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<blockquote data-quote="Myriad" data-source="post: 906068" data-attributes="member: 52792">No , I fully agree ..... apart from anything else , just look at all of the violent street crime that comes from peoplestaggering about with a grand&#039;s worth of techno-bling on public display .How about this option ..... just for chuckles ?Buy a cheap Chinese smart phone ..... you really get a lot of &quot; bang for your buck &quot; with those things&nbsp; !![ So long as you can sleep OK , knowing that every device manufactured has already been back-dooredat the hardware level&nbsp; ......&nbsp;&nbsp; and BTW it wasn&#039;t really the Tooth Fairy that left us that money ..... it was Mao ... Ha ! ]Anyway .....Buy the phone , do the usual rooting ...... unlock fastboot , enable USB debugging , adb&nbsp; .... blah , blah , blahThen install Replicant , Lineage or whatever is currently the OS you most fancy&nbsp; .......... carry on with the apps you want , carefully avoiding all Google apps , and choosing only open source alternativesExamples -[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://opengapps.org/[/URL][URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://f-droid.org/[/URL]------I&#039;m seriously interested to hear from anyone who has done this , and is happy with the results ..... thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Myriad, post: 906068, member: 52792"] No , I fully agree ..... apart from anything else , just look at all of the violent street crime that comes from people staggering about with a grand's worth of techno-bling on public display . [B][U]How about this option ..... just for chuckles ?[/U][/B] Buy a cheap Chinese smart phone ..... you really get a lot of " bang for your buck " with those things !! [ So long as you can sleep OK , knowing that every device manufactured has already been back-doored at the hardware level ...... and BTW it wasn't really the Tooth Fairy that left us that money ..... it was Mao ... Ha ! ] Anyway ..... Buy the phone , do the usual rooting ...... unlock fastboot , enable USB debugging , adb .... blah , blah , blah Then install Replicant , Lineage or whatever is currently the OS you most fancy ..... ..... carry on with the apps you want , carefully avoiding all Google apps , and choosing only open source alternatives Examples - [URL unfurl="true"]https://opengapps.org/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://f-droid.org/[/URL] ------ I'm seriously interested to hear from anyone who has done this , and is happy with the results ..... thanks [/QUOTE]

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