Godspeed! Let us know what you think. Been wanting to give it another try on next phone. I tried a few years back on secondary phone and quickly gave up. Doubly difficult for me as I never used a normal android before.
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I tried nearly a year and a half ago, but I bought a barely used pre-owned for super cheap off eBay. I didn't know about it needing to be able to unlock and was unable to. It was my first time with an Android device as well.
Looking forward to seeing how this experience goes. If I can remember I'll let you know what I think in a month.
I'll remember, don't you worry 📝
It has gotten pretty user friendly. I haven't really explored the different profile stuff but Cheese says it's so much better now than it was. I've been using it for a few years and really don't miss anything about the iphone except that it was just so easy to do things like air drop and print things from my phone. But I'm a slow learner and a tech retard pretty much. I have a hand to hold, so it made the switch a bit easier. (I did a command line install this last time and only had one minor meltdown 🎉😂).
The web installer was so much better than my first experience when I was completely lost.
Something something Linux doesn't work grumble mumble something... I'm paraphrasing 😂😂😂
I didn't have issues installing on a fresh pixel. Followed Odell's video guide step by step. But quickly stopped using it when I could barely find apps or use the few I had. I'm pretty tech lazy, but I'm feeling a second wind building
I totally understand the feelings there.
Zapstore has some, obtanium has some, I'm unsure if it's still okay but I got Tidal from Aurora store (should find out if I should use something else 🤷♀️). I think it depends on how super secret privacy spy phone you want to get. Cheese says the profiles are mich easier to navigate, so certain apps you just sandbox in that profile (look at me all techy and shit using the lingo 😂).
Yeah, not having music or a phone number was the killer issue I think. Plus how had I am with android, as a newb. I never know what to click
I finally started becoming an Audiophile about two months ago after having been a data hoarder for the past half decade.
There's plenty of music players so I'm not worried there.
I only music apps like using a radio to find new music.
I was trying to be a super spy at the time. Can't remember if Spotify was even available, but if it were I wouldn't have used it, cuz I was trying to not have any crossover identification between phones (like a paid for login). That limited what I could do so much I ended up not using it.
Lesson I learned was I'm no super spy, and should t try to be. Reading a bit from a post nostr:npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt out out recently (can't find it rn) about graphene reminded me that it's not only about being a super spy, which I concede I can't do, but breaking some tracking of oneself. And that's good enough for me.
Btw, checkout Outer Tune, great music app for graphene.
I haven't broken it yet, so it's pretty durable I think. I completely switched phone number and all YOLO 😂. If it gets too screwed up, you just wipe it and reinstall or that's what I was told...just be sure you have a backup of your things you don't want to lose.