Pokémon Go

allow all permissions

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Install pokemon go

Spoof location

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 61 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I hate phones so much.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I love phones, just hate the companies running it.

Same with most tech, the tech isn't evil, its just how its being used, and who's steering its future.

[–] KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 5 days ago

Thanks to the companies you cannot love the phones without accepting the company's every whim. So I don't love phones.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 27 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The current state of phones is WILD. Two bad options yet most everyone (including me) still use them. I actually like to use it as evidence that most people would be fine if plopped in front of Ubuntu or Debian+Gnome/KDE

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That's why my current phone is a Pixel running GrapheneOS. I still hate Android, but at least I don't have to run Play services on my main profile. I do run it on a separate profile though for a couple services that need it.

I really just want Linux with decent support for phone features (MMS/calls/data on any carrier, with full wake from sleep reliability), decent battery life, and decent audio quality. Unfortunately, PinePhone doesn't seem to handle those things properly (maybe it does MMS now?), so I stick w/ my GrapheneOS phone, which at least cuts out most of the crap from Android.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Honestly I wish we just had dumb phones and went back to Palm Pilots. But there's so much stuff that makes a phone mandatory nowadays.

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[–] kamen@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

... and then hope that you don't get hardware issue warranty claim denied because of the software.

[–] tengkuizdihar@programming.dev 18 points 6 days ago

very based.

[–] arc@lemm.ee 13 points 5 days ago

And then anon still walks around with a beacon in their pocket

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I'd love to degoogle and debullshit my phone but then I need the back app... I'd like to tap with my phone to pay, and that won't be allowed because we can have nice things.

I'd like to use a host of other apps I won't be able to use anymore...

Any solution that allows me to just use a nice phone with all the features?

[–] Ajzak@lemm.ee 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

put your credit card in the back of the case hah

best bet is get a phone with default android and delete default apps with ADB

[–] figaro@lemdro.id 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I did this when I was in Japan. I didn't want to jump through all their ridiculous hoops to get tap to pay to work, so I just threw my NFC debit card into my case and called it a day. Worked 90% of the time.

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[–] zoostation@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Pay with a credit card, you can tap those, and then you're not inviting one of the tech giants to monitor your purchases for no reason.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Just get a case with a card holder on the back, tap away

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[–] fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

I think NFC payments work in Graphene

[–] MumboJumbo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

@BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works Sorry I can't figure out how to reply in thread, made an account just to tell you you can get a nøglebrik/kodeviser for MitId. It's a fully offline TOTP thing that you can use instead of the app. I never even installed the app :)

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 25 points 6 days ago (13 children)

The wonders of a device that doesnt support graphene os. Must suck

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[–] devilish666@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (5 children)

For me it just :

  • root it with magisk
  • install adguard + adaway + blocker + LuckyPatcher + LSPOSED
  • add custom filter to adguard & adaway like HAGEZI, 1Host, Cubic, StevenBlack
  • Tweak adguard so it always run on startup, using DNS Bootstrap/Falback, enable AntiDPI, etc...
  • Install LSPOSED Modules like HideMyAppList, Disable Target API Block, Let Me Downgrade, BOOTLOADERSPOOFER, etc...
  • Set Blocker mode to package manager
  • Disable any SDK/Tracker inside any apps with Blocker
  • Install magisk module like PIFork, ZygiskNext, Shamiko, etc
  • Reboot my phone
  • Tweak any LSPOSED Module so i can use any mobile banking apps or apps that stop working if phone rooted
  • Reboot again
  • Check play integrity fix & disable play protect
  • ??????
  • PROFIT....
[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago

”just” 😅

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