tuxed

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[–] tuxed@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I appreciate the freedom feeling, bought a Pocophone F1 a couple years ago just to flash it with custom roms.

Have you tried Lineage? How would you compare the experience of using them if so? Some of the custom roms I've tried had some things I missed UX/functionality wise but as people seem quite happy with Graphene I assume it is nice to use.

[–] tuxed@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How do you find the battery life? The ultra looks interesting (I feel I would get good use out of the pen), but sadly a bit too expensive for me to consider it good value.

[–] tuxed@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Great minds think alike! (Or the availability of compact phones with more than 2 years of software updates is unfortunately small)

Ah cool, waiting for the pixel 8a might be an interesting option as well assuming they release it within a couple of months

[–] tuxed@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Was looking at the pixel 7 as well, but it is technically a hardware downgrade from my current zenfone 8. Very happy with the zenfone performance so a bit worried the 7 would feel sluggish, or at least slower..

[–] tuxed@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

AnySoftKeyboard is a great FOSS one!

[–] tuxed@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

Okay, cool! Several people here seem to recommend it so I will add it to the "scale"

[–] tuxed@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Okay, good to know! Do you know whether banking etc is a problem on graphene or not? Last time I used custom roms I got it working with microg but I heard there might have been some regressions?

[–] tuxed@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Is it still that bad huh? I had an A50 before and the bloat was one of the reasons I disliked that phone.

[–] tuxed@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Yeah, that is one of the reasons I'm intrigued. Havent looked at it since the Rossman/Daniel Micay thing though, is it still good?

 

Hi everyone,

Currently looking at either a Pixel 8 or a S23 as a replacement for my Zenfone 8 that is slowly becoming a hindrence due to (primarily) the battery. I would replace it, but as it costs a lot to do that here and I have needs for a non-compromised water protection DIY feels like a dangerous option.

So S23 vs Pixel 8, what would you guys recommend assuming I can get either for the same price?

I like the S23 hardware a bit better on paper, but as Pixel phones generally are very flashable my anti-Google sentiments might (ironically) push me there.

I would get a fairphone 5 for the hot-swappable battery etc if they weren't so expensive for what you get, and as Im buying second hand reuse is better for the environment anyways.

[–] tuxed@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

For mobile games there is Shattered Pixel Dungeon, great time sink