I do not plan to purchase it from a carrier. Yes, I’m in the US. Is this even possible?

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    1 year ago

    as long as you don’t purchase it from a carrier then yeah it should be possible. though they have been going a weird direction with their OS lately, I don’t see why they’d remove that feature

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      1 year ago

      Thanks, that’s good to know. I’m a bit disheartened that support for OnePlus devices has dwindled a fair bit, but if it can be rooted I can still debloat it/add apps and features to it, so that’s OK!

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        1 year ago

        If you ever become independant from the Play Store and other Google services, OnePlus devices seem pretty good with DivestOS

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          1 year ago

          Even the OnePlus 11? I’m looking for a De-Googled experience, but with some features of Graphene (multiple accounts, ability to run some Google apps - I’d like to use Google Maps)

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                  It can, but it can’t uninstall system apps like the Play store or Google services. Just disable them at best.

                  With that said, once I root my device, I can install Magisk, actually debloat it and maybe install some other apps. I’m looking forward to purchasing a cheap device and experimenting!

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                    Oh, you can absolutely uninstall them. The files needed for installation will stay, but that’s the case with any app you remove like that.

                    Which is rather helpful, because it makes it easier to reinstall something in case you de-bloated a little too hard.