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Setting up De-Googled Phone#

Flashing a custom open-source ROM and de-Googling your mobile phone grants you unparalleled control over your device and privacy. By embracing this transformative step, you reclaim ownership of your smartphone experience, free from intrusive data collection. Open-source ROMs offer enhanced customization, performance optimization, and security features, empowering you to tailor your device to your preferences. De-Googling ensures your digital footprint remains your own, fostering a privacy-centric mobile experience. Take charge of your smartphone, break free from corporate control, and embrace a liberated, personalized, and privacy-focused mobile journey.

Operating systems#

  • Supposedly the most secure operating system, highly recommended: https://grapheneos.org/
  • Also very secure, but I have no practical experience with it: https://calyxos.org/
  • Also highly recommended, compatible for a large number of devices: https://lineageos.org/

App Stores#

  • app_image F-Droid: The app store that respects freedom and privacy
  • app_image Aurora Store: Aurora Store is an unofficial FOSS client for Google Play with an elegant design. Aurora Store allows users to download, update and search for apps like the Play Store

Communication#

  • app_image K-9 Mail: is an open source email client focused on making it easy to chew through large volumes of email.
  • app_image Conversations: An encrypted, user friendly XMPP instant messaging client optimized for mobile.

Synchronization#

  • app_image Nextcloud: Synchronization client for the NextCloud app, basis for syncing files, contacts, calendars, tasks, etc.
  • app_image aCalendar: Nice calendar display and widget, better handling than the standard calendar
  • app_image Nextcloud Notes: View and edit notes on Nextcloud
  • app_image OpenTasks: A task manager app, allowing you to categorize your todo list by urgency, state, timeframe etc.
  • app_image DAVx⁵: DAVx⁵ is a CalDAV/CardDAV management and synchronization app for Android that integrates seamlessly with calendar and contacts apps.

Productivity#

  • app_image Aegis Authenticator: Free, secure and open source 2FA app to manage tokens for your online services.
  • app_image KeePassDX: Secure and open source password manager compatible with KeePass files.
  • app_image OsmAnd: Global map and navigation application for offline and online OSM maps Alternative to Google Maps
  • app_image LibreOffice & OpenOffice: Read and edit documents created with LibreOffice or OpenOffice on the go with OpenDocument Reader
  • app_image Collabora: Alternative to GoogleDocs. View and edit documents that are synchronized via Nextcloud, for example. Collabora Office is a text editor, spreadsheet and presentation program based on LibreOffice, the world's most popular Open Source office suite.
  • Digital self-defense: https://digitalcourage.de/digitale-selbstverteidigung
  • Google alternatives: https://restoreprivacy.com/google-alternatives/
  • Mail provider:
    • Free, encrypted, but no POP3 retrieval without payment: ProtonMail
    • Fair 1 euro per month: Posteo