Does anyone else find it a bit weird that the best phone to degoogle is a google phone? A bit sus, isn't it?

When open source hardware phone?

I use an old Redmi and Lineage OS. Works great.

Great writeup. Thanks for posting. One question: You refer to using your banking apps. You seem to indicate that they operate without google services. That's contrary to what I have been told. Can you mention one or two banks, or would you prefer not to reveal that? Perhaps just provide a region where these banks are located?

Fwiw, you can also self host calendars and reminders on nextcloud so you don't need to use Proton. It's very easy and has been flawless for me

Nice review, thanks for sharing!

I would pay attention on that, I want to highlight what you probably already point out with "not ideal". It is true that Aurora Store, acting as a proxy, adds more distance to Google, but this does not automatically mean more privacy. In fact it enlarges the attack surface, adding a chain element, and this could lead to security problems, for example if it was targeted with a man-in-the-middle attack.

Probably the sandboxed Google Services/Play Store under a persistent VPN is a better solution. Maybe it helps also clearing their cache routinely to purge any saved data (could this be a nice GrapheneOS feature?).

You may consider using a second, inexpensive Android phone dedicated solely to operating the Onewheel app in order to maintain operational integrity on your main device.

Acquire a budget Android phone. This device doesn't need to be high-end; its primary function will be to run the Onewheel app. If you want to splurge a bit, you could find one that supports GrapheneOS and install that.

Your secondary device will need internet access to download the app and receive updates. To avoid using a separate data plan or compromising the privacy of your main device, you can tether. Don't use it otherwise.

Ive been a happy user for 1 year now

Why Obtainium over F-Droid?

its black friday so its good time to try and a get GrapheneOS compatible phone on sale

Android from most of the manufacures are just full of garbage bloatware. Use GrapheneOS (with all the pain points it has) and you'll be happy 😁

Nice write-up, glad you’re sticking with.

I know there are some comprehensive lists out there and on this site too, but do you have your preferred apps?

Nice write up @Onions I haven't yet made the switch over to graphene OS as I used to have a Huawei p40 (the first one on harmony OS with no Google at all) and it was just so difficult to use for a lot of things I use daily. ESPNs fantasy app required Google, Pokémon Go, required Google and that's only two that I'd use every day. Perhaps I try graphene eventually, i have been meaning to, and your right up was very thorough.

Thanks for the write up. I'm getting a Graphene 'powered' phone too because of the good reviews, such as your own and Siggy's.

I'm also looking forward to getting a phone which is supported by Graphene [Pixel] as they are able to shoot photos in RAW.

Excellent article. It is necessary to recognize that they study a lot to make this type of articles and inform us. My respects

I appreciate this recommendation but Google and Apple wins in user experience IMO

Fantastic! post! Thanks for doing this - takes effort to practically move to sovereign way of being - many thanks to the GrapheneOS AND Start0S teams

You can also use so called "work profile" which does not need to switch user account which is not very comfortable. In work profile (using Shelter), you can activate google services separately. It can use its own separate VPN as well.

There is a catch, if you need to use eSIM, you have to use google services on the primary profile, as far as I know, there is no other way. I keep it installed however disabled.

I am recently onboard GrapheneOS as well. Thanks for this write-up! I also onewheel around and use an iPad for all my walled-garden apps.

I will have to switch to GrapheneOS soon as I will need some good amount of money doing so