As I mentioned, after a long time using Graphene OS on my Pixel, I had to revert to stock. My experience with the custom Rom was superb, but for several reason, I had to go back to stock ROM.
But now I have some trouble configuring some tools, I didn’t remember these don’t work very well:
I can’t activate Work Profile via Island or Shelter: Message error about the IT Administrators won’t allow that (WTF? )
The new Android feature Private Space, initially was present in the menu, but when I tried to enable, It simply won’t, without any explanation.
After a reboot, the menu disappears and I can’t find private space again!
The only thing I did in the start-up procedure of the smartphone is that I didn’t log in in the Play Store. Maybe this could be the problem?
Another question: do you recommend some user guide to hardening and make it private as much as possible, removing unwanted software. via the GUI or ADB scripts?
I think generally, these “cleaning” scripts and apps either do more harm or not much at all. The best thing you can do on stock is either uninstall or disable the unwanted software.
I think I found the problem: after logging into the play services, Shelter created the work profile without any problems and the Android menu for the private space, come to live again and it creates the private space profile without any issues.
I’m so disappointed… I wanted to leave the main profile not logged and logging into the private space only (or work profile, one of the two).
Another thing I didn’t remember: It’s not possible to transfer the installed apps of the main profile, inside the users profiles, so we’re forced to use the Play store or an Aurora store instance (or what you need for the purpose).
I want to update my current situation and I hope from some useful comment.
At this time I still on GOS, but I think is the end of this love.
I use the bank app I mentioned, with another stock android smartphone, but other apps are going to be incompatible with the device (unable to install from sandboxed Playstore).
I want to make myself comfortable with stock OS and what I’m a little worried are:
access to storage by manufacture, without user permission (I’ve read an article, published in this latest years talking about something similar, but fortunately GOS was saved from it; Unfortunately, I can’t find the article anymore).
manufacture key-logging even using a FOSS keyboard, like the one I’m using, Heliboard. (sorry for the exaggerated “conspiracy” ).
Yes. At first, I didn’t log to into play services, so I used Aurora, but in my opinion, I don’t find very stable the update queue system it have, to simulate the play store which I found more stable (launching update all, every time some packages freezes it’s update and I need to reboot the system, to unlock it, sometime I have to reinstall it).
So I log into the sandboxed play store and I found peace but, as I said, I cannot install a lot of packages.
There is this other thing, that the GOS Team could be a really hard time to developing the next version due to google (as they posted on they’re social accounts)
I understand, but it’s really difficult sometimes. Yesterday I tried a specific app, because I needed to buy a thing and it didn’t work. I tested exploit protection compatibility mode, WebView JIT (enabled/disabled), nothing: when I set my credit card, then I try to start the transactions, so the app try to load the nested web view and the error loading the page came up; I tried different credit card, to the app communicate with different circuit/API, but didn’t go well too. My friend try the same app, with his smartphone with stock ROM and goes perfectly.
It’s becoming really hard, because a lot of thigs these days must to be done with the smartphones.
A solution is to use another phone with stock OS, for the thing we can’t do with GOS, but I’m no really kind a double/multiple smartphone guy.
Were you connected to a VPN or do you have a custom DNS ? Or your router? It was maybe because of the different cards between you and your friend instead of the different phones.
It happened to me in the past that I did not understand something and thought that I was the victim of some sort of conspiracy preventing me of doing things but I was wrong hahah
Wasn’t it just your cards ? I mean GrapheneOS is not doing witchcraft neither, after all ! Maybe you could stay on GOS and do this on another device (computer) later ?
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