I just did this, and it’s so easy to install. It took me a minute to figure out apps I want to use because I grew up with Google technologically speaking. https://grapheneos.org/install/
I still have the Google store for some stuff (Google Fi) but use aurora first. A lot of the apps I chose to use keep data on my phone and do not require internet access.
Notes:quill pad
Bank: web (haven’t tried the apps)
Mail: web (I don’t use it a lot anyway)
Signal and Google messages
Food tracking: energize
Period: drip
Contacts: idk, but it’s offline and not Google.
Maps: organic maps
Calendar: fossify calendar (the fossify stuff is nice)
Readera: epub
Voice: audiobooks
Antennapod: podcasts
RSS: capyreader
Browser: vanadium (comes with it in gos)
Pear launcher: I used this when I was on stock to change the home search bar to Firefox. I didn’t even question if I needed it, but I suppose the stock GOS search is vanadium not chrome, so I could drop this one.
Mullvad
Syncthing to help make sure I have backups of my subscription files for my offline stuff.
Yep. It’s on my phone I use daily. I still have my photos on Google photos, but I plan to do takeout and store them on my computer.
Backup: Ive been thinking about what I really want to keep, and it’s not much. Basically photos. I don’t have a good solution that is nearly as robust as google drive, but I have old pictures I’ve managed to keep safe on hard drives/computers over the years. I’m just going back to that for now.
I tried a self hosting Google photos clone that looked really great, but I couldn’t figure it out with vpns installed, and I don’t really think my risk profile warrants it. Also, I have gone through several life scenarios where I have lost most artifacts from before, and I’m ok with that.
I did copy over the export files for a few apps:
Energize
RSS
Antennapod
For contacts, I can’t remember exactly the process, but I essentially exported them. I used my computer to do the transfer. I did have some fiddling to get them organized. Google gave me a bunch of contacts that didn’t usually show up in my phone address book because they were email only, so I had a fair amount of cleaning to do.
I did the switch on a weekend, and made sure to give myself plenty of time to get things situated. Probably took a few hours for me to feel everything was workable. Another day before it felt like normal. If you remember what it was like switching phones a long while back – you can imagine it was like that.
I want to try it on my pixel 6A but I’ve never done anything like that, so I’m hesitant…
Seeing the positive reviews on this post gives me a little more confidence though!
I just did this, and it’s so easy to install. It took me a minute to figure out apps I want to use because I grew up with Google technologically speaking. https://grapheneos.org/install/
I still have the Google store for some stuff (Google Fi) but use aurora first. A lot of the apps I chose to use keep data on my phone and do not require internet access. Notes:quill pad Bank: web (haven’t tried the apps) Mail: web (I don’t use it a lot anyway) Signal and Google messages Food tracking: energize Period: drip Contacts: idk, but it’s offline and not Google. Maps: organic maps Calendar: fossify calendar (the fossify stuff is nice) Readera: epub Voice: audiobooks Antennapod: podcasts RSS: capyreader Browser: vanadium (comes with it in gos) Pear launcher: I used this when I was on stock to change the home search bar to Firefox. I didn’t even question if I needed it, but I suppose the stock GOS search is vanadium not chrome, so I could drop this one. Mullvad Syncthing to help make sure I have backups of my subscription files for my offline stuff.
Did you install on the phone you use daily? Did you need to backup anything besides photos and contacts, and what did you do for backup?
I’m still a little intimidated by the whole transfer process
Yep. It’s on my phone I use daily. I still have my photos on Google photos, but I plan to do takeout and store them on my computer.
Backup: Ive been thinking about what I really want to keep, and it’s not much. Basically photos. I don’t have a good solution that is nearly as robust as google drive, but I have old pictures I’ve managed to keep safe on hard drives/computers over the years. I’m just going back to that for now.
I tried a self hosting Google photos clone that looked really great, but I couldn’t figure it out with vpns installed, and I don’t really think my risk profile warrants it. Also, I have gone through several life scenarios where I have lost most artifacts from before, and I’m ok with that.
Ok, coupe of things:
I did copy over the export files for a few apps: Energize RSS Antennapod
For contacts, I can’t remember exactly the process, but I essentially exported them. I used my computer to do the transfer. I did have some fiddling to get them organized. Google gave me a bunch of contacts that didn’t usually show up in my phone address book because they were email only, so I had a fair amount of cleaning to do.
I did the switch on a weekend, and made sure to give myself plenty of time to get things situated. Probably took a few hours for me to feel everything was workable. Another day before it felt like normal. If you remember what it was like switching phones a long while back – you can imagine it was like that.
I have an old Google Pixel 3 laying around and I think I also wanna try and see how it goes