They used to have a shady app store when I last used it, sourced from cleanapk.org
Now, they have opted for forking "Aurora Store" than to choose more closer FOSS alternative like "F-droid".
Review of /e/ – Android-based alternative for mobile phones
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#152If you like alternative services, great, but small companies are also prone to getting hacked, don't have resources to fight government warrants and can just go under and lose your data. Many store unencrypted data on common cloud providers like Amazon.
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#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
I use /e/OS with Discreet Launcher. It does not mimic iOS.
It does look like /e/ mimics iOS by default , though, which is where I think the original poster's criticism is aimed. The screenshot in this article showing bliss is very iOS-y.
I really don't care as long as it doesn't mimic Google and try to destroy my privacy. Lots of other launchers to choose from and changing is easy.
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#154In my humble opinion, relying on custom ROMs running mandatory non-free drivers is a road to nowhere, long term , due to their unavoidable planned obsolescence. And it always has been. Supporting GNU/Linux phones is the way to improve future privacy and security (despite they may not be as secure as some Android custom ROMs are yet).
there's irony in having "degoogled" Phones built upon a platform that is at the technical discretion of Google, but you'd discount a lot of mindshare that grew around Android to say GNU/Linux is the only way long term. I don't know if the community could sustain a AOSP hardfork (or if it's necessary), but combining a mainline kernel with open firmware is a possibility for Android handhelds too.
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#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you need good marketing to guide your decisions? Do you need someone else validating your choices? Why do you care about "good marketing"? > How do I tell people about it? "hey, the website is https://e.foundation , here is the link" That was not so hard, was it?
I’ve tried to search for supported Samsung devices, especially the S20 FE, and it’s a nightmare to find anything relevant using Google. Google Search ignores /e/, making it all but impossible to find anything about the /e/ project. I can relate to the OP, /e/ is nit a very handy name for Google searches. It’s like it doesn’t exist. What’s the point of a name you can’t Google, or pronounce? In case someone might have…
In recent years, Samsung phones sold in the U.S. generally have bootloaders that cannot be unlocked, so it's not possible to flash other OSes onto them.[1] The Samsung devices that can be bootloader-unlocked tend not to be mod-friendly. For example, Samsung phones permanently disable the Knox security feature when the bootloader is unlocked, and it is not restored even if the bootloader is relocked after a factory reset.[2]
/e/'s lead developer is based in France, so /e/ does support some non-U.S. Samsung phone models.
[1] https://www.thecustomdroid.com/sampwnd-unlock-bootloader-sam...
[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxys10/comments/c91f8a/is_knox_n...
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#156Re: Review of /e/ – Android-based alternative for mobile phones
#157So I went and check the instructions how to manually install /e/ on a device here [0] I was welcomed with 5 types of warnings why not to do it. And I decided not to do it. But here what the instructions should have been: 1. Adb - make sure you have a adb connection. More information here. 2. Run this script from you computer. 3. At the beginning of the script check a checkbox acknowledging that the data will be lost,…
15 devices are supported by the easy installer.
https://doc.e.foundation/easy-installer
Blame the device manufacturers for the rest.
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#158I've been reading for a while about LineageOS. If i recall correctly, i felt like the camera didn't work at all.
It was my takeaway that you couldn't have a "full" phone (meaning, calls, sms, camera, full network, etc) if you were planning on migrating away from iOS or Android from the carrier.
Looks like the e phone has the full experience.
I would prefer to buy an older android phone and install my own OS so I'm able to switch away if I want to.
Is there a good option if that's the desire?
Re: Review of /e/ – Android-based alternative for mobile phones
#159I've been reading for a while about LineageOS. If i recall correctly, i felt like the camera didn't work at all. It was my takeaway that you couldn't have a "full" phone (meaning, calls, sms, camera, full network, etc) if you were planning on migrating away from iOS or Android from the carrier. Looks like the e phone has the full experience. I would prefer to buy an older android phone and install my own OS so I'm ab…
It depends on your phone. LineageOS works entirely on mine (asus z2 or z3, I don't remember), no compromises needed.
edit: Forgot to mention you have to install microg in addition to LineageOS to get notifications.
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#160I have installed /e/ on my old Xiaomi phone for months now, and it is amazing. The OS is stable, and I can install many apps from the apps store. It also being updated frequently, so at least it has the latest security patch covered. If only my phone doesn't have a charging problem (it is a hardware problem), I might have used it as my main phone.