Hello! My smartphone is dying, so I’ll soon have to buy a new one. I’d like my new phone to have pure Android, without all the apps that manufactures install. Ideally I’d like to remove the majority of Google services too, but there are some that I can’t replace yet, so I’m still dependent on, like google maps. What smartphone do you suggest me? In your opinion, would it be better to buy a smartphone with already stock android or to buy any smartphone, and then replace the OS?
Google Pixel with something like GrapheneOS or Lineage
It may be best to buy an easily unlockable phone like a Pixel and then flash your own ROM to get it just as you’d want it.
Motorola, Sony, and Pixel offer the closest to stock Android out of the box.
Indian smartphone manufacturer ‘Lava Mobiles’ provides literally stock Android on their every latest phones. Also regular updates on phones regardless of price ! ❤️
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Asus ZenFone appears to have an option during first-time-setup to stick with stock android or add the Asus optimizations.
If you want pure android, then a Pixel phone, but if you want to degoogle, no…
Else you can find very interesting powerful phone like PoCo F4 for instance and replace the ROM with the dozen ones available, check XDA.
Know that when you unlock bootloader/replace ROM, you will most likely lose the ability to pay with your phone, or play a cat and mouse game with magisk and addon and google Wallet.
If you want pure android, then a Pixel phone, but if you want to degoogle, no…
why? other than “your’e giving money to google just before removing google”
Know that when you unlock bootloader/replace ROM, you will most likely lose the ability to pay with your phone, or play a cat and mouse game with magisk and addon and google Wallet.
I didn’t know about this, custom ROMs cannot run these kind of services?
