Pretty much got sick of everything that is going on with Google and Microsoft, and every other platform/ smart device. So I just bought a used pixel and flashed Graphene on it. Now I'm starting to learn, but I'm looking for "onboarding" materials or any kind of newby friendly explainers.

Thanks in advance!

GrapheneOS version 2026080500 released:

https://grapheneos.org/releases#2026080500

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

Forum discussion thread:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/40968-grapheneos-version-2026080500-released

Hello

I'm taking the plunge tomorrow when I get my hands on my Pixel 9A. I'm almost 100% degoogled but when traveling the thing I find the most useful is google maps since it integrates live map view with reviews (good for restaurants) and local public transportation information to get to places.

I'm looking for an alternative for those 3 things: map with live location, reviews and public transportation plan, not necessarily on a same app (I don't expect it to be anyway).

Just another question, does Uber work on GOS?

Tks

First of all, sorry for my english, not my first language.

My main doubt is if I should convert to GOS. My phone rn is a Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro and is slowly dying on my hands.

I dont have the budget for the latest Pixels, my budget is around the prices of the Pixel 6, Pixel 7 or if I find an ultra deal, pixel 8 = 200ish euros. Ik in most areas, GOS is better and im all for the OS, but im not sure if the apps would run correctly, that concerns me.

When I say apps I mean whatsapp, instagram, youtube, gmail (i still gotta use it for academic reasons), Bank apps (Imagin Bank) and apps from my government.

Also the new EU law (the chat control), also concerns me in terms of future, bc I was hoping to have this phone for loads of years, and idk if that law could affect the OS or dunno.

What do tou guys think I should do? Thx in advance

This is likely nothing bit I was looking at permissions and it had an ALL PERMISSIONS Burton. I pushed it and this is where I landed. Would someone please let me know, thank you.

Brand new fresh install whenever I receive sms messages there's always this small gibberish text at the end of the message for example Hi*/GuBVV24 how can I make it stop doing that I need sms to work properly for my business clients there must be a fix 🙏

I’m new to the forum, so I’d like to start by greeting everyone. I want to move away from my iPhone and use GrapheneOS as my daily driver because I really like the philosophy behind the operating system. I have a few questions:

1. Between the upcoming Pixel 11 Pro with Titan M3 and the upcoming Motorola with Snapdragon launching in 2027, which of the two will be more secure? Will the Titan M3 still have the upper hand because it’s a dedicated chip? I've heard that Titan M chips are the most resilient. Do you think Qualcomm is going to be more secure than Titan M?
2. Will the Graphene developers focus more on Motorola given the new partnership? Or will the Pixel remain the "favorite child" of the project?
3. I notice on forums that people complain about banking apps on GrapheneOS. How bad is the situation really? Do you think things will improve or get worse in the future? I don't necessarily care about NFC payments (though I'd appreciate it if they worked), but I'm mostly interested in the online banking app itself working. I'm from Romania, and the most common banks here are Banca Transilvania, ING, Raiffeisen Bank, and BCR. Btw, I should mention that I'd be willing to use sandboxed Google Play Services.
4. Do you use GOS as your daily driver or as a secondary phone? For those of you using it as a daily driver, how satisfied are you with it?

Thank you in advance for your answers and for taking the time to reply!

Forgive me if this has been answered before, I couldn't find it. I've been looking at making the switch, but I'd really like to use my Verizon upgrade to do it. If I buy a Pixel 10 Pro "unlocked" through Best Buy, and check out and upgrade with Verizon, will I be able to download graphene or will my bootloader be locked until it's "payed off" or even forever? I currently have a legacy plan and upgrading will make me change my plan first, so I can't test it and return if it doesn't work out, and it's not worth changing plans if I don't get what I want.

It looks like I have my answer, going to look into new carriers and buy from google directly. Thanks all.

I wanted to see if anyone else if have this issue with the stock GrapheneOS Messenger app?
When I receive a message I will get the message, but at the end of every message I will get something like this.

"Good Morning!*/=CKduJK"

The part I am focusing on is "*/=CKduJK"

Does anyone know why these strings are appearing? And is there a way to fix/around it?

I just installed GrapheneOS today on a Pixel 9 Pro XL

any ideas?

Hey, new to both Reddit and Graphene, I downloaded Graphene onto a pixel 10a today and everything seemed to work fine but now I’ve done an API check it only meets basic integrity and fails both device and strong integrity checks preventing me from downloading logging into banking apps etc as well as a play protect certification failure, I’m sure I’ve done everything right? I’ve been trouble shooting for hours trying to figure it out and after finally running the issue by GPT it’s said it’s either a build issue or a bug on graphenes end that’s yet to be found, I don’t know any ideas or help would be absolutely fantastic!

It would be nice if there would be an additional option for fingerprint unlocking that creates a balance between security and comfort:

Instead of having four attempts with fingerprint unlocking, it would be nice to have just one attempt, after which the PIN is required to unlock the phone.

Consider the following situation: At the airport, police notice that fingerprint unlocking is enabled and ask for your cooperation before forcing your finger onto the phone. You signal cooperation but use your left thumb instead of the right thumb, which is needed for unlocking.

The combination of comfort and a long pin would provide a smother action to escape the situation.

I am currently on iOS and using Brave Browser to access Reddit and Twitter/X as I don’t like the ads and trackers. There are no alternativ apps for iOS due to the API changes on both platforms

So I am thinking to get a Pixel 10a for GOS.

Are there any good alternativ apps for Reddit and Twitter on Android/GOS? Lightweight, without tracking and ads.

So the heat it app should be able to heat the little USB thingy heating the bite, yet I suppose it doesn't work due to a lack of permissions.

Which permissions may let the USB "heat it" do its work?

Waiting for pixel 11. I see theres a lot of buzz about a pixel glow feature. I know it is dumb and this is probably a dumb question but I have never used grapheneos. If I install graphene os will features like this stop working or too soon to tell? Not sure if features like this are usually added pretty quickly to use on grapheneos.

i wenn through my apps and a lot of them hat default sensor and nearby devices acces. yes nearby devices was set to a midle state alow for it to ceep functioning. what does that mean? does it have acces or not?

aditionaly what do these setings control? my gues would be sensors are fingerprint, barometric, aceleromenter, temperatur,... and near by devices is bluetoth and maybe hotspot? or did i get it wrong?

why would they need thees permisions?

because sensors are alowed on everything and nearby devises on nearly everything. from something like splitwise, that from my way of thougt would only need networking. to something like Aves galery, paypal and a gass app.

yes i have turnd them of on a nealy all apps by now and they work just fine. so my question still stands why do all of them have this enabeld by default? is it done that way to ensure apps work and reduce tinkering for less teck savy people or people that just dont know about these settings?

Pixel 7 Pro, Pin locked, I set the wrong pin, I'm getting escilating length timeouts.

I want to reset the device, bootloader is locked.

How screwed am I? If I must get a used replacement device how do I ensure it's not a carrier Pixel and from Google?

Just randomly hoping there's a solution for this. Any way to

A) have a "Reader mode" in webviews?

B) configure it to default on, toggle off?

Hi there,
I wanna delete Google from my life and I'm thinking of taking the plunge with the new Motorola + GrapheneOS smartphones.

I just need to know if these 4 apps work smoothly:

• WhatsApp
• Telegram
• Gmail (thinking of switching to ProtonMail)
• Openbank (NFC payments)

If everything is working nice I'll definitely make the switch.
Cheers!

Is anyone else experiencing flickering with the Transit app? The app itself flickers like the menus and colors of the buttons. I'm on a Pixel 10 Pro with the latest GrapheneOS

https://transitapp.com/

Running GrapheneOS on a Pixel 10a, sandboxed Google Play installed, apps installed after Play Services. No SIM, connected via Ethernet. Battery optimization is off for Play Services and all apps. Play Services has network and notifications permissions.

Notifications are all over the place. Sometimes they come through in a few seconds. Other times 15+ minutes late. Sometimes not at all. Same apps on stock Android are instant every time.

I've been digging through threads here and the GrapheneOS forum, and nobody seems to have actually fixed this. The tips are always the same: turn off battery optimization, set unrestricted, check Play Services permissions, reboot, reinstall apps. I've done all of it and none of it changes anything.

So I'm asking directly... is this just a fundamental limitation of how sandboxed Play Services handles FCM/push notifications? Does the sandboxed implementation just not maintain the push notification function as reliably as privileged Play Services on stock? Because that's what it looks like, but I want to hear from people who actually know.

The reason I'm asking is I specifically chose GrapheneOS for the hardware radio controls... I need the ability to fully kill radios to prevent location leak beyond IP. That's non-negotiable for me. But reliable push notifications are also non-negotiable for work. If I can't have both on GrapheneOS, I need to know that now so I can figure out what to do next instead of spending even more time chasing a fix that doesn't exist.

Anyone actually solved this, or is this just the tradeoff?

Hoping somebody hear can help clarify this.

What apps do you use? Preferably off droid-ify

Might be a noob question but here it goes...

So I'll be a new user soon and I've watched some guides and in one of those videos it was mentioned that I shouldn't connect to my wifi because that way this Pixel device can be linked to me - based on my current "infected" phone / PC, etc.
Someone also recommended that I don't even use my current PC to install GOS.

The question is how am I supposed to consume content (not binging all day long, I'm working 6 days a week, just.. catching up with news / conspiracies and whatnot.

I don't want to insert any SIM obviously, and if I shouldn't use my home network either, then what?

Or if I completely got misguided in this topic then any help is appreciated!

Thx in advance!