You can disable updates on Samsung even if not rooted. Fix it in time to where you are. Of course, that also means no security updates, but they’re kindof forcing our hands.
Not for my model. This ones got a locked bootloader and no way to unlock it. Tried everything I could think of to keep this boi out of the recycling center with no dice.
Edit: Thanks for the other suggestions though I’ll take a look when I’m getting a new phone
If you reformat your phone before September will one of my mentioned operating systems, f-Droid will continue working.
If you really need a new phone, but do try to avoid it, buy one second hand one. Or buy a new one of these https://scribe.disroot.org/post/8920564 including Fairphone as an option.
Fuck man I cannot buy a new phone right now. All apps I use are from fdroid. I’m kinda fucked ain’t I?
Looking at cad$300 for a pixel 8a to get graphine on it. So sad my galaxy 9 can’t run postmarket, lineage, or anything really.
I guess the pixel 3a (I think that’s the one) with Ubuntu touch could work. Only a hundred it looks like to get that
You can disable updates on Samsung even if not rooted. Fix it in time to where you are. Of course, that also means no security updates, but they’re kindof forcing our hands.
Welcome to the dependency economy where you can’t afford to not let them fuck you.
Even better, under community builds here it looks like PostmarketOS supports Galaxy 9
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices
Not for my model. This ones got a locked bootloader and no way to unlock it. Tried everything I could think of to keep this boi out of the recycling center with no dice.
Edit: Thanks for the other suggestions though I’ll take a look when I’m getting a new phone
If you reformat your phone before September will one of my mentioned operating systems, f-Droid will continue working.
If you really need a new phone, but do try to avoid it, buy one second hand one. Or buy a new one of these https://scribe.disroot.org/post/8920564 including Fairphone as an option.