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[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (7 children)

I went outside my comfort zone and installed Lineage on my old Pixel, only to find out I couldn't get wi-fi calling, so I reverted to my Google OS. Oh no. Any options other than Lineage or a new phone? This 6 year old phone works great except for the lack of updates, and except for the upcoming Gemini updates :( I'm struggling.

Edit: Ubuntu Touch, anybody?

Edit 2: Looks like VoLTE isn't supported on Ubuntu, either. Any idea why?

[–] NotKyloRen@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I believe I'm too old with my 3a. I've been considering getting a used 5, 6, 7, or 8 off ebay but I worry that support will run out. Any idea if that's true?

[–] sonalder@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No they will support these device as long as Google does.

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's what I expected, but had hoped there would be additional legacy support. Google previously only supported Pixels for 3 years, right? They may be more competitive with Apple now, but that's still only 6-7 years. In that case, if I buy an old Pixel on ebay it's not likely to have much of a run left.

My issues with Lineage are related, although they obviously try to give legacy support (perhaps without the ability to make full security updates), but we still run into functionality issues like my lack of wi-fi calling. I don't think that is so much about the age of the phone as it is due to tech/frequency updates that are non-compatible with some older devices, and proprietary opaqueness in the Google code. I wish Lineage would at least list this issue on their wiki, phone by phone, as that would make it easier for me to decide on my next step.

I hear a tiny dev team made some VoLTE progress in the Linux world, but I am way over my head in trying to understand exactly what's going on. I think they've got an Ubuntu Touch device working with VoLTE for the first time? Does it work in the US? Does it have Wi-fi calling? I have many questions but need to keep reading. (I know VoLTE is different from VoWiFi, but I see them used interchangeably at times.)

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[–] blouse5293@mtgzone.com 14 points 4 days ago

That's why degoogle community have more users recently !

[–] Lemmchen@feddit.org 14 points 4 days ago

Just disable Gemini completely.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 3 days ago

Gemini now has a second set of toggles buried in its settings menu. You can go to Profile → Apps inside the Gemini app and manually disable access to Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, or Utilities. But these are turned on by default, even if you’ve disabled tracking in the past.

So I just went to the app in my neighbor's phone, and it asked me to switch. I said no, and it won't let me do anything else. So will this need to be done next week?

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