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The problems I see with that option would be: - More expensive - Lower battery life - More fragile - No physical buttons (might be a positive if you like to

by Nition 8y ago

The problems I see with that option would be: - More expensive - Lower battery life - More fragile - No physical buttons (might be a positive if you like touch keyboards) - Temptation to use the features anyway

omnimus 8y ago
Recently i got myself xaiomi m1a1 and flashed lineageos. I didnt install google play services instead i just use few things from fdroid. Suprisingly i probably doubled battery life when i rooted phone and added some battery managment apps like greenify. Also with firewall you are pretty good blocking all outgoing stuff.
- drewmol 8y ago
  I second this. Currently waiting the 72 hour 'phone being paired to an xaiomi-account' period so I can unlock the bootloader and install lineagos for use as my new daily driver. I find this (using a custom, configurable and minimal android rom) satisfies my desire for settings tinkering and software control, provides the utility I'd like to keep (calls/email/sms-mms/mfa-otp/hotspot/calender/music/alarms/browser-when-needed) but is also boring enough to limit most of the distractions and helps alleviate alert-fatigue.
  - omnimus 8y ago
    Just note with xiaomi phones not all phones are the same in terms of rooting. Some phones need 'pairing with xiaomi account' some of them don't. It depends on preinstalled flavor of Android. For example my M1A1 does not require that becuase it is "Android One" phone - making the stock quite good. The problem with rooting this phone specifically is that Android One phones use some sort of A/B partition system for seamless updating. https://source.android.com/devices/tech/ota/ab/ https://source.android.com/devices/tech/ota/ab/ There are not so many guides on this and it was a littlebit of hustle. But i guess more and more phones will be like this so it will get easier. Of course if you don't mind just buy OnePlus where everything it is very easy (i had OnePlus one before).

by Nition 8y ago

omnimus 8y ago

Recently i got myself xaiomi m1a1 and flashed lineageos. I didnt install google play services instead i just use few things from fdroid. Suprisingly i probably doubled battery life when i rooted phone and added some battery managment apps like greenify. Also with firewall you are pretty good blocking all outgoing stuff.

drewmol 8y ago
I second this. Currently waiting the 72 hour 'phone being paired to an xaiomi-account' period so I can unlock the bootloader and install lineagos for use as my new daily driver. I find this (using a custom, configurable and minimal android rom) satisfies my desire for settings tinkering and software control, provides the utility I'd like to keep (calls/email/sms-mms/mfa-otp/hotspot/calender/music/alarms/browser-when-needed) but is also boring enough to limit most of the distractions and helps alleviate alert-fatigue.
- omnimus 8y ago
  Just note with xiaomi phones not all phones are the same in terms of rooting. Some phones need 'pairing with xiaomi account' some of them don't. It depends on preinstalled flavor of Android. For example my M1A1 does not require that becuase it is "Android One" phone - making the stock quite good. The problem with rooting this phone specifically is that Android One phones use some sort of A/B partition system for seamless updating. https://source.android.com/devices/tech/ota/ab/ https://source.android.com/devices/tech/ota/ab/ There are not so many guides on this and it was a littlebit of hustle. But i guess more and more phones will be like this so it will get easier. Of course if you don't mind just buy OnePlus where everything it is very easy (i had OnePlus one before).