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7 Things You Should Know Before Switching to GrapheneOS (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Dominion0236@lemmy.one to c/privacy@lemmy.ca

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[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Is dual booting possible? I'd love a Google boot for when maps/pay/etc are needed, then switch back for the rest

[–] unrushed233@lemmings.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Google Maps works just fine on GrapheneOS, the only thing that doesn't work is GPay.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I meant Android auto 🫠

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Works fine in GrapheneOS...

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nice! I didn't know play services worked (I'm asking genuinely), and therefore pay and auto and some other pure Google stuff didn't work

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You can installed Google Play Services if you choose, and it'll run sandboxed (i.e. like any other app). I personally don't use Google Play at all on my main profile, and I have a dedicated profile for when I do need it.

That said, some apps just won't work regardless, like some banking apps (it'll fail the bootloader check). But everything I need works, and I have mostly replaced the Google-specific apps w/ alternatives (e.g. Organic Maps instead of Google Maps). My car isn't new enough to support Android Auto, so I have no experience with any limitations there.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Got it.

Could you run the other apps sandboxed too?

Like, install chase banking from play store, and run the app from the sandbox?

Also what about Microsoft authenticator

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

Apps already run in a sandbox in regular Android, and GrapheneOS gives you a few more options (e.g. storage scopes and whatnot). What GrapheneOS does differently is force Google Play Services to also run in that same sandbox, so it behaves like a regular app instead of a privileged system service.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

I think those should work, but if you're entirely degoogled, maybe running a container would work?

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can use different user profiles in Graphene for this purpose.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Thank you I'll read about this.