Hello, I am considering de-googling my mobile experience. It seems like Samsung has bad security on their phones, which is why GrapheneOS is not available on Samsung phones, I guess. Ironically, google pixel phone is supposed to be the best fit for GrapheneOS.

So anyway, should I switch ? Ideally, I want to keep my phone. But my phone is quite old at this point, so I can consider buying a new phone. If I buy one, which one should I get?

Also, I heard call and mobile data does not work well on GrapheneOS and the like. How bad is it?

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    19 hours ago

    If you really want to keep your current phone you could use a different ROM. One I know off the top of my head is /e/. I don’t believe it’s quite as hardcore about security as Graphene, but it might be your best option (or at least the cheapest one).

    As for why Graphene only supports Pixels is supposedly because they’re the only phones that support relocking the bootloader.

    Edit: I forgot to mention that /e/ only works on Samsung phones with certain processors, so if your device is from certain regions (such as America) it won’t be compatible.