De-Googling an Android 10 Phone - Rob Braxman Tech
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Date: 2022-03-20
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Sasha
It seems it is hard to find accurate reliable info about installing custom roms. I was lead to believe there were only a few hard to find devices which you could install custom roms on and that you would need to connect the device to a PC. It was only due to some very unlikely circumstances that I discovered the truth which is Project Treble allows you to install custom roms on most modern devices without a PC. Unless I am missing something, it seems all you need (aside from a couple apps which can easily be downloaded in addition to a code to unlock the bootloader) is an SD memory card. You store a recovery app and an OS of choice along with some essential files to the card and then boot into recovery mode, run the aforementioned recovery app on the SD card, install the OS and other files on the phone using that recovery app then you are done (as far as installing a custom rom goes. That is far easier than the instructions one usually finds. And as I said you can do that with most current phones. You only need a device with an unlockable bootloader. It seems most modern devices have unlockable bootloaders but there are a few exceptions. It seems the more expensive devices are the ones with locked bootloaders. The less expensive options are the ones which have unlockable bootloaders.
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It seems it is hard to find accurate reliable info about installing custom roms. I was lead to believe there were only a few hard to find devices which you could install custom roms on and that you would need to connect the device to a PC. It was only due to some very unlikely circumstances that I discovered the truth which is Project Treble allows you to install custom roms on most modern devices without a PC. Unless I am missing something, it seems all you need (aside from a couple apps which can easily be downloaded in addition to a code to unlock the bootloader) is an SD memory card. You store a recovery app and an OS of choice along with some essential files to the card and then boot into recovery mode, run the aforementioned recovery app on the SD card, install the OS and other files on the phone using that recovery app then you are done (as far as installing a custom rom goes. That is far easier than the instructions one usually finds. And as I said you can do that with most current phones. You only need a device with an unlockable bootloader. It seems most modern devices have unlockable bootloaders but there are a few exceptions. It seems the more expensive devices are the ones with locked bootloaders. The less expensive options are the ones which have unlockable bootloaders.
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Sasha
Isn't there still some closed source OEM code running at a level below the OS in the baseband or firmware? Couldn't spying be done at that level? My understanding is project treble compliant phones have the OS and Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) separated. I'm guessing the HAL is where the OEM closed source code is found. Or am I wrong? Perhaps the different lineage OS builds for the different devices include open source alternatives for the HAL so that you are replacing all the manufacturer installed code with open source alternatives instead of leaving some closed source code from the manufacturer in the device. Or are the different lineage OS builds -customized- in some other way?
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Isn't there still some closed source OEM code running at a level below the OS in the baseband or firmware? Couldn't spying be done at that level? My understanding is project treble compliant phones have the OS and Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) separated. I'm guessing the HAL is where the OEM closed source code is found. Or am I wrong? Perhaps the different lineage OS builds for the different devices include open source alternatives for the HAL so that you are replacing all the manufacturer installed code with open source alternatives instead of leaving some closed source code from the manufacturer in the device. Or are the different lineage OS builds -customized- in some other way?
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John
Mr Rob- I-m a fellow pianist - I-ve sent a few comments - I-m in need of hands on assistance with how to dump iPhone and so on. I think we live relatively near one another
I signed into BraxMe but forgot password and well, like I said, I-m all thumbs with privacy security computers etc. Can you help? I don-t know how to not -infect you- by making contact. Other than here
Can you provide a simple to
Understand way to make contact!
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Mr Rob- I-m a fellow pianist - I-ve sent a few comments - I-m in need of hands on assistance with how to dump iPhone and so on. I think we live relatively near one another
I signed into BraxMe but forgot password and well, like I said, I-m all thumbs with privacy security computers etc. Can you help? I don-t know how to not -infect you- by making contact. Other than here
Can you provide a simple to
Understand way to make contact!
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Jeremy
I dont think any of this will work. Hear me out. When someone attempts to call me, I can see that my telco send a notification to google (with the persons ph number etc, that in-turn triggers the incoming call dialog on my phone. Google are aware of which devices belong to who based on ph/imei/mac etc. If you de-google your existing phone or use your existing number, its too late. Change my mind.
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I dont think any of this will work. Hear me out. When someone attempts to call me, I can see that my telco send a notification to google (with the persons ph number etc, that in-turn triggers the incoming call dialog on my phone. Google are aware of which devices belong to who based on ph/imei/mac etc. If you de-google your existing phone or use your existing number, its too late. Change my mind.
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itech
So Google develops Android, and yes I know it's open source, but has anyone really, I mean REALLY scrutinized the code to see if Google has put any back doors or other code in the OS that will counter any efforts to prevent tracking? ALSO, did you know that most of the major Linux distros are sponsored by the likes of Google, Amazon, MIT and IBM? They've got their fingers in every pie.
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So Google develops Android, and yes I know it's open source, but has anyone really, I mean REALLY scrutinized the code to see if Google has put any back doors or other code in the OS that will counter any efforts to prevent tracking? ALSO, did you know that most of the major Linux distros are sponsored by the likes of Google, Amazon, MIT and IBM? They've got their fingers in every pie.
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steve
Rob, I like what you're doing and I wanted to mention many people are using firesticks myself Nvidia Shield and cannot see the description you should add your web address in your videos I think that would increase sales.
I wish you well sir
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Rob, I like what you're doing and I wanted to mention many people are using firesticks myself Nvidia Shield and cannot see the description you should add your web address in your videos I think that would increase sales.
I wish you well sir
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Llewellyn
Rob, do you have a video or could you recommend steps to minimizing as much tracking as possible without installing a custom rom? I'm not looking to get rid of Google entirely, just want reduce the amount of tracking in the standard OS
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Rob, do you have a video or could you recommend steps to minimizing as much tracking as possible without installing a custom rom? I'm not looking to get rid of Google entirely, just want reduce the amount of tracking in the standard OS
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Stefano
Evening sir. I'm trying to found a reliable and privacy-friend office suite for Android. On F-Droid, Libre Office viewer app is not as good ad third parties ones or FOSS Linux ones, could you suggest me a good choice? Thank you!
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Evening sir. I'm trying to found a reliable and privacy-friend office suite for Android. On F-Droid, Libre Office viewer app is not as good ad third parties ones or FOSS Linux ones, could you suggest me a good choice? Thank you!
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Misty
Rob has just created his own de-googled phone - BraxPhone. It will be on sale ($379) at Brax. me in the STORE link from the main menu in about two or three weeks - around the first part of March, 2022.
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Rob has just created his own de-googled phone - BraxPhone. It will be on sale ($379) at Brax. me in the STORE link from the main menu in about two or three weeks - around the first part of March, 2022.
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ulfpe
Get notifications? I am in a constant war against my devices to turn off notifications. BTW you say your car has navigation. does it also connect to the car manufacturer and logg your movements
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Get notifications? I am in a constant war against my devices to turn off notifications. BTW you say your car has navigation. does it also connect to the car manufacturer and logg your movements
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