My pixel 7 is shitting the bed and I am considering upgrading and just installing graphene immediately on the new phone as part of my degoogling journey.
Is there anything I need to know about this? I work in IT, so I’m tech savvy. This is my first time installing graphene, however.
I’d be upgrading to a pixel 10 probably.
My carrier is verizon
I’d suggest getting directly from google store and make sure it’s unlocked. I think direct from Verizon/Verizon varient can sometimes have locked bootloaders.
It’s really as simple as 4 mouse clicks with the Web GUI installer. Actually easier than re-flashing Vannila Android 16.
On my Linux install, I used Ungoogled Chromium since it supports USB passthrough and Firefox doesn’t.
Checkout Obtanium for getting Apps/Updates direct from source like Github.
Aurora Store for Google Play mirror for apps that perhaps are troublesome working from the Default included Mirror.
Accrescent Mirror is also installable, right from inside Graphene’s “App Store” app. And there’s also always F-Droid.
I still use the Google Phone/Messages app from the default Google Play Mirror since I can’t live without Spam Blocking.
The Graphene Mirror strips out all the Google Gemini/AICore/Personal Compute crud. Though Visual Voicemail/RCS doesn’t work on Mint Mobile for me, but I live without those.
I was unable to use Chromium. I forget why, but I snagged real Chrome after hitting errors and my Google search telling me the issue.
I then immediately removed real Chrome.
Worked for me with chromium no problem in the past. Even with vanadium. You can use your phone to flash another phone. Cool.
I think it might have been related to being on Linux. I’m not using flatpack or snap, but it was just something that wasn’t supported. I wish I remember what it was.