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minus-squarekuneholinkfedilinkarrow-up18·5 days agoI’m using Graphene for around a 6 months now on a Pixel 9, with F-Droid being the primary app source. I quite like it.
minus-squareAlberatlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agohave you needed to use microG for any apps? is it a sufficient replacement for google play?
minus-squarenoname_no_worrieslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·5 days agoMicroG isn’t necessary with Grapheneos’s sandboxed Google Play.
minus-squarecspetersonlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoApart from unnecessary, pretty sure it’s also unsupported to begin with
minus-squarebtsax@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoAurora is also a good substitute store if you don’t want to use sandboxed Google Play, but anything that uses Google Play Services will likely be borked
I’m using Graphene for around a 6 months now on a Pixel 9, with F-Droid being the primary app source. I quite like it.
have you needed to use microG for any apps? is it a sufficient replacement for google play?
MicroG isn’t necessary with Grapheneos’s sandboxed Google Play.
Apart from unnecessary, pretty sure it’s also unsupported to begin with
Aurora is also a good substitute store if you don’t want to use sandboxed Google Play, but anything that uses Google Play Services will likely be borked