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Hello, I have used a fairphone2 with LineageOS without microG. I have used it as a phone (voice, short messages) and satnav (Osmand+, I cannot confirm what tatterdemalion writes, so it might be somewhat dependant, on where you are, and what quality the openstreetmap data has). I had installed a few apps from fdroid, but I never really used this stuff much. When it broke on me, I went back to a stone age flip phone. If I need navigation, I'm probably driving in a car, so a small notebook works well for me.

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~jecxjo wrote:

I second LineageOS. Running it on a Pixel 3a with no Google Services. Works well, I'd say about 80% of the services I want on a smart phone are available via FDroid or an APK package site. Sadly of all things I miss is listening to baseball games. I have a junk Android phone i use for work (mobile development) that doesn't have a sim, just use wifi and a junk Google account so i installed the app there.

~ahirusan wrote:

I think I am not ready to came back to a dumb phone. 😅