I have not any prior experience with installing custom ROMs, but after trying it out (and getting stuck, and googling and finding answers) I successfully did it. Below is my home screen if anybody is curious:
I use OpenBoard for my keyboard. Unfortunately I am still dependent on Play Store since some of the apps I need can only be found there. Sometimes it feels meaningless committing to this whole thing because I’m not perfectly private; then I think this is better than using a regular iPhone or Android phone.
So far I’m liking it. I am naturally inclined to feel hesitant about using this as my main phone and plugging in a SIM since it’s custom, but I’m slowly making the transition.
Feel free to share any beginners advice or your own experience using GOS for the first time. Cheers!
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It’s actually nothing but beginner paranoia. Will it work properly even on a custom ROM, is the main question spinning in my head.
When I last used Graphene, it was on a pixel 4 XL, and I used a Google Fi sim card just fine. Texting, specifically MMS was borked, group chats would just be massive sentences of spaghetti letters. Other than that though, issue free.
Same issues here. I love GOS but I need basic things like SMS/MMS/RCS to work, and right now they just don’t.
Some people apparently got it to work. Maybe check this thread on the Graphene forum: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/1353-using-rcs-with-google-messages-on-grapheneos/
Thank you! It was interesting skimming that thread.
Damn, not even RCS works?! I’m back to stock Android on a 6 Pro because I don’t have the energy, and can’t be fucked to deal with tech problems that often.
RCS works with my Pixel 7
OK, yea a feature that uses data not working didn’t make sense.
Apparently it works https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/1353-using-rcs-with-google-messages-on-grapheneos/
Works for me on Verizon and has for 5+ years. Google Fi even works as I’ve tried that with a different phone on GrapheneOS.
No reason it wouldn’t as far as I know, assuming your hardware is compatible.