Hi everyone, I’m looking to possibly simply my smartphone setup. I would really love to keep it as a utility: phone, text, camera, GPS, web browser, notes, email, music player. Im think of switching to local NextCloud backup system as well. I currently have an iPhone but used to flash ROMs on Android phones, so I would be willing to do that again for more privacy options and less unnecessary changes to the OS.

I have looked a little into it, and I’m wondering about getting a couple year old Pixel and putting GrapheneOS on it. I also searched a little and came across the Purism Librem 5 that has physical kill switches and sounds neat; a little pricy but I’d be willing to pay if it lasts a while and has good privacy options.

What are your thoughts? Are there other hardware suggestions or setups that you like? The idea of FOSS is appealing because it seems like the money aspect seems to skew the priority of smartphones.

  • IcyPenguin@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    is the Gcam app noticeably better than a stock camera app?

    Yes, there’s a very noticable difference.

    What sorts of things would it do better?

    It uses the custom ML chip in the Google Tensor processor for post processing. This makes the photos and videos look amazing.

    Low lighting or blur reduction?

    Both, and a lot more.

    In my other comment, I outlined a solution for easily installing the Google Camera app.