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Phone Recommendation For Noob (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello

I'm being pushed into the market by google/android to acquire a new phone due to it slowing down. I'm sick of this marketing tactic and the clutter of preinstalled apps and junk software.

What phone and operating system could I get that could allow me to use for a long period of time and out of reach from subversive tactics from giant corporations?

I'm basically a farmer and so know nothing about coding and not too technologically oriented but would really like to break away from the capitalist/hyperconsumerist phone craze. Thank you.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Basically look for a phone on the LinageOS supported list: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

lol nice. My current phone is on this list!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

As @[email protected] did, I recommend it too.

My parents currently run reconditioned Samsung Galaxy S4 phones with LineageOS.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Then try to install LinageOS on it. I am on a phone from 2016 with LinageOS and I can't complain about speed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any recommended tutorials on how to install this stuff? Looks like Lineage is the most applicable to my phone.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The Lineage site had decent instructions for my phone

Edit: You only have to do this once, so take time to read and understand the instuctions before you start.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Holy Moly. I guess because I have a Verizon and not a "global" phone, I am not permitted to unlock the phone. Capitalism has thwarted me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, that is awful. I got lucky and mine wasn't. The next phone I buy I will know to make sure it isn't unlockable. Actually I will probably just go for a phone with a good OS installed already.

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