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Recommendations for a new phone (midwest.social)

submitted 1 week ago by Brutticus@midwest.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ca

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Hello, everyone,

I've had my current Samsung Galaxy running Android for about two or three years now. It was an older model then. I am about ready to get a new phone; mine has been put through the ringer.

I was interested in Graphene or Divest, or some of these other open source phone OS. but I dont know much about what they have and what they can do. How reliable are they? Will the manufacturer or the carrier fuck me over? Which phone models are compatible and how expensive are they?

I'm a contractor; not only do I NEED a reliable phone, but I also need a phone that can run certain apps. I've tooled around with game emulation and modding since the DS flashcart days, and I have even recently had Switch accounts banned.

I'm sorry if there was a README but I haven't been able to find any information as to if this was reliable enough to become my primary telephone.

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[–] Brutticus@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

The apps I need for work that concern me are authentication apps; Google and Microsoft authenticator, respectively. Do these work?

My work also has a proprietary timeclock app that I have to use to clock my timesheets when I undertake a particular task. Are there any known issues running this app?

[–] iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Graphene OS is the way. Been using about a month and it is great.

The work app might work with the mobile site, mine did back when I had to do that. I refused to install it and the mobile site worked fine.

You can install Google play services on graphene os, but I don't really understand how profiles work. You can also install Aurora Store and use their "anonymous" mode to install apps from the play store without signing in. I've heard anonymous mode can be spotty, butnive not had any issues. YMMV. ___

[–] Danitos@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago

No idea, but a search in internet could get you some answers. Google apps (no authenticator) work fine on my end. As for your work app, I highly doubt you'll have issues with it.

[–] fraksken 2 points 1 week ago

With the aurora store you should be fine to run the authenticators and time management app even on a degoogled graphene phone. Profiles also work great for containerization in case you do need google services for something.

Go with a pixel 7 or 8 to get a few years of os support

[–] w3ird_sloth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I have Microsoft authenticator on my pixel 7 with graphene. Works perfect.
EDIT: I also use PayCom without issues for clocking in/out.