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I am daily driving GrapheneOS for over a year now as my only phone on a pixel 3a and I like it quite a lot. Here's how I handle stuff and what limits i encounte
by dtx1 5y ago
I am daily driving GrapheneOS for over a year now as my only phone on a pixel 3a and I like it quite a lot. Here's how I handle stuff and what limits i encountered. Keep in Mind that you have to rethink your app usage aswell, meaning testing a lot of apps from F-Droid to see what works for you. You average FAANG Privacy Invasion App dejour propably won´t work and i´d be wary of hardware requiring an app to be used if you go all in.
1. E-Mail: Using Fairmail from F-Droid (paid version though) is great for GMail and most other Providers. Notifications are usually faster than G-Mail in the Browser.
2. WebBrowser: Using Fennec from F-Droid with Adblock. The Chromium Version integrated in Graphene is propably more secure though. But adblock is life...
3. OsmAnd from F-Droid for Navigation. Works well enough, UI is clunky though. But Offline Maps are pretty sweet to have.
4. Most Messengers work, Notifications are spotty sometimes. Telegram Signal, Element, Threema all do fine though Element sucks battery life down to unaccaptable levels. Haven´t and won´t test whatsapp.
5. OpenCamera + Nextcloud is good for Cloudsyncing and Camera.
6. Password Management with AndOTP and KeePassXC is sweet and integration of the fingerprint sensor is really useful. Useful enough that i miss it on my desktop linux
7. Paypal App works, my Banks app work but YMMV.
8. Biggest annoyances are local german Taxi Apps. They all don´t work but i was able to work around it using a website. Still can´t pay via app.
...Well i don't use my phone for much more than that.
Battery Life is great, Security and Privacy is also good. You can lookup App Compatibility to a degree here: https://plexus.techlore.tech/ https://plexus.techlore.tech/
- zmnxo718 5y agoBromium is also a good alternative to vanadium.
- kiawe_fire 5y agoThanks, this is very helpful both for setting expectations and for recommendations!