Comment by 🍀 gritty

Re: "KaiOS"

In: s/Degoogled_Phones

@5 that's also unfortunate. I was considering a dumb phone but I want something that has good build quality too. like back in the day.

🍀 gritty [OP]

2023-12-27 · 5 months ago

6 Later Comments ↓

🙂 s5 · Dec 27 at 22:12:

It’s quite unfortunate really as the phone itself was nicely made and lived up to it’s name, but if they put better OS than KaiOS on it, it would have probably been a better experience. I was pretty excited to use an alternative to android, but it was frankly terrible.

💀 requiem · Apr 11 at 12:10:

Just thinking out loud here really - KaiOS seems really good fun, and, as it is based on FirefoxOS, there ought to be a way to create a FirefoxOS fork that could replace KaiOS, right?

I’m quite fond of the idea of those little feature phones like the JioPhone 2 that has a full QWERTY keyboard. I’d love to get one of those to hack. I’m hoping to make sg similar based on the LilyGo T-Deck. Would be superfun.

🙂 s5 · Apr 12 at 04:23:

I believe someone did something similar to that, it was Gerda OS, if I remember right. I never tried it though, and I am not sure if it is still going.

💀 requiem · Apr 12 at 15:05:

That's amazing, thank you for pointing me to it!

🌲 Half_Elf_Monk · Apr 12 at 15:54:

Is there any reason not to use one of GrapheneOS, LineageOS, or CalyxOS? Those seem like they're better supported and more free/libre...

🍀 gritty [OP] · Apr 12 at 16:16:

I use Graphene, but as with anything you have to trust the developers. I don't do anything sensitive like banking on it, just in case.

Original Post

🌒 s/Degoogled_Phones

KaiOS — What are the opinions here on KaiOS? I see a bunch of feature phones with it, but I'm unsure if I should trust it.

💬 gritty · 12 comments · 1 like · 2023-12-27 · 5 months ago