What's the best strategy for changing to GrapheneOS?
What's the best strategy for changing to GrapheneOS?
I have a google pixel, and I know I could install grapheneOS on it. But I'm very, very hesitant, since I depend so much on my phone.
This isn't like distro hopping, where I feel more comfortable hot swapping ssds, or making partitions, or using my desktop while I tinker with my laptop. My phone has a SIM and the service I depend on can't be emulated off this phone.
So what do you recommend I do? Should I move my SIM (my phone service, really) to a new phone while I tinker with this one? Can I just blow up the current OS and wing it? Or maybe theres another option that would allow me to bail back to stock android in case something goes wrong. What do you think?
EDIT: how I use my phone: about everything I use is from fdroid, with the occassional app from aurora. I do use my banking app to cash checks, but I don't use whatsapp, google pay, which I know arent compatible. So as far as app compatibility I dont think it'll be a problem, Im mostly worried about my phone number not working. I dont know how SIMs work like I should, I just know Ive had the strangest issues in the past with it, so Im hesitant. Thanks for the replies so far.
It's always funny to me when people wave away tap to pay like losing it is nothing.
It's my number 1 practical use case for my phone. My commuter card is stored there for example. I use it as often as I take photos at this point: I might take a dozen photos on the weekend but I commute every day.
Different use cases, for you it is important, for some others not so much.
I have not had a bank account or credit card in ten years. Losing tap to pay would be less important than losing a pube hair to me.
Its always interesting when people have something other then "making a phone call" as the number one practical use case for their phone.
I think it's a matter of support. Where I am, major banks aren't supported and neither is transit. I've used the feature once
That being said, I'd probably use it if it did
Is having contactless payments in your phone really that critical though? If you have one of those wallet-style phone cases with the slots for cards then you can just put your card in there and basically achieve the same effect!
For me tap to pay is useless, I always carry my cards.
But what about games from play store? That depends on G. Play Services. 1.