The installation was very easy! It’s very greatful that my data doesn’t send to Google any more.
How do you take a picture of your phone?
With my AI nightmare camera glasses!
here we go again
I was there. I was there 3,000 years ago…
You have to be really, really fast. But it can be done. I find that if you can accurately speak in dial up tones to your phone, you should be able to snap a photo while you’re communicating with it.
Wait, how did you take a picture of you taking a picture of your phone?
context for the confused.
Absolutely legendary thread.
I have a pixel phone being shipped to me now, can’t wait to post one of these too.
I just got a Pixel 9 last week and put GrapheneOS on it. Couldn’t be happier with it so far. The install was completely painless using web installer. All my apps worked out of the box. Google Store works fine in the sandbox. UX is good, and you don’t have any of the crap Google normally loads like all the adaptive services, and all the other junk that runs in the background.
Welcome to serenity in the middle of the storm. Isn’t it great at first boot after install where you only have a clean canvas with a couple of apps and absolutely no bloat?
Welcome ! Quick tip: Google has a database of cell towers that helps getting a location quickly and helps starting the GPS connection even indoors.
You don’t have that on GOS. So when you use localization with organic maps, you’ll notice it struggle to find you. You have to have a clear view to the sky to get a ping and then you can use it inside your car for example.
I also use https://github.com/barbeau/gpstest to get the ping more quickly.
You can improve a coverage alternative with one of the many apps which discover and upload cell towers to Beacon DB.
Thank you, I did not know about that. I’ll look into it. I see it’s on Accrescent
GrapheneOS has some services of its own that improve location speed and accuracy when enabled: SUPL and PSDS. They’re both implemented in ways that try to preserve privacy. See here for more info:
https://grapheneos.org/faq#default-connections
With these enabled, it’s usually quick to get your precise location.
I have both enabled but still difficult to get a ping without a clear view to the sky. I will try network location though.
I wish I didn’t give away my pixel to my friend.
What weather app you using?
That’s ‘Brezzy Weather’. Has been my favorite weather app for a couple of years.
Breezy is such a treasure. Logging the network activity on any typical mainstream weather app really gives you the chills. I finally found this privacy-respecting and really beautifully designed app and I am so glad it exists.
Not a privacy nightmare I suppose?
Absolutely not. You can choose whatever sources you want (your mileage may vary). You have the option to block location and just add the name of the cities you want to keep an eye on as well. It’s a delight to use.
I use Openweather as my source for most data points.
Looks like Breezy
Let’s hear the review!
Welcome!
Congratulations!
i am very stupid when it comes to phones… how can I wipe android and install graphenous. I will buy a new chip/SIM for my last phone to test/see how it works. Reveal your magic please. I just want a basic phone (text, call, maybe even a map/weather app and like a note app). I can use cash money or bank cards for paying for stuff- don’t need an app/service for that, perfectly capable as an adult to manage paying for shit without an electronic device.
You need to get a Google Pixel, then go to the GrapheneOS web installer on your PC and follow the instructions.
Just go to the grapheneOS website and it will walk you through it.
I have a medium competency with this kind of thing and the actual install was shockingly easy. Took about 15 mins.
You just change a couple of settings on your phone (it walks you through everything), plug it in and then press some buttons in sequence on their site.
Just make sure you back up everything you need from the phone first.
Next step, compile lineage for your Galaxy S3 from 2012 and use it to watch movies
Yeah, I would like graphene, if not for the fact that they require me to brimg money into the google echo system…
But at the same time, you are signaling that you give money to a phone where is OK to actually change what it runs without much questions (for how long? Not sure). In a way, it’s an incentive to do something positive (even if it is google).
Also as someone mentioned, getting second hand phones is possible although I understand it can be a big gamble at times
That’s a lame excuse to not reap the benefits GrapheneOS provides
Used phones exist and if you buy ANY android phone google has been paid at some point for licensing not to mention whatever junk the carrier puts on them to subsidize costs.
It has always been an option to buy a used phone, immediately unlock the bootloader, and install GrapheneOS on it while avoiding installing Google apps entirely.
Then Google gets none of your money.
What phone? I might try it out since I feel like tinkering.
Pixel 9a
Does anyone know if Google pay and banking apps from India (UPI) work on GOS? Pretty much impossible to live in an Indian city without these apps now
Most apps will work with just sandboxed play services installed. But, If your app has implemented play integrity checks then you need play store installed, and you need to be logged in too. Only then you’ll be able to use banking apps.
It really depends on the banking app, for example mine used google play store to download but doesnt need it to run at all (updates happen from it though). So i can run it on my main profile with GPS (google play store) disabled.
Protip - Download something like the Shelter app so you can set up a Work profile space and install the apps that need GPS to run n then this can be the space where you have these apps. Shelter has a really handy feature that lets you get notifications from these apps when on another profile n can send files between. Best of all you can pause the work space, basically stops all apps.
At the start i had quite a few GPS apps here but I’ve slowly using less n less. At the moment there are three apps there that I need for work but only rarely so really need to unpause that space like 2% of the time.
P.S - try and ensure the apps on your main profile are not downloaded from GPS/Aurora Store. You can check the app info to see which store you downloaded them from. If you can, get them from other stores (others have given good tips on those already) or their own websites/githubs. Basically want to have zero connected apps n can disable google play store n services on your main profile.
Google pay will not work. As for the banking apps, it’ll depend on how the app is implemented. I can pay with my Chase app, but no Google pay (yes, I tried, Sue me 🤣)
Here is a list of apps that don’t work.
https://grapheneos.org/articles/attestation-compatibility-guide#apps-banning-grapheneos
PhonePe works perfectly fine. Bhim UPI works sometimes but definitely needs play services and does not work on private profiles. Need to be installed in main profile.
Unless something has changed in the past couple years, google pay doesn’t work.
Here’s a compatibility list for banking apps: link
