It seems quite stable from my experience, and from online reviews. Some might say it us more stable than stock pixel. For example pixel 6 used to suffer from network issue due to google’s software: https://www.androidcentral.com/pixel-6-possible-network-connection-fix , which I haven’t found any discussion about the same problem on grapheneos.
However graphenos has its problems:
App installation is very slow, this it further worsened by crapy apps on google play, for example Mcdonald app took me around 5mins to install app for the first time. But it will only be annoying when you install, since update is done in the background, so you will hardly notice it.
No support for android auto.
No now playing, call screning, face unlock (camera and photo, on the other hand, works fantastically, even without network premission).
fingerprint will not trigger at least 30% of the time in low light. (I have a 7a, so it is probably because the software is not yet optimized)
“Android Runtime Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation/profiling is fully disabled and replaced with full ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation. The only JIT compilation in the base OS is the v8 JavaScript JIT which is disabled by default for the Vanadium browser with per-site exception support.”
The issue was resolved in a software update. I recently got a Pixel 7 and didn’t even know about the existence of a fingerprint scanner issue until I came to this thread. It works perfectly fine now regardless of lighting conditions.
I think the in screen fingerprint reader on pixel is currently optical (which is just a little in screen camera), so it needs more optimizations to work well under low light.
I don’t use GPS much, but I haven’t encounter any problem so far. Graphene uses GPS instead of network location, so it likely doesn’t work as well under a roof. But again, I personally have not encountered a problem.
The fingerprint scanner issue has been resolved with an update. I recently bought a Pixel 7 and am surprised to hear about a fingerprint scanner issue. It is working just fine now regardless of lighting conditions.
It seems quite stable from my experience, and from online reviews. Some might say it us more stable than stock pixel. For example pixel 6 used to suffer from network issue due to google’s software: https://www.androidcentral.com/pixel-6-possible-network-connection-fix , which I haven’t found any discussion about the same problem on grapheneos.
However graphenos has its problems:
Why would the app installation be slow? Do they create sandbox for each app?
“Android Runtime Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation/profiling is fully disabled and replaced with full ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation. The only JIT compilation in the base OS is the v8 JavaScript JIT which is disabled by default for the Vanadium browser with per-site exception support.”
https://grapheneos.org/features#exploit-mitigations
Why would fingerprint reading get worse if the ambient light is low?
The issue was resolved in a software update. I recently got a Pixel 7 and didn’t even know about the existence of a fingerprint scanner issue until I came to this thread. It works perfectly fine now regardless of lighting conditions.
I think the in screen fingerprint reader on pixel is currently optical (which is just a little in screen camera), so it needs more optimizations to work well under low light.
https://www.howtogeek.com/694294/how-does-in-display-fingerprint-scanning-work/
However pixel 8 is rumored to move to ultrasonic, which probably will not be affected by low light.
Face unlock and fingerprint unlock are the biometric stuff I avoid when I get a phone to improve my privacy. I’ve not had issues with download speeds.
What is android auto?
Edit: auto = some car integration. Hands free works OOTB for me on GrapheneOS. Not needed anything more.
Does GPS work as expected for you?
I don’t use GPS much, but I haven’t encounter any problem so far. Graphene uses GPS instead of network location, so it likely doesn’t work as well under a roof. But again, I personally have not encountered a problem.
The fingerprint scanner issue has been resolved with an update. I recently bought a Pixel 7 and am surprised to hear about a fingerprint scanner issue. It is working just fine now regardless of lighting conditions.
Nice! I have a 7a so it is probably because the software is not optimized yet.
No Android auto is a deal killer for me.