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Do it! The actual wipe/installation only takes 5 mins without errors. The main faff is moving your data off then on again.
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Totally. GrapheneOS, LineageOS and CalyxOS are all good options. I think Lineage might have the widest compatability device wise.
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Thanks! Everything works like normal. Will do just fine with your GPS. The most complex part is wiping and installing the new OS, but there's a ton of help online.
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Thanks all. Now sold!
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The funny/great thing about Google Pixels is that you can de-Google them really well. I bought this refurbished from GiffGaff (£279) just over a year ago, and it's been running CalyxOS ever since (with automatic updates - now on CalyxOS 5.7.0). No Google bloatware/spyware trash, no forced Google apps, no logging into the Play Store etc etc.
Alas, I'm on a neverending quest for the perfect dumbsmartphone, and I've just managed to get LineageOS working on a Jelly Star so I'm switching to that. For now.. I used the Pixel with a really minimal launcher that listed my few apps plus gestures left/right to messages/browser, which got pretty bloody close to the dumbsmartphone ideal (see pic). I could still doomscroll with it if I really wanted to though. Hence the new tiny phone.
Anyway, this is Calyx: https://calyxos.org/ - defo check them out if you have a Pixel or a Fairphone.
I can switch it back to the standard Android OS if you like (#lame), but I would heartily recommend giving this a go first. Totally up to you. Phone itself is in excellent condition, colour is 'Stormy Black' and it comes with the lovely Otterbox Defender.
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Jelly Star is my only phone these days. Absolutely tiny.