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Can you describe your phone and software setup? I’ve installed lineage before but lately have been a little stuck deciding on my next open phone. I’d like to be able to install microg. I don’t plan on necessarily using this as a daily phone all phone but have some medical automations that rely on Bluetooth and in a perfect world could have some water resistance or waterproofing.

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I use grapheneos.org on a Pixel phone. I have tried many AOSP variants. Graphene is hands down the most secure, private, and functional. Couple this with Nextcloud and you have a superior setup.

I like grapheneOS and it's streets ahead from any other effort in the area. The problem i have with it is that it's hard/impossible for your average joe to install it. A small thing but big when it comes to privacy in general

Compared to installing the other AOSP versions, I find Graphene install the easiest. Yes it does require following the instructions and setting some things right. If anyone is hesitant about doing that themselves, they could buy one preinstalled on Ebay or from nitrophone.

Do you know whether it’s compatible with microg? If so, what version of pixel are you running.

I’m familiar with adb.

There is the Google Play compatibility layer on Graphene, so you probably don't need microg - https://grapheneos.org/features#sandboxed-google-play

I am not sure it is, but Graphene has an optional sandboxed Google Play Services that does not require signature spoofing and does not require a Google account. I have it installed on a work profile for some proprietary work apps that require it. My main profile contains all FOSS apps that use web sockets or Unified Push(Nextpush on Nextcloud) to deliver notifications.

Yeah. The point is that you're a somewhat technical person to manage to do that.

Yes you need to know how to open a web browser and place an order online. ;) The self install is really slick. You basically set the phone into developer mode, connect it via USB to your laptop or another phone, and just follow the web installer steps.

I daily drive /e/ OS, I'm happy about it.

Very interesting!

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