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De-googling and privacy on Sony xperia (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by Logh@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I have been considering replacing my nearly 7 year old iPhone (although very reluctant) and I was checking for options. Really the only phone that caught my eye was the Sony xperia 1 V, but I found no information about how to degoogle and lock down the device. I really like the features and the built in camera apps, etc. Is there a way to degoogle the phone without loosing the funcionality/ease of use?

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[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

DivestOS is the most degoogled (removes the most proprietary blobs) android ROM. See if your device is on this list: https://divestos.org/pages/devices

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Seems nice, but no root as far as I've seen, which kills it for ne

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, any security focused android ROM won't include root because it breaks the android security model. Breaks the ability to have secureboot and system safety checks by apps.