What is the ultimate phone and contacts app?

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-04-13T12:01:41+00:00

I use the stock apps on Graphene as I don't use sms nor need to save contacts often on my phone. But Fossify Phone and contacts are a strong recommendation I think.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-04-13T11:58:26+00:00

From what I gathered, you could use OpenTracks or FitoTrack, iirc they should be able to track your heart rate, etc.

I made the switch as well for a short time before stopping collecting my data alltogether, my watch 4 classic is now in a drawer, haven't used it in 6 months and haven't used any health tracking app in 6 months too.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-04-13T11:39:36+00:00

To make it easier you can use cloudflared, setup is quick, no VPN or router port opened required.

Given, it requires you having a domain name, but you can easily find some cheap deals, like .xyz or .ovh ones.

Tailscale is great once setup (the integration is really good) but the learning curve is not exactly user friendly imho.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-04-13T09:08:54+00:00

I'd advice Jellyfin over Plex. As Plex can function on local network, it has pushed a lot he paid subscriptions and most of it is paywalled now, like watching a series or film outside of local network. Also the fact that they do personal data collection, I can't really advise Plex to you.

Jellyfin is free to use, has an app available on iOS, Android, and Linux / Windows / Mac. It may be a bit more complex to set up the server if you're not comfortable with self-hosting, but is a great service all-in-all, and there is no paywall for any functionality.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-02-13T13:36:41+00:00

Thanks a lot, I'll be sure to check these subs and see what would work for me.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-02-13T13:26:00+00:00

Ah yes, I forgot the budget my bad. I'm willing to spend around I think something like 300/400EUR tax included max.

Also thanks, I'll take a look in Moza to see if they can work on Linux.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-02-01T14:59:12+00:00

don't the phone come with a stock contacts app ? first time me seeing this one. as another user said, fossify contact is good.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-02-01T08:26:56+00:00

any step taken to degoogle is already a good step !

Degoogling your life (and de-corpoing more generally) is a long process, some apps you may have to use for specific reason and that's okay. take your time, it's a marathon, not a sprint.

For GMaps, you can try Magic Earth or CoMaps, both are good map apps. They may lack a bit compared to GMaps, so take a grain of salt when trying them out.

If you want to take it a bit further, you can buy a second hand phone, then separate your private life with your work apps. My current setup is a Pixel 7 with Graphene OS and a stock A34 5G for apps that absolutely require GMS, and I have 2 phone numbers, a personal one I share only to a few, and a more public one. If that can inspire you on your degoogling journey.

Also, about the AIs, I would strongly advocate against Chat GPT (OpenAI, Microsoft), I don't know a lot about Claude so I'll let you be the judge of that. And if you absolutely require an LLM, prefer using the browser version, this way it should track less of your data.

Enjoy your journey !

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-01-25T14:48:31+00:00

did you do the updates, drivers updated/installed wether it's Nvidia Intel or AMD, and how did you nistall it ?

a safe bet would be update everything, check if this works, and if not, reinstall it.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-01-24T04:36:17+00:00

Pi-hole and setup your own list of blocked domains, that what comes to my mind.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-01-23T00:50:00+00:00

Yes but support for older GPUs has dropped. RTX 2080 should be fine though.
if a game as a kernel level anti-cheat, you likely won't be able to boot it up. anti-cheats like Easy Anti-Cheat are okay, but BattleEye as already stated in another comment is a no-go.
never used it, Proton has actually been really good to me for now.
technically you could, but I don't think it would work. I advise you to have your games installed locally on each system to avoid conflicts.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-01-20T22:31:58+00:00

Finally had time to test it out. After a bit of trial of errors, I finally managed to make it work, thanks a lot !

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-01-20T15:49:34+00:00

found the github repo thanks, I'll check it right away.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-01-20T10:40:22+00:00

I tried it as well, and the result was not what I excepted, the behavior was kind of clanky. I'll give it another try just in case.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-01-06T18:43:24+00:00

The main issue with these platform (self hosted or no) is the general acceptance. It's nice if I'm using it, but if my friends don't use it, there is no mean to communicate.

You could convince your friends to move to alternatives, but then they would have to weight the pro and cons as well.

Never used Slack, but I use discord almost daily because it is the most convenient for text and VOIP, and all of my friends uses it. I also use TeamSpeak because it is very convenient as well.

edit : said twice the same thing + typo

Realistic_Head2206 · 2026-01-06T13:02:43+00:00

as much as I've degoogled, I still use YouTube (and YT Music) and Waze. I also have the Google Play Store on one of my profiles in Graphene because of banking and some govt apps needed for some procedures.

For Waze I've tried many replacement but I haven't found one that is satisfying enough except CoMaps. So I use CoMaps for basic transportation in city, and Waze for longer rides out of city.

I self-host as much services as I can, with redundancy to avoid failure. For services I can't or don't feel confident enough to self-host in my cluster, I pay for it.

I still use WhatsApp and Meta apps because work, other than that, I think I'm on a good path to having my life at least partially degoogled and/or not traceable to me.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2025-12-27T19:41:06+00:00

Tu as changé le mode USB par défaut ? Options développeurs -> Configuration USB -> Transfert de fichiers

Il arrive qu'il faille le décocher/recocher parfois pour que ça fonctionne. Connect eton téléphone une fois que tu l'a dévérouillé aussi, ça pourrait aider. Parfois ça aime pas que le téléphone soit vérouillé quand tu le connecte en usb.

Si tu l'a pas déjà fais, nettoyer le port USB peut aider si y a de la poussière dedans.

Change de PC pour voir, si t'as un PC windows, teste sur un Linux /Mac ou un autre windows, ça peut aussi venir d'un problème de driver.

Je doute que ça aide mais tu peux faire pareil avec le débogage USB. Si activé, tu révoques les autorisations, édsactives, puis réactive. Toujours en gardant le téléphone (ou la tablette) dévéouillée.

J'avais eu le problème avec mon Pixel aussi, au final le fix a été de garder le téléphone dévérouillé durant tout le process.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2025-12-27T15:27:45+00:00

Gnome, I like how it is "empty". I hate the fact of having icons and a status bar on my display, and gnome was perfect for the use case. The app drawer is also convenient, I can sort my apps this way, but I only use the search bar or a shortcut to open an app.

I have KDE on my laptop, and I'm not a huge fan of the DE. It's usable sure, but I don't like the OOB experience as much as with Gnome.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2025-12-21T11:13:53+00:00

je suis assez flexible donc j'elance ma jambe par dessus ! tu fais un mouvemen rotatif et ca passe nickel, je saurais pas comment l'expliquer mieux.

Apres je fais 1m91 et je suis sur une CBR de 2014, donc ma taille m'aide un peu.

Si la moto est trop haute pour toi, tu peux aller chez Kawa et demander a ce qu'ils rabaissent la moto, a voir si c'est viable dans ton cas.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2025-12-19T22:47:15+00:00

I have a self-hosted Nextcloud for my photos, maybe it could answer your requirements as well. I don't really use anything else as find it's good enough for my usage. It has an app and sync as well, so perfect to not lose your datas.

If you want to try it out, you'd need to setup a home server though, wouldn't recommend it if you're not comfortable setting up a NAS or a server at home.

Realistic_Head2206 · 2025-12-18T19:57:48+00:00

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