#calyxos — Public Fediverse posts

I've installed the new @calyxos release on a Pixel 7. Had a glitch the first time using the web installer, but it worked perfectly the second after a couple of power cycles. I'll have a look around and report back. #degoogledphones #calyxos

Forgive my kvetching, but it drives me nuts that #AOSP-based #Android OSes always treat hyphenated words as words.

For example, if you type in "apple-cart," you get a red squiggly underline and it tries to recommend replacing it with "apricot" or something. The only way around it is to add every. single. hyphenated. word. you. use. into the dictionary. 😮‍💨

It's been a constant, daily annoyance for the past five and a half years, and the only fix is to install something like GBoard and use its spelling correction engine or whatever you call it, and I'd rather not.

I've experienced it on #CalyxOS and #IodéOS, but I don't recall if #GrapheneOS has the same issue, because I only tried it briefly.

#LineageOS #Iodé #Iode #IodeOS #Graphene #GOS

Meine Startbedingungen sind etwas anders: Ich habe das 'ungesicherte' #calyxOS auf dem #Smartphone, bin also schon länger #entgoogelt. Nur es gab immer weniger App-Updates, insbesondere die Banking-App wollte sich jetzt nicht mehr aktualisieren und funktionierte somit nicht mehr.
Root, Entwickleroptionen, OEM-Entsperrung ist alles kein Problem gewesen. Nur die Installation bleibt hängen. Die Firmware-Updates sind mit calyxOS wohl auch nicht mehr aktualisiert worden.
Die Firmware ist auf dem Stand Mai 2025 (März 2026 verfügbar), scheinbar noch für Android 14, während calyxOS schon auf Android 15 ist.
Firmwareupdate habe ich nicht hinbekommen. #e OS kommt bis zu Schritt 9/24 nach https://e.foundation/installer/ danach wird das #Fairphone5 nicht mehr erkannt. Ich muss mal ein paar Foren bemühen... Demnächst mehr!

Bei der Recherche bin ich über den Punkt 'Mobile Datennutzung immer aktiviert' bei den Entwickleroptionen gestolpert. Damit waren dann reichlich Updates wieder möglich: Aurora hatte mehr als 20 Updates für mich im Angebot - nu geht auch das Banking wieder - Ups!
Das ist mir bei Verifizierungsaufgaben schon früher aufgefallen: Über WLAN geht's nicht, auf mobile Daten umgestellt und schon ging alles durch. Traurige Erkenntnis.

Weitere Erkenntnis: Mein Arbeits-WLAN #eduroam geht nicht, wenn die SIM-Karte aus dem #Handy ist! Was werden den da für Daten gebraucht um ins WLAN rein zu kommen? - huiuiui!

Been monitoring various non-Google-oriented phones as a gift for someone special, and I'm currently eying either an /e/ OS phone, GraphineOS, or CalyxOS.
All three seem like something that'd be feasible for someone who isn't super tech-literate while diving into an open source mobile ecosystem.

#opensource #graphineos #privacy #calyxos #murena #teracube #phones #technology #fediverse

You can contribute to the #freesoftware movement even if you don't know how to write #code here's some practical examples:

1. @beacondb & #Neostumbler

BeaconDB is community-driven wireless geolocation database that serves as a replacement for Mozilla Location Services (MLS), which was discontinued in March 2024.

why is this project important?

because #Google collects extensive location data tied to user accounts for advertising and profiling (even if you turn off location history) Google doesn't understand consent, what a surprise! :blob_rollingeyes:

BeaconDB will provide privacy friendly geolocation, allowing #degoogled #android ROMs like #CalyxOS and #GrapheneOS to be used without relying on Google (Google's location services)

Neostumbler is an #opensource android app, that collects geolocation data from wireless signals such as Wi-Fi access points, cell towers, and Bluetooth beacons, NS does not collect personal identifying information, only anonymized wireless signal data and it can be turned off at any time. (can't say the same for Google)

you can start contributing to BeaconDB simply by downloading and installing NeoStumbler, enabling GPS, open NS and start a scan, start walking or driving, and after you cross a certain distance, you'll see some generated reports, press upload to upload them all (you can also go to settings and enable automatic uploading in the background)

If you want to volunteer and help us free our phones, laptops and smart watches from corporate ecosystems (like Google's location services) and achieve digital sovereignty in the aspect of geolocation, take a look at these links

- BeaconDB: https://beacondb.net/
- NeoStumbler: https://github.com/mjaakko/NeoStumbler

#opensource #geolocation #linux #programming #coding #technology #geoip #software #gis #openstreetmap #tech #github #iot #data #security #opensourceprojects #geotagging #locationdata #mapdata #opendata #fdroid #beaconDB #neostumbler #location #surveillance #privacy #mozilla #firefox

@marathon @begsby

Okay sounds great. If cloud storage is the biggest deal, then you should be able to find a $5 or $10 #VPS in the country of your choice that will certainly be performance enough. A few bucks more for a decent amount of storage:

https://github.com/nextcloud

If you need more than that, and you're self-hosting NextCloud, then #Wasabi can extend your NextCloud space with #S3 compatible storage buckets that you can literally just plug into your #NextCloud server for dirt cheap terabytes:

https://wasabi.com/#free-trial

This is also an excellent solution for your on demand videos (VoD) that you self-hosted on your own #PeerTube instance (You can run that PeerTube server on the same VPS as your NextCloud insurance too) 🤠.

#Degoogling.... Awesome 👍

There's several major choices and even more services that offer solutions. Some turnkey.

My two favs are #GraphineOS and #CalyxOS. I don't tend to pay too much attention to the rivalry and apparent enmity between these two camps, because they're both trying to support the same thing with respect to #freedoms, so if you already have a #Pixel I think I'd recommend:

https://grapheneos.org/ and there's literally boatloads of videos at your disposal for the DIY. I will say, that although it's quite marginal, my experience has been that this is slightly faster (responsive), but the last time I benchmarked was on a Pixel 3XL that I still enjoy as one of my daily drivers.

The #Calyx_Institute is a well known long-time champion of freedom and protections from #industrial_surveillance #dystopia and I do recommend that folks use the "MiFi" membership service. Here's a little known privacy fact #ProTip - their mobile service anonymizes you - your name appears nowhere in the 5G cellular service plan with the carrier, so you're only one of thousands of 5G devices that's identified by only, "Calyx Institute".

It's pretty much the cheapest plan available anywhere too, and gets even cheaper the second year:

https://calyxinstitute.org/membership/internet

You can also purchase a brand new degoogled phone at a great price too with CalyxOS preinstalled:

https://calyxinstitute.org/membership/calyxos - this is my personal fav, but like I said, GraphineOS and CalyxOS are both phenomenal and GraphineOS is prolly a bit more anal where you're privacy is concerned.

And there's also https://Brax.me - Rob Braxman, he sells degoogled phones and is a great resource for privacy education, but I think I'd opt for one of the previously mentioned #ROMs to flash my #Android.

If you get some time, you might be interested in reading up a bit on Nick Merrill - imagine being in the position of not even being able to attend your own court hearings because that would be a felony❕❕❕ Your attorney can go and represent you, but you cannot. You cannot even tell your own wife ❕❕

He was the first man to fight the injustice of an NSL and to my understanding, to date being the only successful person to do so, which is the only reason we are aware of it today.

It's a very scary thing and he has blogged about his fight and dilemma extensively. It's worth a deep dive and will reinforce why you are doing the right thing by eschewing Google services.

https://calyxinstitute.org/about

I hope that helps!

#tallship #fOSS #privacy

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