Basically are there any decent de-googled phone OS that is good/decent for a folding phone?

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    7 days ago

    I’ve heard running a different OS on Samsung phones can be problematic since it triggers Samsung Knox

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      6 days ago

      Damn i guess what I’ll do for now is de-google the most i can with the apps/services I use and then going for a non-folding pixel for my next phone

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        6 days ago

        Why a non-folding Pixel? Did you end up not liking having a foldable?

        I am not criticizing the decision, just curious. I have never even used a foldable.

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          Don’t get me wrong I love my folding phone.

          I haven’t done any research, but the OS (One UI from Samsung, in this case) has a lot of tweaks to make sure everything works seamlessly and smoothly with the larger screen.

          I’m just assuming that the de-googled OSes probably don’t play nice with the larger screen, especially while opening and closing the phone.

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              5 days ago

              Even knowing that, I do understand their apprehension. GrapheneOS doesn’t really add any QOL features that are not found in AOSP; just security/privacy features. So if that commenter’s last foldable was only usable to them due to Samsung’s QOL features, I presume they wouldn’t find GrapheneOS on a foldable any more usable than AOSP on a foldable.

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        6 days ago

        I’ve had an amazing time with GrapheneOS on pixel 8 pro. I had to flash back to stock and gOS works better cause stock is so all in on ai everything 🙄

        I’m going to switch back to gOS, just been putting it off lol