GrapheneOS on pixel devices is so great, I hope you all try it! The private & secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility. Developed as a non-profit & is free and open source software

-Permission toggles, pin scrambling, auto-reboot, scopes, MAC randomization, isolated user profiles, longer passwords, sandboxed apps, open source firmware, no bloat & increased battery life +more! -Privacy, security & anonymity FOSS!

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    1 year ago

    I used GrapheneOS until my phone got too old and GrapheneOS didn’t support it anymore. Then I was forced to switch to LineageOS (or buy a new phone).

    GrapheneOS is great, but the downside is it only runs on a small number of models.

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      1 year ago

      CalyxOS is a similar custom rom which still supports the older Pixel phones aswell as the Fairphone 4
      my old Pixel 3 is still rocking on newest Android with monthly updates

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      1 year ago

      That’s by design - unfortunately only Pixel has the correct hardware for some security modules. You’d be less secure if you were able to install it on any other phone.

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      1 year ago

      Darn, I’ve been boycotting the Pixel ever since Google broke my 4 XL and tried to get me to pay to have them repair it.

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    1 year ago

    sounds great. this is why i wish mobile phones had something equivalent to a standard of some kind (is it called uefi/bios or something) so that it would be universal like on pc when it comes to installing different oses, so for example you could install grapheneos on any phone, etc. but sadly it didn’t turn out like that, and now oses and custom roms (idk why they are called that) have to be manually ported to every single device seperately.

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    1 year ago

    Switched from iPhone to GrapheneOS about six months ago. Love that my phone now has so much more FOSS.

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    1 year ago

    Any solution to get phone calls into your computer? Like what Apple between the iPhone and macOS computers?

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    1 year ago

    I used it for a few months and liked it. I switched back to stock. I’m considering trying out /e/os on my Pixel 4a 5g but it bricked when flashing so I’m going to try to fix that tomorrow.