[ale] [EXTERNAL] Re: Alternative phone operating systems?

Sat Jun 20 15:59:39 EDT 2020

Most of the phones I'm seeing get mentioned are in the range of just buying a new entry level Android phone.  I was hoping to find a sub-$100 old phone on Swappa, load an alternative OS on it, and get by for a few years.  I think I may just end up buying one of the $20 batteries for my iPhone 5 and keeping it a while longer.  It has been in an Otterbox, so it looks brand new.  For phone, text, and occasionally hitting a web site, it works well.  Since I use almost no smartphone features, it just doesn't seem worth it to spend a few hundred on one, unless I absolutely have to.

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Allen Beddingfield
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The University of Alabama
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [ale] Alternative phone operating systems?

My oneplus 5 has a headphone jack. Not sure beyond v6.

I'm using a 3M bluetooth earmuff for powertool sound reduction and music. I like not having a cord dangle into the table saw.

On June 20, 2020 12:45:17 PM EDT, Charles Shapiro via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
Still rockin' my LG V20 running LineageOS 14.1 . Had to run an Exploit to install, but no bloatware and no Carrier-installed spyware or adware.  Mic works good for phone calls but not for speakerphone.

Watching the following phones with interest:

Librem 5 ( https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ )  This one allegedly uses a non-Android kernel. Very intriguing. Not yet really in production though.
Fairphone 3 ( https://shop.fairphone.com/en/ )  Not easily available in the USA.  May not be compatible with US carriers.  Hardware is really easy to fix or upgrade. Removable battery.
Teracube ( https://myteracube.com/ )  GSM only. Available on Amazon.  Non-replaceable battery.
I was interested in OnePlus ( https://www.oneplus.com/ ) but their later models lack a 2.5 mm audio jack. Deal killer for me.

-- CHS

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 5:35 PM Horkan Smith via Ale <ale at ale.org<mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
I've run some variation of LineageOS (or its predecessor CyanagenMod) as my daily for ~6 years or so.  Moto Droid 1 & 3, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, and now a Moto X4.  Experience has generally been good.

Only real complaint at the moment is a persistent problem w/ rural GPS navigation w/ Google Navigator (doesn't happen w/ Waze) - location is good, but it has trouble finding the new route.  Showed up on the Note 3, then went away w/ stock Moto X4, then came back w/ LineageOS on the Moto.  I like the other benefits enough I work around it for now.

later!
    horkan

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 10:56:11PM -0400, lnxgnome via Ale wrote:
>I haven't touched a custom ROM for mobile in a decade, but when I did,
>the Forums on xda-developers.com<http://xda-developers.com> were a treasure trove of indispensable
>info.?? Looks like they are still chugging along.
>
>On 6/15/20 4:39 PM, Beddingfield, Allen via Ale wrote:
>> I know this topic has cropped up here a couple of times, so it seems to be a good audience to ask the question:
>> Are any of you using any of the alternative phone operating systems (LineageOS, or any of the others?).  If so, what is your experience?
>> Are any of them good enough to actually use daily as a primary phone?  I'm interested in phone functionality, text (mainly to receive Zabbix alerts), and maybe basic browsing.  If there were some client capable of connecting to Office 365 it would be a plus, but that is not a deal breaker.
>>
>> Any experience and advice on these?
>> Allen B.
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>> The University of Alabama
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