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Enough shit about reddit. Get back to work folk. Tell me a phone with no bloatware at all, or no app pre-installed at all.

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[–] mikehunt 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fresh lineageos install on any phone.

[–] ghariksforge 2 points 2 years ago

Is there a 'recommend me a lineageos phone' thread somewhere?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

If you include custom ROMs, then any Pixel would check the box as you can run it with GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, LineageOS, shit even Ubuntu Touch if you want

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just got a Pixel 7 Pro, there only thing it came programmed with were the basic Google apps.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Stock Android has so many additional components (assistant for example) compared with GrapheneOS.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Still, compared to the Samsung phones I've had in the past, there's very little bloat. It was literally just like 8 Google apps and that was all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yes true, and for some these software is unnecessary baggage and for others absolutely important features.

[–] solidgrue 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Oneplus 5T unlocked, wiped and running LineageOS 20, no Gapps.

Fite me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True. Its performance and battery usage are amazing! I tried that a few weeks ago with my spare phone (OnePlus 5T).

[–] solidgrue 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mine only ever booted OxygenOS but the one time I it needed to enable Developer Options and ADB. Totally skipped the out-of-box setup, too.

Those were simpler days.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

At this point, I'm so used to using AOSP-based custom ROMs like EvolutionX, ArrowOS, crDroid, etc, even if the stock ROM is good.

I always unlock the bootloader after a week or two from the day I purchase a new phone; just for the sake of trying the stock ROM a little before I jump into custom ROMs ship.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Sony Xperia 1 and 5 series phones. They actually do have some bloatware but it's not egregious at all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yup this is the way, the only bloat are preinstalled apps that can be disabled, the OS itself is extremely clean

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Google Pixel with GrapheneOS or CalyxOS.

[–] ghariksforge 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not giving Google any money.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

How do you feel about buying used or refurbished? Genuinely curious since I often see people with this stance

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Snag any Pixel that's affordable to you and slap GrapheneOS (or Lineage, whichever) and you're gold.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Any Motorola phone with unlockable bootloader (most if not all), with official LineageOS support. You get a very very basic set of base apps meant for functions like the camera, calculator, music, gallery, files; apps that effrctively are used by other apps for core functions.

[–] cmeio 4 points 2 years ago

Fairphone 4

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Pixel as many have suggested. In addition to being able to take any of the popular ROMs, most of the apps on the stock ROM can be disabled.

For example:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some of the Nokia lineup and many of the xiaomi phones are able to install custom roms very easily

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

love my G50 dropped it in the toilet and she still goes hard

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Pixel 6 w GrapheneOS is what I use, its lovely

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

It depends what you mean by bloat and apps. Is the calculator bloat? What about the phone dialer? In Android, even the keyboard is a separate app.

Even Lineage has "bloat" - do you need a SIM ToolKit app? Perhaps if your provider still uses USSD for network operations.

If you want something slimmed down to the minimum, you'll have to build it yourself. Because no one else knows what you need.

[–] c2h6 2 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

PostmarketOS on a Pinephone, because everything after Android KitKat is bloat

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Depending on where you live I would highly recommend to buy a phone with iodé OS preinstalled.

(Apart from that you could find yourself a custom ROM that suits you and a phone that supports it.)

[–] ghariksforge 1 points 2 years ago

Fairphone is pretty good: https://www.fairphone.com

There are normal and de-Googled versions you can choose from.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Tell me when you find it

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