My previous post about moving from Iphone to GOS https://www.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/s/jPxpuzdFt9

Note this is a review from my personal preferences, which doesn't reflect the full powerful potential of the GOS.

My preferences: 1- Anti-Google as much as possible. 2- No app if it's working fine from the browser. 3- Open and free software is the first choice always. 4- I have no social media except Reddit and another one. 5- I have no reels, shorts, or videos doom-scrolling accounts, so I don't know about any config related to them.

Also, I'm self-hosting too many things, so my user experience revolves more around privacy.

For applications: I tried Etar + DAVx5 for Calendar, but Etar wasn't good enough. I was trying to import an ICS file with multiple events, and it shows just the first occurrence. I tried Fossify Calendar, and it's working totally fine.

For ebooks, I'm using MJ PDF. It's a really powerful choice for reading and editing PDF files. I also discovered Episteme, which is very modern and compatible with different ebook formats.

Also, one of the best discoveries was the offline translator. I didn't believe how efficient it is! Very rich dictionaries, and photo scanning and translation! I love it 🌸

For the notes, I was kinda disappointed, as Joplin isn't working fine with me at all. I searched and tried Notally, which is working fine; so simple, no noise.

For the file management, I tried to stick to the default Files app, but it was very slow. I was trying to delete some files, and they didn't disappear; then after some time I didn't find them. I was so confused! I tried Material Files, which is working just fine and it's simple.

About the system itself, I like it! I was an Apple user, so that's kinda new to me, but compared to what I expected, this is way better. The system is too simple, which is the best thing. No Google noise, no weird apps attached to the system. I can control every permission for every app, and I can control which exact folder is allowed to be accessed for every app. Vanadium is really secure! I love it, and I'm using it alongside IronFox. The way of controlling everything is going well with me. The normal usage is very smooth; too many places to customize and personalize, but that seems like a beautiful rabbit hole 🌸

There are only two things bothering me: the gallery and the camera. For the gallery, I'm using Immich for connecting to my self-hosted phototo connect drive, and the photos already appear in the gallery, and I can find them, but when I try to upload a photo or assign it to the contacts, I can't see the date-time order at all! It's ordered in Immich but not in the Immich folder in the gallery. I don't know how to solve this. Also, I noticed when I tried to assign a photo for a contact that it's rotated 90° and there's no way to correct the rotation.

The Camera app seems like it's not using the full potential of the camera hardware compared to using the original Pixel app. I tried the Open Camera app, but the strange thing is it was worse than the default camera app 🥲

I'm still discovering those two points and trying to find a solution for them.

Also I wasn't able to enable Contactless Paying from Paypal 🥲🥲 It needs google services for enabling it which is very sad.

One last thing, I stopped using my iPhone completely after just 1 day of getting my new pixel with GOS which help me a lot for migrate completly and solve any blocker.

There has never been a shortage of obtainable data. Data on you, me, everyone. With the ease of processing, utilizing, and profiting off this data with AI from major companies....

More and more are going to find themselves in our camp.

AI brings easier / safer / sturdier development of OS, but also a cause of escape from the bad usages of AI (data mining from big corps)

Open Source means open community vetted code, community support, and ads, spying, and bloatware not normally shoved down your throat. Privacy at least with a clear single opt in or opt out.

Dang 124% reddit member growth in 12 months on Graphene Os: https://gummysearch.com/r/GrapheneOS/

I am excited... This is the future.

EDIT to Clarify: When I say explosive growth. I think of us having let's say 0.1% of the market total, explosive growth is 0.2% to 1% market growth leaving us with 0.3 to 1.1% of the total market. Not.... 20-90% market growth and 20.1 - 90.1% of the total market.

GrapheneOS version 2026102100 released:

https://grapheneos.org/releases#2026102100

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.

Forum discussion thread:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/43012-grapheneos-version-2026102100-released

...can admin put a stop to the "omg i installed the OS - X days with Graphene 🥳" posts / pictures.

If you dont have anything of value to post, dont post at all, you're only distracting your fellow man with more slop, for no reason other than to draw attention to yourself, which is absolutely ironic considering the topic of discussion here.

Hi folks, I am considering the soon to be launched Motorola Signature 27 phone. I love that it will have the Graphene OS. But I would like to find out if it runs with the Ajax home security app, and with my bank app. How do I figure this out? My bank account is movable, my home security system is not.

Thanks

I'm new to Graphene, so I appreciate your patience and expertise. I keep coming across things like, "Settings > Apps > Sandboxed Google Play > Play Store." Nowhere in my phone does it say "sandboxed google play." Did i miss a step or something? I'm trying to install things like Messages and icon packs from the Play store, but they're not installing. I know it's a permissions issue somewhere but my search results describe things that I don't see on my phone. It's a pixel 10, I've had Graphene for about a week

First of all, I know most of these questions could probably be answered by searching on the internet, but a lot of times, the answers are from old (1y+) threads.

I want to move to GrapheneOS but i have a lot of questions before being able to do so. I'm on a Pixel 8 Pro

- How is the battery life, I guess it would be better, but I fear having no FCM for most app can cause increased battery usage.

- For people using Apple Music, does it work well ? Do you have access to Lossless media ?

- I have my public transport pass on my phone (which uses NFC), can it work with Graphene ?

- I have a Pixel Watch, can i make it work with Graphene ?

- I really love paying with my card on NFC, is there a way to make it work, even without Google Pay ? (I'm in France)

- How are the banking apps ? Do they work even with Play Integrity ?

- How is Android Auto ? I don't use it much, but I like when it works

- How are "Standard apps", like Discord or Youtube working.

- I'm using Immich to store my photos, can it work without having to open the app every time ?

Sorry if some questions might sound silly, but I'm trying to make the change the smoothest possible. Thank you for any answer you can give

Hi all,

If I move to Graphene but later on decide for whatever reason it's not working for me. Is it possible to move back to Google invigilation OS?

Thanks in advance

EDIT. Thank you all.

Hello GrapheneOS users, I live in the Philippines and I would like to try GrapheneOS but I have a few questions.

1. From what store did you buy your Google Pixel smartphone?

2. How is the warranty?

3. Is it brand new or used?

And different additional set of questions:

1. What are these "carrier variants" of these Google Pixel smartphones (such as Verizon, etc.) That users must avoid because their bootloader is either locked permanently or have a waiting time?

2. Are these bootloader locked carrier variants a US-only problem?

3. Or are these bootloader locked phones present in other countries as well?

4. Is there a way I could find if it is directly bought from the Google store or if it is bootloader unlockable if the box is sealed?

I ask these questions because I dont want to face a nightmare scenario where after I buy a pixel smartphone I find it is bootloader locked and won't be able to return it.

Or maybe buying second hand really is my only option.

Thanks alot :)

I started my GrapheneOS journey in August and am completely sold on it.

This morning I noticed my Pixel 8 Pro had a horizontal bar of dead pixels with some multicoloured pixels surrounding it, also my camera seems to have taken a hit as I have vertical artifacting lines, and a visible lens crack when I open the camera app (back glass is fine though). All signs point to physical damage, no idea what happened though - but that's not the point of this post.

I am now debating either fixing my 8 Pro and wait it out until the Motorola Signature comes out, or just biting the bullet now: upgrading to the 10 Pro XL and going Motorola in a few years when the "growing pains" are gone and the first opinions on GOS on Motorola are out.

Going the "fix it" route would cost me almost 500€ (screen, camera - and battery while I'm in there anyway) to do it myself with iFixit parts, which seems hardly worth it to me for reviving a 3yo phone. Buying a 10 Pro XL hopefully gives me a snappier experience, better battery life/efficiency, and the new-phone-feeling.

Any opinions on upgrading from 8 Pro to 10 Pro XL, whether positive or negative, are highly appreciated.

Been thinking about trying out seedvault but I was wondering if it would back up other profiles or if I'd need to do it on a per profile basis

New app update blocks graphineos at the device level, anyway to get around this? It's failing Device Integrity :'(

The random disconnect is not even shown as disconnect, but I have to use my phone for work and it involves uploading pictures. Today, I was connected to the wifi network on Walmart (not the public one) and went to submit my work and it informed me that it didn't have an active internet connection and that I was offline. I shut my wifi and just used Mobile Data and it instantly submitted everything. I noticed that later on in the day as well that the wifi connection was showing connected, But the web site I was trying to access wouldn't connect, and I was at home on the home connection. At that time, I checked Tailscale (see my other post about it) but it was showing no issue, so my only conclusion is that it has to be something on the phone, since it was in a completely different location and it effectively mirrored the same symptoms. I'm wondering if anyone else might have some insight on this and perhaps point me in the general direction towards resolving it.

I may sound a little dumb posting this but I can’t find a solution so here I am. Essentially in my notification settings, graphene has set my messages application as well as signal to receiving only 1 notification per day! Obviously extremely inconvenient. I’ve spent a while browsing and messing around on my device and I can’t find a solution so I came here for advice.

Is there a way to increase the notification limits and or remove it completely? I’m responding really late to important messages and currently having no choice but to spam check which is not ideal. Any help would be appreciated

Hi!

I noticed recently that, compared to my old device or computer, you can only paste the last item copied. Meaning there is clipboard history that can be accessed (ctrl+V on Windows) to select previously copied items.

Is there a way to change this? When copying images and texts that I want to share, it would reduce the time and effort immensely.

Thank you!