[Bradford] I lost me Phone!

[Moanin]

Thanks John. That sounds like a good pairing. Just took a look at LineageOS.

The number of apps I use is minimal, so I don't perceive any problems. A 
mapping app, appointments/reminders calendar, notes/lists, calendar are 
all available in OS, just not with Google labels. The only question is 
whether the bank's app will work, but as it mostly lies idle with very 
infrequent uses it probably doesn't matter. A phone is a phone plus, 
these days, a few texts.

Cheers,

Mike
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"Moanin" is a track wrtitten by Charles Mingus, first public recording 
was on his album "Blues and Roots", 1959.

On 06/10/2020 16:05, John Robert Hudson via Bradford wrote:
> Hi Mike
> 
> You can, of course, buy a Huawei and install lineage; you then get an Android
> phone without Google. How useful that is depends on what non-Google apps you
> can get for it.
> 
> John
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> On Tuesday, 6 October 2020 14:03:05 BST Moanin via Bradford wrote:
>> Hi Dick and Nick,
>>
>> Thanks for the replies. I was waiting to see if there'd be any more,
>> 'cos my old phone turned up thanks to an honest bus driver, buying me a
>> bit of time.
>>
>> It seems the only Pinephone shipping at the moment is running an alpha
>> release of Manjaro and with just a 1 month warranty, so worth keeping an
>> eye on for the future. I do like the sound of the GrapheneOS, though.
>> Will it work on a Huawei?
>>
>> Isn't Galaxy a Samsung brand? Or is it Google? Or maybe an Android
>> release? Anyway, the esolutions offerings all look to be refurbed.
>> Guaranteed reliability is a must for me, so it has to be new.
>>
>> The conclusion is that I'm still open to suggestions, whilst currently
>> leaning towards Hauwei as an incomplete alternative to G.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Mike
>>
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>> "Moanin" is a track wrtitten by Charles Mingus, first public recording
>> was on his album "Blues and Roots", 1959.
>>
>> On 29/09/2020 18:20, Nick Rhodes via Bradford wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Edward Snowden recommends GrapheneOS - https://grapheneos.org , it
>>> appears to be well supported by Google Pixel phones, you will need to be
>>> able to perform the flashing of a firmware to install GrapheneOS.
>>>
>>> For those who possess more tin foil, one should worry about the trust of
>>> the hardware and consider a far more FOSS hardware,  I think the
>>> Pinephone - https://www.pine64.org/pinephone is the only current
>>> example, the hardware seems pretty good, but not being Android based has
>>> much more limited in terms of applications available.
>>>
>>> Cheers, Nick
>>>
>>> On 29/09/2020 17:54, Moanin via Bradford wrote:
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I lost my mobile phone today. As it's almost as old and knackered as
>>>> me I don't feel it's such a great loss apart from contacts and a small
>>>> number of other details. I've been chuntering on about buying a new
>>>> one for some time, so this gives me the impetus even if the old one
>>>> turns up again.
>>>>
>>>> What I'm looking for now is a recommendation for a replacement. Not a
>>>> lot of the Google, even less of the Apple, just a little bit of the
>>>> Open Source and a lot of freedom from being spied upon.
>>>>
>>>> If there is such a thing as a spy free phone in our "democratic" (sic)
>>>> society, an idea of where to buy it would be helpful, too.
>>>>
>>>> Huawei look tempting, with their EMUI OS which appears to tick some of
>>>> my boxes. Does anybody know much about them? I know John Hudson had an
>>>> older model last time the topic came up in conversation but that was a
>>>> while ago. Any updates, John?
>>>>
>>>> Apart for an eyewatering price for the cheapest lurching skywards from
>>>> model to model, is there much practical difference between the Huawei
>>>> p40, p40 Pro and P40 Pro+?
>>>>
>>>> The Mate Xs is a bit two grand for me.
>>>>
>>>> All ideas fitting the above description, including but not restricted
>>>> to Huawei, accepted and absorbed without hesitation.
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
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>>>> "Moanin" is a track wrtitten by Charles Mingus, first public recording
>>>> was on his album "Blues and Roots", 1959.
>>
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