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#Degoogle

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ttt777

did i brick my phone?

lemmy.world/post/28143860

lemmy.worlddid i brick my phone? - Lemmy.Worldsorry for the long text :l i was trying to install /e/ os on my moto g30, and i was doing it on my linux mint laptop. however, for some reason, everytime i tried to connect the phone to the laptop, it would display a message, something like “cannot connect to *** (think it was something like “MTG”?)”, however even thougth that message was spamming, i was able to do basically everything: unlock bootload, take the code to be able to really unlock it with motorola itself, “install” the OS (it even went all the way to the /e/ os custom recovery mode screen), however, when installing the .img files for good, it gave me some message like “cannot identify signature”(??), but even with that, it still went all the way to 100% install. however when i reboot it, it went back to the motorola welcome screen. tried to look it up, and the “mtg” error was something with the usb port. tried switching and still nothing. tried to find a solution but didnt found. so i went to my pc wich is dual booted with windows. in there, i downloaded the adb and fastboot programs, and it was recognizing the device. however, it was late at night, so i went to bed and turned pc off. today, when i tried again, the adb and fastboot commands simply does not recognize the device anymore. and i cant do anything. now i only have a “secure mode”(or something like that, dont remember) /e/ os screen, qnd the normal motorola android bs. did i brick the phone? can i delete everything (both /e/ os and motorola android) and staet again from scratch? what would be the best solution for this problem? i dont live in the USA, so buying a degoogled phone is basically not viable. and i dont have enought money to buy another phone. only have the g30 and my main one, a samsung galaxy s20fe. however i saw that basically there isnt a custom rom for the samsung, and am too afraid to do it and brick my phone (like with prob just happenned with my moto g30). any help/ advice? :l
#degoogle
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Nigel

The last stage of my long n winding degoogle is nigh. I have a lot of older and semi permanent accounts where I used my gmail address as login/username. It's a laborious process getting those changed, for perfectly understandable security reasons.

I run my own email server and it's very solid; good backup strategy etc, but... for the 'bleedin important' accounts (bank, tax etc) I will still stick to a 3rd party cloud email provider. So I have gone for disroot.org

Thoughts?

#degoogle#disroot
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JW Prince of CPH, Radicalized

"Leaving Meta"-halløj i Valby Kulturhus fablab 👉 partiful.com/e/DFgqBcQb6D5lYbK?

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PartifulRSVP to Leaving Meta Fyraften - Peek inside the Black Box | PartifulVelkommen til Leaving Meta fyraften! Stedet, hvor folk, der vil ud på den snørklede vej væk fra de store platforme, kan finde ligesindede på færden. Der findes mange teknologier, der er designet til at snuppe vores tid. Og vi forstår ikke engang, hvordan de virker eller ser ud indeni. For de er inde i en sort boks. (har du nogensinde åbnet en iPhone?). Så i denne uge tager vi til åbent værksted i fablab, hvor vi kan blive klogere på, hvordan de virker og også benytte sig af eller lære at bruge brodericomputer, lasercutter, foliecutter, digitalt tekstiltryk og 3D-printerne. Der er også et syværksted. Lige som sidst kan man også komme forbi med sine devices og få hjælp til at komme lidt væk fra de store platforme. Der vil bl.a. være hjælp til fediverset og til at blive sin egen internet landlord (få sin første hjemmeside med en rigtig url) Tag forbi Valby Kulturhus efter arbejde/skole/hverdagsgøren ondag d. 23. april. Der vil være folk, der kan hjælpe dig i gang – uanset om du er helt ny eller bare har brug for et skub i den rigtige retning. Kom også, hvis du vil lære fra dig eller bare har lyst til at sniksnakke. Må gerne deles Vi ses! 🖖
#LeavingMeta#degoogle#tech
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Ungraded

E-mail forwarding

lemmy.ml/post/28485081

lemmy.mlE-mail forwarding - LemmyHi, [https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/ac951e6d-57a2-46b7-94cb-83c8c4dc2199.png] I know this is not exactly a pure “degoogle” but as many members of this community are looking for a gmail replacement I would like to recommend an anonymous mail forwarding service like https://addy.io/ [https://addy.io/]. I would also like to hear your opinions on this or several similar services. In case you don’t know what it does here is my short explanation: It is an email forwarding service. So basically you sign up with your (new non gmail) email address. Whenever you sign up for something you would normally use your email you use a new Addy.io [http://Addy.io] mail instead. This works on the fly without having to login to Addy.io [http://Addy.io] beforehand or even having to use a plugin or app. Let’s say I would want to sign up for Lemmy I would just type “lemmy@my_name.addy.io” in the email form. Now all mails to this address get forwarded to my real email address without Lemmy knowing it. I think this has a lot of benefits: - Additional privacy: the service I sign up to doesn’t know my mail. In case it gets hacked it is more difficult to figure out where else I signed up. - Phishing and spam protection: Mail from “my bank” to my Lemmy address saying I should change my password. I don’t think so. But now I know they got hacked or sold my data and I can just delete the alias. - switching mails: let’s say you just degoogled your mail but now it turns out the CEO of the new mail provider is a dick. Switching you mail on all the services and news letters you use again? I don’t think so. Just change one mail in your forwarding service and your good to goAddy.io [https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Faddy.io%2F]
#degoogle
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Matt

Software review: Betterbird

lemmy.ml/post/28483700

lemmy.mlSoftware review: Betterbird - LemmyCross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28483610 [https://lemmy.ml/post/28483610] > - https://web.archive.org/save/https%3A%2F%2Ftypekmatus.blogspot.com%2F2025%2F04%2Fsoftware-review-betterbird.html [https://web.archive.org/save/https%3A%2F%2Ftypekmatus.blogspot.com%2F2025%2F04%2Fsoftware-review-betterbird.html] > - https://ghostarchive.org/search?term=https%3A%2F%2Ftypekmatus.blogspot.com%2F2025%2F04%2Fsoftware-review-betterbird.html [https://ghostarchive.org/search?term=https%3A%2F%2Ftypekmatus.blogspot.com%2F2025%2F04%2Fsoftware-review-betterbird.html] > - https://archive.today/?run=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftypekmatus.blogspot.com%2F2025%2F04%2Fsoftware-review-betterbird.html [https://archive.today/?run=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftypekmatus.blogspot.com%2F2025%2F04%2Fsoftware-review-betterbird.html] > > Use the translator in the sidebar to translate the page
#degoogle
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Balloons

Mein bisheriger Beitrag zur #BuyFromEU -Bewegung:

• Browser: Vivaldi
• Musik: Spotify
• Mail: Tuta Mail
• Cloud (für Fotos): pCloud
• Künstliche Intelligenz: Mistral
• Lebensmittel: zu 90% Europäisch

Zudem versuche ich möglichst PayPal zu vermeiden und nutze stattdessen Klarna, sofern es angeboten wird als Zahlungsmittel.

An Social Media muss ich noch arbeiten. Hier fehlen mir leider zu viele Leute.

#degoogle
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Internxt

As promised, we compiled a list of some European tech companies to meet your privacy needs 👇

blog.internxt.com/european-tec

There’s something for everyone: chat assistants, project management tools, operating systems... you get the idea.

We’d love to hear more suggestions, anything we missed (thanks for the suggestions already), and any tools you use and would recommend (Chat GPT alternatives?)

Internxt · 22 European Tech Companies for Privacy| Internxt BlogAn extensive list of over 22 European tech companies to help you switch from US services that profit from your data.
#degoogle#europe#technology
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Osma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦

Relearning IMAP conventions and unlearning Gmail, things I really would like to keep:
- multiple From identities with their own outgoing servers in one inbox
- labels instead of folders (because that allows categorizing same email many times)

Haven't yet found a service which does either.
#degoogle

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Rob

Eigentlich wollte ich nur #GrapheneOS auf dem neuen Telefon nutzen, um #unplugtrump #degoogle abzuschließen.
Mittlerweile wurschtel ich mich seit Wochen durch Traefik, Crowdsec und Co. um meine ganze Serverstruktur umzuwerfen, da sie an Ihre Grenzen kommt mit den ganzen Services, die man so selbst hostet. Nun ja, viel gelernt und nächste Woche wird migriert. Bin gespannt....

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