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And if we could get a privacy centric, google-free version of android to go on there as well, happy days!

 

I fear this will be impossible - almost all important apps from the major manufacturers are published only in the google store - and w/o a google account, you can't even install software (let alone install older versions of an app). Truly a few steps backwards for the general computing platforms - and it starts to infect everything from TV sets to central heating control panels :(

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

 

"Remember: If the game lets you do it, it's not cheating." -- Xarax

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What's special about this one?

 

I'm still on a phone with buttons :P

 

Hurray! http://cdn2.gsmarena.com/vv/pics/orange/zte-orange-atlanta.jpg

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What would be nice would be if we could get this as a kit, with an open source operating system we compile ourselves, so we know exactly what's on it and what it's doing, they can keep their apps I want my phone to do what I want, nothing more and nothing less. I want the ability to completely wipe and restore my phone with a different OS if I want just like I can with my PC. I want the ability to back my phone up just like I can with my PC.

 

In short I want a PC that can make phone calls rather than a phone that runs prepackaged apps.

 

Never going to happen though :(

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Don't they run on top of the android system that's already there though ?

 

or do they completely replace the firmware in the phone ?

 

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DUH! this is on the web isn't it, I can go look for myself, sorry

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Don't they run on top of the android system that's already there though ? or do they completely replace the firmware in the phone ?

If i was forced to remove google from my mobile life I would go with Cyanogen mod, I have played with it on my S4 and if it wasnt for the rubbish gui of the calender, email and browser app's I woukld be using as my main rom.

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Out of those I only really use the browser & the default one is pretty basic in my phone, from the quick skim I jut did it looks like I can use the play store so I could always use Firefox instead.

 

Thanks for the info, I think I'll be giving this a hard look.

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