Hello everyone!

A lot has happened since my last post, specifically talking about my LineageOS inquiries. I had a string of bad luck and broke the digitizer but no cracks to my Pixel 7 Pro.

So I ended up “upgrading” to the Pixel 8 Pro because the store I went to only had the 8 Pro and not the 7 Pro in stock and it was dire that I have a phone.

So this leads me to my next questions:

What is your favorite Android spin for your Pixel Device?

I have used GrapheneOS, LineageOS, and Stock Android (of various versions on my Pro 7)

This leads me down the rabbit hole of deciding which experience I want on my Pixel 8 Pro.

I have GrapheneOS on my 8 Pro right now because I wanted to see if I could make it fit my needs, and I am leaning towards it not working for me. Since I switched, android auto is not connecting even following the instructions GrapheneOS has to offer.

AdAway (nonroot) is not working on GrapheneOS, as it just kills any internet connection to everything on GrapheneOS. So that’s another point against me wanting to stick with GrapheneOS.

No AFwall+. Another point against it.

It appears that CalyxOS is going to give me a similar experience with issues related to the ones I mentioned with GrapheneOS.

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I had considered trying out LineageOS for microG but unsure if this is the route I want to go because I am unsure if some of the apps I will rely on will work for various reasons. (Mainly unsure if MicroG will suffice for them.)

I am open to other options to, and would love to hear what you are using!

Thank you!

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Yea, I stay on slightly older phones so I can run a well-established rom version and I can afford to keep a spare at home, both as a hot spare and for testing. Currently running Pixel 5.

    With everything setup right, the home phone syncs everything constantly, only have to do a quick SMS restore and it’s just like the previous phone.

    • Hellmo_luciferrari@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I ended up trying GrapheneOS on my P8P, but it didn’t quite fit my use case.

      I ended up back on LineageOS again, so I could have AdAway, AFWall+, and as of today I installed a custom kernel (Sultan Kernel) and I am pretty happy with the outcome.

      I still love GrapheneOS but I was having issues with notifications among other things.

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        Yea, I like Graphene, really appreciate what they’re doing. Plan to run it on my spare in a couple months.

        But I also want root, Adaway, AFWall, and a few other thungs, so it’s DivestOS or Lineage.

        • Hellmo_luciferrari@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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          5 months ago

          There didn’t appear to be a DivestOS image for my Pixel 8 Pro, so I went back to LineageOS since I couldnt have AdAway and AfWall+ among other things on GrapheneOS.