New phone has finally been set up. Calls and texts work effortlessly. (after some slight issues transferring over from Verizon😮💨) But everything is functional.
This phone is running degoogled e/OS with some slight debloating( used Canta and Shizuku). Current set up so far:
Mobile Provider: Metro PCS (Metro by T-Mobile)
Launcher: Bliss Launcher -> Yagni Launcher (via debloating)
Email/Calander: Gmail - > Tuta Mail and Tuta Calander
Notes: Default app
Reader for PDFs and Books: Episteme
Maps: Google Maps - > Map Quest
Podcast Reader: Anytime Player
Phone/Contacts/Messages: Default/Default/ Right Messages (SMS and MMS support, No RCS)
Camera, Clock, Calculator and OpenKeyChain are Default.
Music: Trebel Music (for now)
Bookworm(NOT BookWyrm; this app is not apart of the Fediverse) a small community based app to talk about everything books.
Fediverse: Blorp (Lemmy)
The app with the umbrella is Travelers Insurance ( my car insurance)
App Stores: Aurora Store and App Lounge (default) along with the MicroG Compactibility if wanting to use that.
Keyboard: FUTO Keyboard
Browser: Startpage
Apps/Systems that I have removed via debloating: Blisslauncher, Blissweather, Mail (Default), Browser, Calander, FindMyDevice, Magic Earth (Maps), Tasks, Parental Control, Music, MJ PDF, Message (Default), Android Easter Egg.
This phone started running so much faster when debloating it. I cant believe it’s not already an option to begin with. 😑
Give CoMaps a try, for an offline open source mapping solution. Also try Ironfox, for a open-source browser that isn’t based on Chromium (and is more privacy and security-oriented). I install both via F-Droid repositories within Droid-ify. I’m not familiar with App Lounge. Is than also an F-Droid client? Your DeGoogled phone looks great and I appreciate the recommendations for eBook and Podcast apps!
Why thank you, im very new to this degoogling stuff and trying :3.
CoMaps to me just runs weird. I’ve had it load very slow on my current phone before switching and having difficulty finding addresses I need. Maybe I need to give it another shot since switching over.
App Lounge (from Muerna) gets their apps from F-Droid. Its a app store specific towards e/OS, so i dont think you can find it on FDroid.
I’ll see about Ironfox. I use Waterfox on my laptop but haven’t tried out any of them on mobile.
Overall, thanks!