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QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 6 days agoYes, this is great advice. I’ve looked into GrapheneOS, and I’ve been wondering if I could use Google play apps at all on it? Is there a way to spoof that service?
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Yes, it has a sandboxed Google Play service and the Play Store app that you can enable which let’s you access apps with hard Google dependencies.
If you want to use it as a regular Android phone it works for everything that doesn’t require Google’s hardware attestation (so, no using your phone for NFC credit card payments mostly). This limitation also affects LineageOS.
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Awesome, thank you for this! 🤝
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 6 days ago
You’re welcome.
The installation is easy too. GrapheneOS has a WebUSB installation process that is basically plugging your unlocked phone into USB, allowing GrapheneOS WebUSB access, and pressing go. It takes maybe 10 minutes. (I went into it expecting manual jailbreak-level difficulty and was very surprised at how easy it was)
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Wow, that’s actually crazy! I can’t wait to buy a Pixel 10 fold and do it. :D