MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-V mobile phone

Re:MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-... by p0w3n3d on Thursday October 03, 2024 @04:57PM (#41734908)

Tbh I would accept anything usable without being bound neither to Google nor Apple. Like a Linux phone but with usable apps which is quite important.

For example Samsung gets free MP3 player and more important, background-running voice recorder, which is extremely important for me, but was impossible to find on OnePlus One.

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Re:MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-... by phasnox on Thursday October 03, 2024 @05:26PM (#41735182)

You should try GrapheneOS

It is basically Android with all the crap from Google removed.

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Re:MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-... by nvllsvm on Thursday October 03, 2024 @05:57PM (#41735481)

Better yet, GrapheneOS allows you you sandbox Google's crap if you need or want it. Very useful when needing to use a proprietary app that requires it.

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Re:MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-... by skeptrune on Thursday October 03, 2024 @05:59PM (#41735500)

+1 Graphene works great

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Re:MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-... by canadiantim on Thursday October 03, 2024 @10:35PM (#41737254)

Is Librem 5 not such a device?

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Re:MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-... by fsflover on Friday October 04, 2024 @06:37AM (#41739996)

And it can run Android apps with Waydroid.

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Re:MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-... by My2Cents276366 on Friday October 04, 2024 @09:36PM (#41747067)

As an owner and occasionally serious user of the above device, I can say that, no, it is not usable as a phone by any definition that includes portability. This is due to extreme bulk and still terrible battery life, even before we get to the experience of using PureOS and Gnome for your phone OS.

However, the kill switches are super cool and would be practical if the device were.

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Re:MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-... by nextos on Friday October 04, 2024 @01:04PM (#41743361)

Jolla's Sailfish is another alternative. Linux, quite a few native apps and an Android emulation layer that makes it easy to use most F-Droid and Play Store applications.

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