this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2024

222 points (97.4% liked)

Privacy

32159 readers

202 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
Be nice :)

Related communities

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

222

Installed GrapheneOS for the first time (midwest.social)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

169 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I have not any prior experience with installing custom ROMs, but after trying it out (and getting stuck, and googling and finding answers) I successfully did it. Below is my home screen if anybody is curious:

I use OpenBoard for my keyboard. Unfortunately I am still dependent on Play Store since some of the apps I need can only be found there. Sometimes it feels meaningless committing to this whole thing because I'm not perfectly private; then I think this is better than using a regular iPhone or Android phone.

So far I'm liking it. I am naturally inclined to feel hesitant about using this as my main phone and plugging in a SIM since it's custom, but I'm slowly making the transition.

Feel free to share any beginners advice or your own experience using GOS for the first time. Cheers!

(page 2) 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] Sivilian 5 points 4 months ago

I have been using lots of the different private keyboards that have been out for a while but FUTO just came out with a amazing Keyboard that has better then Google Voice typing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think I can live without playstore completely but I might need K-9 with Google emails for some stuff on my device, so I guess I'm not escaping Google spying on my IP address anytime soon. Other than that, I don't use Google or apps from the playstore at all

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Today I learned that Vanadium has a search widget, so thanks for the post :D

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It gets me wondering, I have never use a search bar widget in my life and I find them rather setting in the way.. My search bar is just 1 tap away inside Firefox, which is also on the desktop... I've not seen many people around me use it

Do people really use it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well I used to use it when I was still using normal Android. When I open Vanadium I get greeted with the last page I visited and I get distracted from that, so a search widget helps me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Makes sense. Whenever I open Firefox, of opens on the (empty) homescreen where I can start typing in the URL bar right away. But everyone has got their own ways!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Sorry for the noob question, but are you able to access your banking apps with GrapheneOS? If so, how?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Most apps should work with no issues. There’s a compatibility list at https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compatibility-with-grapheneos/

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What are your concerns regarding using your SIM card?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It's actually nothing but beginner paranoia. Will it work properly even on a custom ROM, is the main question spinning in my head.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Works for me on Verizon and has for 5+ years. Google Fi even works as I've tried that with a different phone on GrapheneOS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

When I last used Graphene, it was on a pixel 4 XL, and I used a Google Fi sim card just fine. Texting, specifically MMS was borked, group chats would just be massive sentences of spaghetti letters. Other than that though, issue free.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

Same issues here. I love GOS but I need basic things like SMS/MMS/RCS to work, and right now they just don't.

load more comments (6 replies)

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm still waiting on LineageOS being ported on my phone (SM-A536B).

[–] possiblylinux127 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You are welcome to work on it. However, Samsung devices are a absolute pain to work with.

load more comments (2 replies)

load more comments