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Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by hedora on Saturday February 25, 2023 @10:07PM (#34942667)
This wasn’t my experience with de-googled (edit) grapheneos.

One week, apps started throwing an uncaught null pointer exception on startup because their network permission was revoked.

Even without that, random apps (especially for charging EVs and parking, and especially if it was raining) would just plain break for a few weeks, then start working again.

It would be nice if there was a commonly-used android compatibility suite for developers (of apps and of roms), but there isn’t, so everything is flaky once you are slightly off the beaten path.

Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by mikece on Sunday February 26, 2023 @11:37AM (#34946835)
That wasn't my experience with GrapheneOS: it's been rock-solid (and the battery savings from not having apps constantly polling for updates means I get 2.5 days per charge on both my Pixel 4a and Pixel 6a.