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65 sats \ 6 replies \ @cointastical 31 Jul 2023 \ on: My Graphene OS Journey So Far tech

My fiat job assigned me a pixel 7 pro. I've been thinking of trying out graphene on it.

Can I go to graphene to check it out and then back to android 13 ? (Without a huge problem setting it back up?)

And a second question, I have a problem with SN PWA on this device. If I clear cookies and then go to log in to SN on the PWA again, which uses my Twitter acct, the browser freaks out. Not sure if it is the Google keyboard, or the browser (same behavior on both fennec and Firefox), or what. Not sure if that is just pixel 7 pro or all pixel, or whatever configurationa it happens on.

So am just asking if you'ld had any issues with SN PWA before you went to graphene.

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @final 31 Jul 2023

Can I go to graphene to check it out and then back to android 13 ? (Without a huge problem setting it back up?)

Yes, you can do it by the web browser easily, same way with installing GrapheneOS.

https://grapheneos.org/install/cli#replacing-grapheneos-with-the-stock-os https://flash.android.com/

And a second question, I have a problem with SN PWA on this device. If I clear cookies and then go to log in to SN on the PWA again, which uses my Twitter acct, the browser freaks out. Not sure if it is the Google keyboard, or the browser (same behavior on both fennec and Firefox), or what. Not sure if that is just pixel 7 pro or all pixel, or whatever configurationa it happens on.

Might be application based, PWA's aren't their own browser but rather function like a browser tab in the original browser you set up the PWA with. Try logging in to SN first, then save a PWA?

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 31 Jul 2023

I doubt you will be able to switch to graphene on that phone. The bootloader is probably locked. You almost always need to use a fresh unlocked graphene from google. Regarding the SN PWA, I haven't had that issue on stock android or on graphene.

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @nullama 31 Jul 2023

Can I go to graphene to check it out and then back to android 13 ?

Yes

The documentation of GrapheneOS is always updated and is really easy to follow. Plus they have an active forum and other communication channels. It's a great community.

26 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 31 Jul 2023

I'm not sure his pixel would have an unlocked bootloader, since it's work issued and probably already has a carrier.

25 sats \ 1 reply \ @037447d9ca 2 Aug 2023

Remember GrapheneOS is Android, just hardened. Google sometimes even uptreams some of their patches into stock AOSP. It's not some alien OS, once you have your apps installed you won't even notice the difference. Idk why you would want to go back to the weaken one.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @cointastical 3 Aug 2023

I appreciate that info ... I wasn't sure what exactly graphene was other that thats what the cool kids are using.. Being that this is a work issued device I wanted to make sure it was something along the lines of a factory reset or similar to be able to return the phone once i can dump the fiat job.