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>>madars+(OP)
I just installed Graphene on a new pixel. I've only used it for two days, but I got that same feeling of "finding buried treasure in your backyard" I got when I first installed Linux in 1999. I can't believe this amazing software is free in all senses of the word. It is a TON of work and they got so much right. The security and usability settings give all the grainular control I've known was possible and wanted for a long time.

I see some core team on this thread, so just wanted to say THANK YOU! Awesome job! Keep fighting for the users!

I'm totally the wrong person to offer recommendations on mobile, but so far it works very well for me, but then, I use almost no third party apps, and none of them are Play store only. My only complaint is the hardware (outside of their control).

>>jrexil+LE
I got it installed last weekend, really powerful mobile OS.

I did do about three weeks of research, as I worried that maybe a number of apps wouldn't run on it or needed some form of deep attestation. Didn't find much, OpsGenie and other work apps are happy with the GOS level of attestation provided.

Great to have Google kicked off the phone. So nice to shut off the network permission for any apps that only require an internet connection to serve ads.

One tip from me, if you came from stock Pixel: You can download the default Pixel sounds and set them up like it was. Have a look for "Your New Adventure" online, the message sound is "Eureka".

>>csmatt+h61
I've got a Pixel 9a expected to arrive today, specifically for it to run GrapheneOS. One of my old phones was a Nexus 6P running CopperheadOS (prior to the dispute that spawned GrapheneOS), and it was great back then. Looking forward to how things have progressed in the years since.

I wish GrapheneOS would support non-Pixel hardware, though, specifically my Fairphone 4. I get why that probably won't ever happen, but it feels like a massive regression in terms of repairable hardware to move away from that.

>>yellow+Oqd
Don't you have Lineage OS on you phairphone?

>>W3zzy+Z0k
Yes, but there are various annoyances that I was tired of dealing with:

- RCS chats not sending/receiving, which has caused me to not be able to receive or send messages from/to multiple group chats with friends/family (probably going to be an issue with GrapheneOS, but at least plenty of people have reported that to be possible to work; currently doing the "disable RCS and wait 10 days" dance, so we'll see how that shakes out)

- Every other reboot the speakers would fail to initialize, meaning I couldn't hear anything except through Bluetooth (massive problem for getting up in the morning if I'm relying on my phone's alarms!).

- Microphone quality was inconsistent; sometimes I'd sound fine, and other times I'd sound muddy. Also not an issue through Bluetooth; it was just the phone's built-in microphone(s).

These were probably fixable issues, but I'm lazy and I wanted to give GrapheneOS a go, anyway (and so far I'm pretty happy with it, minus RCS still being a work-in-progress).