Why YSK GrapheneOS is a step above the rest. I understand it’s ironic de-google phone/tablet with google hardware, but it just works better then anything else. Permission toggles, pin scrambling, auto-reboot, scopes, MAC randomization, isolated user profiles, longer passwords, sandboxed apps, open source firmware, no bloat & the battery life is incredible now.
I hope people understand how easy it is to move to Linux & GrapheneOS full time & remove Apple, Google, Microsoft etc. It exceeded expectations so much so that I want to share it with other people. I cannot recommend this enough to improve your life. #FOSS
I would love to switch to GrapheneOS, but I need to know a certain apps work before I can make the change. Is there any way I can do this? They are financial apps and sadly use GSF. I cannot avoid not having them sadly. Any tips?
They should work if you install sandboxed play services from the built in app store.
If those financial apps include banking apps, then this post by a mod of the GrapheneOS Discussion Forum should be useful. It includes a link to an up-to-date list of banking apps compatible with GrapheneOS and a link to steps to help resolve compatibility issues if they do occur.
Thanks for that, just what I was looking for! ✨
I upgraded a little early (while my previous phone wasn’t dead yet, for once) for this reason.
I’ve found financial apps work fine* even if they claim they need GFS. Your mileage may vary, of course.
*With the sandboxed GFS from the Graphene app store.
It’s hard to tell in advance, but apps that check SafetyNet will definitely not work and a lot banking apps use this.
There are some databases though that list compatibility for apps you can check out, e.g. https://plexus.techlore.tech/. If they work with microG, they should also work on GrapheneOS + sandboxes google play.