For those who use GrapheneOS, is it worth it? Do you like it?

My backups are done, all that is left is the final choice to wipe my whole phone.

  • Armand1@lemmy.world
    20·
    7 days ago

    Made the jump last week.

    The only thing I miss is Android Pay, but it’s not a big deal. Cards are fine, you’ll just need to remember your wallet.

    I did find I had a problem with my work 2FA app, but that’s their problem to solve, not mine. Maybe they’ll give me a 2FA USB key.

    A few pieces of advice:

    • Don’t forget to back up any apps with local data that support it. You won’t get your app data back from the play store. Many FOSS apps have built-in backup optioms to files etc.
    • Back up your phone logs and SMS if that’s valuable to you, and ideally make sure the backup works on another device.
    • Install GCam to keep the same level of camera quality and features as the original app provides. I recommend BigKaKa’s versions for good compatibility with Pixels, though they can get a little cluttered.
    • Do install both the Play Store and Play Services if you want to use any Google app like YouTube or Maps (even some non-Google ones will need it). Then use a more private app store like Aurora and remove all permissions from the Play Store to strike a good middle-ground.
    • The Fossify apps are great alternatives to the imo not very good stock apps preinstalled on LineageOS.
    • confuser@lemmy.zip
      1·
      7 days ago

      Nice link to the GCAM app fork, brings back some features that I missed out on with the normal app.

    • Imaginary_Stand4909@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      Do install both the Play Store and Play Services if you want to use any Google app like YouTube or Maps (even some non-Google ones will need it). Then use a more private app store like Aurora and remove all permissions from the Play Store to strike a good middle-ground.

      I unfortunately use play services on both my main profile and gaming profile (I had to make a seperate non Premission Manager X profile to be able to play games), but if you’re smart like Veronica in her GrapheneOS video, you can do a degoogled profile and a sandboxed profile!

      If I could convince my family to contact me through Signal/Molly rather than Google Messages, maybe I could go completely degoogled on one profile. But alas.

    • excursion22@piefed.caEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      I feel like the tap pay would be what I miss most, but I saw someone suggest just getting a case that can hold your payment card, and it’s essentially the same thing.

      • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
        1·
        7 days ago

        Be careful with having your card exposed; there exists a scam where someone puts a chip reader waist level in certain places, like a crowded line, where it’ll skim off a few dollars off anyone who gets close enough. The rfid blocking cards work well (just do a bit of research, lots of sham ones out there), it also looks like there’s some options for rid blocking phone wallets too.