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I am using Discord under GrapheneOS and it works fine. No idea about Steam.

by fph 2y ago

mystified5016 2y ago
Discord works, but you don't get push notifications. The steam app works, but the steam guard qr code scanner is just removed from the app if play services aren't running. If they are running, it will usually just crash when you open the qr scanner. So yeah they "work" but not completely. You also absolutely cannot sign into your work Google account due to device security. Fully unsupported. Voicemail doesn't work for some of the largest providers, so I have to call my own number and navigate the menu tree like it's the 1900s. Graphene makes a lot of compromises for you and the attitude seems to be that Graphene knows better than you what's best for you and your device. That's why root access is explicitly forbidden.
- gausswho 2y ago
  I've been using GrapheneOS for a couple years now. I'm glad to see an Android fork that holds their ground as far as Play services are involved. You call them compromises but I see at more as providing visibility when apps are doing something I would otherwise object to but don't know about. It's opinionated, and therefore not for everyone. FWIW, Discord notifications are working fine for me. I also strongly discourage signing into work accounts on your personal phone. It's a privacy nightmare. Have them buy you one. Turn it off when you're not working.
- josephcsible 2y ago
  > That's why root access is explicitly forbidden. Can't you root GrapheneOS with Magisk, just like you would the OEM version of Android?
- dns_snek 2y ago
  I don't have any issues with Discord notifications[1] and I just installed the Steam app to check the QR scanner and I can confirm that it works for me. edit: Now I see some intermittent notifications about crashes in "camera provider" when opening Steam QR scanner but it doesn't actually interfere with anything, it still captures the camera and decodes the QR code. [1] https://i.imgur.com/tgTBgbZ.png https://i.imgur.com/tgTBgbZ.png

I am using Discord under GrapheneOS and it works fine. No idea about Steam.

by fph 2y ago

I am using Discord under GrapheneOS and it works fine. No idea about Steam.

Discord works, but you don't get push notifications. The steam app works, but the steam guard qr code scanner is just removed from the app if play services aren't running. If they are running, it will usually just crash when you open the qr scanner. So yeah they "work" but not completely. You also absolutely cannot sign into your work Google account due to device security. Fully unsupported. Voicemail doesn't work for some of the largest providers, so I have to call my own number and navigate the menu tree like it's the 1900s. Graphene makes a lot of compromises for you and the attitude seems to be that Graphene knows better than you what's best for you and your device. That's why root access is explicitly forbidden.

gausswho 2y ago
I've been using GrapheneOS for a couple years now. I'm glad to see an Android fork that holds their ground as far as Play services are involved. You call them compromises but I see at more as providing visibility when apps are doing something I would otherwise object to but don't know about. It's opinionated, and therefore not for everyone. FWIW, Discord notifications are working fine for me. I also strongly discourage signing into work accounts on your personal phone. It's a privacy nightmare. Have them buy you one. Turn it off when you're not working.
josephcsible 2y ago
> That's why root access is explicitly forbidden. Can't you root GrapheneOS with Magisk, just like you would the OEM version of Android?
dns_snek 2y ago
I don't have any issues with Discord notifications[1] and I just installed the Steam app to check the QR scanner and I can confirm that it works for me. edit: Now I see some intermittent notifications about crashes in "camera provider" when opening Steam QR scanner but it doesn't actually interfere with anything, it still captures the camera and decodes the QR code. [1] https://i.imgur.com/tgTBgbZ.png https://i.imgur.com/tgTBgbZ.png