My wish list for /e/

/e/OS Foundation & Community /e/OS experience
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Maybe for a quick fix the existing one from grapheneos can be used.

supl.grapheneos.org

I have few more:

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I like to a some more detials in this topic. The SoC manufacturers of phones are also contacted to fetch GPS data. As that is on firmware level e/OS phones probably still do that.

At least my phone (Tetris) contacts few times per day ugepodownload.mediatek.com

Qualcomm SoCs seem to a have similar feature.

See this article here: Are Qualcomm chips snooping on you? No, not quite • The Register

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two things i’d like to have for the operating system:

  1. the ability to add other open-source repositories to the app-lounge. one of the first things i did on my new phone was install droid-ify
  2. move the preinstalled apps to fdroid or similar so they get updated automatically. maybe at the same time move to standard thunderbird for the email client?

and for murena cloud, i think i’m looking for a more standard nextcloud set-up. things i use on my current nextcloud are:

  1. cospend shared with my partner
  2. share calendar with my partner
  3. share folders and files with my partner

maybe you could add family accounts or similar? at the moment i’m not sure if i can share a calendar with another user and i can’t see a way to install new apps on murena cloud

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I understand that simplicity is the concept with the bliss launcher, I’d still appreciate it if:

  • the option to have some kind of app drawer / library to organize your homescreen a little more (there are apps which are rarely used or simply work in the background so who needs them on the homescreen) and

  • keeping spaces on the homescreen (arrange the apps freely)

were possible.

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No you can’t. I’ve tried them all, and they are confusing and bad, some of them don’t even backup. There should be some unified backup for /e/OS, or of Lineage that I don’t know of, but all the garbage is unusable, because it’s not specifically written for /e/OS.

Back in the day there were simple solutions, just copy partitions via TWRP, but now it doesn’t work, I don’t know why, for example TWRP cannot decrypt /e/OS partitions even after putting correct unlock pattern.

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Why not if it fit in two categories?

It’s a valid question of having a wish list for good maps on /e/OS, and a valid question on different topic but the same question of technical kind.

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Since the previous post I responded too is gone, I can’t check what it was about.

Generally I agree, if it fits then it’s fine.

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You’ve scarred the poor guy :slight_smile:

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Keeping it tidy and relevant, not off topic (like we are also doing right now I would assume, wishlist not troubleshooting, etc.) was my intention :see_no_evil_monkey::see_no_evil_monkey:.

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  1. Include a own digital assistant in e/OS which would work offline in devices with MicroG.
  2. Fairphone Moments software need improvements, its glinchy and smoothless when its activated/deactivated.
  3. Transitions and browsing have been a little bit uncomfortable, during some search in browsers mainly, some actions get stock.
  4. The widget side part, we can add some, but not organize them freely by a desire position.
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First of all, let me.be very clear that I’m super happy with /e/os so far! I come from 14 years of full Apple integration and have been gradually migrating to more privacy focussed options (Proton suite, Signal,…).

I was super surprised by the clean OS experience that /e/is provides, privacy options and and battery life has increased greatly. Overall all my apps are working (except 1 banking app). Can’t say I’m missing anything except a privacy focussed wallet app

  • I would like my banking app (Boursorama) to work, without too many work arounds (was working on Pixel 8a with community build, not pixel 8 official build)
  • I would like a wallet app that doesn’t need Google services and that allows me to pay securely in store
  • I would like Android auto or a new privacy focussed alternative to function easily without Google services and multiple complex work arounds
  • I would like a native TTS engine that is better understandable
  • Murena cloud integration / migration could be smoother, I have been having issues with photo migration (>50000), tasks cannot sync/connect with account and contacts are being deleted automatically
  • Murena password manager with 2FA integrated
  • Haven’t updated the OS yet, but hoping this is OTA without complex manipulations on Official build
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For me, at the moment, I am really happy with /e/OS on the new FairPhone.

My biggest wish is for all of Murena Cloud to be E2E encrypted (I believe only the Vault is at present). At the moment it seems that Murena staff are able to access my data (including photos, contacts), plus anyone who happens to hack into it. So I have 2FA on, but would love to see see the full service E2E encrypted.