But can it run a degoogled Android rom well?
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nylo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day agomy Chinese tiny phone has a name, it’s the Unihertz Jelly Star. they even have a subreddit, not sure what makes you think it’s a “no name” they make a lot of phones for niches in today’s world including one with a physical qwerty keyboard.
now the fact that they’re the only company filling those niches sucks, but it’s better than nobody doing it.
RecallMadness@lemmy.nz 1 day ago
nylo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
not sure. stacking niches means there’s a good chance the answer is no though.
if it’s just a matter of specs it should be up to it, the hardware is pretty beefy for a phone, but I figure there’s more to it than that.
personally I don’t have the spoons to pour in the effort required to degoogle. the fact that the algs and few ads I see are completely irrelevant to me suggest that I have thoroughly confused them by how non-standard my internet usage is. I’m not overly concerned about the data they do get or what they do with it.
there are enough Man-Made Horrors Beyond My Comprehension™️ keeping me up at night but you do you
ilmagico@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The old jelly pro had a decent modding community, and I definitely was able to unlock the bootloader and root it, though not sure about degoogling.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 19 hours ago
Seems to not be supported by Lineage… I wonder if a more privacy-preserving OS can be installed at all? I don’t teust stock ones.
kurcatovium@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Well, how’s it supported? This is usually what kills these phones. Even brand like Xiaomi dump their non-flagship model really soon. I have one, bought as a new model, was officially supported for like a year. Great.
nylo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I’m not really sure. what happened when it was no longer officially supported?
kurcatovium@lemm.ee 1 day ago
It just stopped receiving updates, even security ones.