Need help - Pixel 8A ( Stock OS ) (lemmy.today)

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Hey there all.

I have recently had my Phone repaired by EE.

It had a Black screen of death.

The phone is a Pixel 8A. I Would rather not flash any other custom rom onto this phone, and I'd rather just stick with plain android, that it came with.

I already went through e/os and failed to install, but used GrapheneOs & Calyxos for a while.

I found. agood DNS service online. The DNS service is DeCloudJs .

I want to know if I stick with this dns what other methods can I use to make this phone a Hardened phone. A privacy friendly phone. A safe phone.

What are my best options, and settings, etc?

With DeCloudUs DNS is this enough? Even if on stock?

Thank you.

https://decloudus.com/

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

@AmbiguousProps what vpn should I use in this phone ( Pixel 8a ) if I flash Grapheneos onto it?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

People have said Mullvad and I'd agree with them despite never having used it. Only thing it lacks is port forwarding, but if you don't plan to torrent much that won't matter.

I use Proton, it works great and has port forwarding. A board member has created controversy (praised Trump), but the company is non-profit so there's that.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Another vote for Mullvad.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I use Mullvad.

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