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My deGoogled phone finally arrived!! (Teracube 2s (DeGoogled w/ e/OS)) (thelemmy.club)
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Ive been using google's services since 2017-2018, now its time to finally depart from that. I just got it in the mail yesterday and I'm already in love with it. So much lighter and easier to carry than my samsung galaxy. Gonna transfer everything over in a sim card, switch to Tmobile and ill be good to go. ๐Ÿ˜

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[โ€“] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

It's extrmely easy to degoogle xiaomi phones too, but they're a bit more expensive.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    my xiaomi has been a pain in the ass. i need a phone number to request an unlock from xiaomi, but none of the us carriers will let it on the network anymore; or at least long enough to let it have a number that i can use for xiaomi registration.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Dang that's unfortunate. I thought t-mobile and atnt network bring your own phone type services will work, as long as they provide a microsim or esim.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It used to work, but T-Mobile made a huge update to thier blacklist and it was clear that it was targeted at Chinese branded phones, but not the ones that share hardware w other brands like Oppo.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I'm actually using a Xiaomi 15 on US Mobile right now, have been for two months or so!

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 month ago

    mine's a redmi note13 pro.

    count yourself lucky that it's still working on pre-paid plan; mine worked for almost 3 years.

    if have on a contract/lease basis with them, then you'll be okay since they already know who/where you are every time you use/carry the phone.

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