Shipment delayed; it will be here tomorrow. Preparing to navigate the waters of transferring my data (500+ GB) from GrapheneOS back to Android OS. Seems like it's going to involve a fair bit of manual transferring and reinstalling. Backing up now. Curious to see how this goes.
Discussion
Why moving from GrapheneOS?
I am a firm believer in most people having and maintaining a front-facing web identity in addition to any other private identities. In today's day and age, it is often more suspicious if there isn't one.
That said, my threat model allows for it.
So, in the spirit of better privacy and security through isolation and compartmentalization...
I want the Gemini integration on my main front-facing personal/business phone for more convenience, compatibility, and enhanced productivity, and I am keeping GrapheneOS on my other, more locked-down phone for specialized use cases.
I also plan to get something like a Punkt (MP02) phone—when they include eSIM functionality—for its own special usecase.
Is graphene worth it?
You don't get less with GrapheneOS, you get more. Security, performance, and privacy. The question isn't whether Graphene is worth it, it's whether your phone is supported.
...and what the use case of that phone is. There are, understandably, trade-offs with Assistant (now Gemini) integration and functionality.
Does Google Gemini not work with Google Play Services installed?
It does with a swipe from the bottom corners, but the Pixel 9 Pro was literally built from the hardware up to enhance the capability of the full Gemini integration and that's what I want for this device. I am keeping it sandboxed with the data that I allow it to access, but I want it to have full access and seemless integration with that data.
ha ha ha
fuck off
more and less.
passkeys rarely work
and NFC, too
I love GrapheneOS. It's best in class by a long shot at what it does. However, understandably, it does not have the level of Gemini integration that Android OS does. The Pixel 9 Pro was literally built from the hardware up for enhancing Gemini performance and it's integrated productivity capabilities.
i don't have a front facing internet identity.
i don't even have a front facing real life identity.
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I did the same. Went back to use Android Audio and now CarPlay. Maybe it works now, but oh well. Graphene was good, but not great for me.
With Android OS you mean Google Pixel OS I guess. Right?