New company called Eelo will give you de-Google-ized Android for your privacy

Re:New company called Eelo will give you de-Google-ized Andr... by djaychela on Sunday December 24, 2017 @11:12AM (#16000061)

I'd think most tech-able people would be able to; I've had Cyanogenmod on most of my Android phones, and it's been fairly straightforward to install. It's not too difficult to install LineageOS (on which this is based, the successor to CyanogenMod) on most phones - indeed there are step-by-step guides to do it which don't require too much skill to complete - and it's possible to run it without any of the Google Apps.

Not sure what this project is going to provide that isn't already available after an evening's search, but they seem to be charging a fortune for it.

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Re:New company called Eelo will give you de-Google-ized Andr... by mr_spothawk on Sunday December 24, 2017 @12:46PM (#16000437)

i’m probably able to, but that doesn’t mean i want to... or that i want to spend the time to potentially brick my shiny new i/nexus/pixel

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Re:New company called Eelo will give you de-Google-ized Andr... by kevin_thibedeau on Sunday December 24, 2017 @02:54PM (#16001030)

My shiny new Nougatized phone doesn't have the LineageOS privacy guard or file manager and I'm thinking of switching just for that.

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Re:New company called Eelo will give you de-Google-ized Andr... by mr_spothawk on Sunday December 24, 2017 @06:57PM (#16001920)

I support privacy focused upgrades!

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Re:New company called Eelo will give you de-Google-ized Andr... by seba_dos1 on Sunday December 24, 2017 @07:10PM (#16001955)

If a device can be bricked just by a simple reflash of the OS partition, then it's a very good reason for me not to buy it at all.

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Re:New company called Eelo will give you de-Google-ized Andr... by djaychela on Sunday December 24, 2017 @06:18PM (#16001797)

But they're asking about £800 for doing it? Seems steep.

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Re:New company called Eelo will give you de-Google-ized Andr... by mr_spothawk on Sunday December 24, 2017 @06:57PM (#16001921)

I didn't even look at the pricing. That's quite a bit.

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