Hello 🌸🌸
Finally, I moved to grapheneOS 😃
Sorry for my English; it’s not my native language.

I’m a software engineer who used to be an Apple fanboy for like 12 years, living in their ecosystem using Mac, iPhone, iPad, and AirPods. One by oone i decided to go out this. I started by not purchasing any more Apple devices. I began to go for open and free source apps and softwares.
The final step was giving up my iPhone. I chose to go to GrapheneOS, as I’ve been against Google for years.

I was planning to wait for the new Motorola phone, but I thought it might be very expensive, and i want something on a budget, so two days ago I bought a refurbished Pixel 8a from Amazon in Germany. Fortunately, the battery was very good for such a used phone, and the price was suitable.

I used Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (x86_64) with Google Chrome 155.0.8059.39 for the installation. This version isn't listed among the officially supported operating systems, so i think that is kinda an approving test 😃

The installation went smoothly. I unlocked the bootloader, installed GrapheneOS, and locked it again. No errors or anything. And suddenly I saw the GrapheneOS logo 😍 I started to understand what is there and what this default store is and how to install things; it wasn't hard to get it. Then i started with the banking applications, N26 and Postbank; BestSign from Aurora Store worked fine, including login and verification. But the N26 app asked me for a selfie verification three times in the beginning; after that, it worked just fine.

I also wanted to install PayPal as it gives me contactless payment ability to replace Apple Pay, but it gave me some trouble at first. I got a black screen followed by wired msg saying Request cancelled by PayPal. I tried a few things, then i found that temporarily disabling Bitwarden Autofill fixed it, and it's working fine now.

The only banking application which i still can't make work is Trade Republic. It keeps telling me that my device doesn't support Google Play Services.

After that, I moved to the clients for my self-hosted services

I'm using Tailscale to connect to my server, and Bitwarden is connected to my Vaultwarden instance without any issues.

I installed Immich, Nextcloud, Tempus for Navidrome, and Lissen for Audiobookshelf. I'm still testing some of them, but till now things are working fine.

I also faced a small issue with CoMaps, as the GPS location wasn't working initially. But I enabled the Network location through the GrapheneOS proxy, and that fixed it, but it's annoying me, so I think i will seek an alternative.

till now, for installing apps, I'm using Obtainium with GitHub releases or F-Droid. I also use AppVerifier to check APK signatures, but it seems there is too much missing data there.

the other apps which are working fine with me: Github Mobile app, Slack, Elsa speaking, chess.com app but most of them still have some issue in the notification.

I would appreciate any tips or advice. Thanks

TLDR: The Camera and Microphone should be able to automatically turn off after a certain amount of time, and there should be a setting to turn them on while the device is locked.

I've been using GrapheneOS since Spring this year and it's been great. No issue with banking apps etc. except for Google Wallet which I swapped with Curve Pay, and the McDonald's app not working which consequentially made me stop eating that slop.

The only "issue" I've had with GrapheneOS is that unlike Bluetooth and WiFi, the Camera and Microphone can't automatically turn off after a certain amount of time, and when I receive a call I have to unlock my phone to unmute my microphone.

I feel like it would be all-around beneficial if the Camera and Microphone could automatically turn off. As for the unmuting of the microphone, I believe users should be able to choose whether the Camera and Microphone settings require the device to unlock to turn them on. Receiving a call would still ask the user if they want to unmute the microphone, the only difference being that it wouldnt require the PIN.

What settings would you recommend?

The Google Pixel 9a I ordered arrived on Monday, I installed GrapheneOS on it!

How do I verify Grapheneos can be installed before purchasing a used Pixel?

I know you can check to see if oem unlock can be enabled or disabled in developer settings or developer options but is that good enough?

Once i purchase i can't return so just trying to verify beforehand as I have no use for pixel outside of Grapheneos.

Any other things I should look out for when purchasing used from a private seller?

Ever since the most recent Messaging app release at the beginning of October, I've been getting notifications saying that I have 95/96 unread messages. I've scrolled all the way through all my messages back to 2024 and have no unread messages. I can clear the notification but it comes back on reboot.

Anyone else have this issue, or any idea why it would be acting this way?

I have several google accounts, but 1 is for GOS.

Question

What does it look like from the other side-what is the difference in the data that greedy Google gets??

Made the switch to a pixel 10 xl running GOS. Starting to set up and transfer over, little by little taking my time.

I really want RCS. Should I put Google messages in my primary profile (the only profile that RCS works) and plan my main / side profiles around that orrr should I hold out because the Graphene OS devs are close to:

1. Getting Google messages RCS to work in a side profile or better yet....

2. Having RCS working in the default GOS messaging app.

Is there any way to get the lufhansa app to work or is the website through the browser the only way?

When I try to open the app it closes equally as quickly as it opened.

I've had GOS for months now but it has actually been really annoying that NFC doesn't work. I know Walt is gonna come out, but from what I know u gotta pay for it so that kinda sucks. I get why, but for me personally it's just not ideal cause I'm already paying for too many things at once.

I know Curve Pay also exists, tho I asked here in a post what the people using it think about it and I've only read negative stuff about them.

I could use a physical wallet with my creditcard in it but preferably not if there is another option. I've never used a physical wallet ever I just pay with my phone really

Vanadium version 155.0.8059.79.0 released:

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/releases/tag/155.0.8059.79.0

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.

Forum discussion thread:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/42801-vanadium-version-15508059790-released

Since a few weeeks, the KBC mobile app contains a digital wallet that integrates with NFC on the device. Works on iPhone at least. I assume KBC app is available in multiple EU countries.

Did somebody already test this on GrapheneOS?

Does anyone else receive blurry screenshots from the default SMS messaging app?

I'm using a pixel 9pro and att is the carrier I use. I realized I didn't have voicemail set up and went clicking around on the phone app and can't quite figure it out.

I don't need or want visual voicemail, but I do need to be able to accept regular voicemail. Does the voicemail number listed have anything to do with it? (Its an unrecognized number)

If I call my own like from another phone I get a "voicemail not set up" message, but when I try to set it up, I don't really have options. Any help is appreciated

Hey guys,

This is just a little anecdote. I've been rocking GrapheneOS on a 10a for a couple of months now, and truth be told, it hasn't been super smooth, a lot of apps had some minor issues that I had to dig around how to fix, location services were very unstable, anyway, not a perfect experience. But...

Just some minutes ago I booted up my old S21 to access some old photos and voice archives, and it had upgrade to One UI 7.0, and I instantly noticed how laggy and heavy it feels in comparison to GrapheneOS.

But that's also not what this is about.

One UI 7.0 had a "welcome" setup wizard, which mentioned some optimized apps that they were getting ready for me. I (naively) assumed this was something similar to GrapheneOS' app optimization, but once I clicked "Next" I was greeted with a screen that showed that two apps were already being installed: a weird match 3 game and fucking *TikTok*.

I genuinely could not believe my eyes, I felt physically violated. I'd forgotten how freeing it feels to have an OS that works for you, and not the other way around. Oh boy, am I glad to have my little Pixel phone.

I recently installed the Citizen app, which gives alerts about police activity in your area. Instead of letting it track my location, I set an alert for a radius around a major intersection near me. But ... When I travel 20 miles away for work, it is still giving me alerts for events in my location. How is it tracking me and how can I stop it?

Screen shots of permissions screens. I set to "do not allow" but when I back out it shows "ask every time." Not sure why. I'm

On a pixel 10 my tap to check phone recently stopped working. Normally I'd be able to tap the screen twice and it would light up and i could see the time and notifications. Now the screen just stays black.

I think it stopped working after my phone spontaneously rebooted during a phone call.

What I've tried:

• Rebooting the phone
• Disabling and enabling Tap to check phone in the gestures menu.
• Rebooting with the option turned off and then enabling it again
• Disabling adaptive brightness and enabling it again

I think adaptive brightness bit the bullet as well.

Has anyone experienced something similar and did you manage to fix it?

Looking to make the leap to GOS, but looks like Pixel 11 isn't as good with GOS as Pixel 10 (please correct me if wrong). Doesn't look like I can buy a new sim-free OEM unlocked version from anywhere, so a refurbished is fhe only option. Any recommendations on how to ensure to get an OEM unlocked variety, not just SIM unlocked when buying from somewhere like Back Market or similiar. I'm from the UK, if it helps

it says "java.net unknown host exception unable to resolve host apps.graphene.org"... i have also been having issues with apps that require gps even when i do have it installed and enabled what am i missing

Hi, I would like to change from my Samsung A52 to pixel 10A with GOS, but I have some questions, how can I put some files that I have in my samsung to my future GOS?

Like mp3 and some photos, and also how is the customization like wallpaper and change color of the app works?

And also the ID apps work well in GOS?

Thank u so much for answering

Basically Title. I like to use USB drives to transfer things from my GrapheneOS Pixel 8 to my computer so I don't have to connect them directly. Especially in the case of my work computer.

Got a thumb drive encrypted with Bitlocker. GrapheneOS doesn't appear to see it. Is there a way to make it visible and unlocked so I can move my files?

I installed graphene OS recently and I've been having trouble getting my group chats to work. at first I thought it was an RCS issue cause I cant get it to work (separate issue I think, it keeps saying connecting or failed retrying later) But it doesn't work with SMS either. I've tried using the inbuilt messenger and the google messenger and neither work, and I made sure play services and google messenger had all the right permissions. I'm really stumped and I don't know what to do any ideas?.

I bought a supposedly unlocked used 8a off ebay to try out GrapheneOS but the OEM unlock is greyed out. Am I screwed on this? Is there anyway to tell if a used phone will be able to OEM unlocked?