Had to switch back to stock android from grapheneOS. What a pain in the ass 4 months it was.
Even though I have very restricted settings on Android I should probably go back to iOS.
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Interesting. I switched to grapheneos only yesterday. I'd be interested to hear the pain points you experienced.
Location services will kill you. You will end up getting frustrated almost every time you try to book an Uber or use maps.
Though some people say it works fine for them, I hope it works ok for you.
There are also some really annoying bugs with certain apps, they won't work with graphene.
I'll keep an eye out for those. I started this journey knowing I could always fall back to LineageOS. 👍
These issues can easily be resolved, if you keep the default settings then no network location service is used meaning location is GPS dependent. On first lock it can take 2-5 minutes as almanacs are downloaded and can be dependent on whether you have line of sight to the sky.
If you wish to use Googles network location service, then sandboxed Play Services are required to be installed BEFORE any app you wish to use it or be required to reinstall it.
Once done tap the 'Sandboxed Play Services' running notifications and locate the network location option to turn on.
Under Location then Location Services turn WiFi and Bluetooth scanning On.
Our compatibility layer is always being refined to add as many detailed messages where errors maybe encountered to explain any issues. This is an ongoing process.
Uber works without network location services however it requires an understanding of how GPS lock works without network location services.
More info here:
https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-google-play-configuration
Google Maps also works without play services and can even be used via the web without the app. Again ensuring you have and give appropriate time for GPS lock.
Using an app like GPS Test can be used to confirm a lock is being achieved.
Waze works too 😈
Thanks dude. I think switching these two on is what finally allowed the Tesla app to log in. Now just need to crack Signal transferring profiles over and I'm all set.
What was the most painful part of graphene ?
Location services will kill you. You will end up getting frustrated almost every time you try to book an Uber or use maps.
Can't you just point at the places in the map you want instead of having the phone magically locate you?
I was wondering about something.. often times theres drivers from something similar to uber stopping right where a person is that didnt order a ride.. most of the time they seem confused why they ended up there.
So you're saying I should point at the map where I am when I'm driving at 80m/h and also set the location?
Grrrrrrrrandpa gets very angry witnessing this dangerous & self centered behavior.
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth scanning for improving location detection are disabled by default, unlike the stock OS. These can be toggled in Settings ➔ Location ➔ Location Services ➔ Wi-Fi and Bluetooth scanning. GrapheneOS itself doesn't currently include a supplementary location service based on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth scanning. These options impact whether apps such as sandboxed Google Play are able to use the functionality if you grant them the Location permission. GrapheneOS plans to eventually include an OS service based on local databases rather than a network-based service giving the user's location to a server whenever location is being used.
If you enable the above, location works as well as on stock android.