Hello everyone!

A lot has happened since my last post, specifically talking about my LineageOS inquiries. I had a string of bad luck and broke the digitizer but no cracks to my Pixel 7 Pro.

So I ended up “upgrading” to the Pixel 8 Pro because the store I went to only had the 8 Pro and not the 7 Pro in stock and it was dire that I have a phone.

So this leads me to my next questions:

What is your favorite Android spin for your Pixel Device?

I have used GrapheneOS, LineageOS, and Stock Android (of various versions on my Pro 7)

This leads me down the rabbit hole of deciding which experience I want on my Pixel 8 Pro.

I have GrapheneOS on my 8 Pro right now because I wanted to see if I could make it fit my needs, and I am leaning towards it not working for me. Since I switched, android auto is not connecting even following the instructions GrapheneOS has to offer.

AdAway (nonroot) is not working on GrapheneOS, as it just kills any internet connection to everything on GrapheneOS. So that’s another point against me wanting to stick with GrapheneOS.

No AFwall+. Another point against it.

It appears that CalyxOS is going to give me a similar experience with issues related to the ones I mentioned with GrapheneOS.

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I had considered trying out LineageOS for microG but unsure if this is the route I want to go because I am unsure if some of the apps I will rely on will work for various reasons. (Mainly unsure if MicroG will suffice for them.)

I am open to other options to, and would love to hear what you are using!

Thank you!

  • BearOfaTimeEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    DivestOS - it’s a Lineage fork, somewhere between Lineage and Graphene. You can relock the bootloader.

    I like they’ve replaced webview with Mull, and how the system updater just works.

    I forget what else is different from Lineage.

    • Hellmo_luciferrariOPEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      Mull is my current browser of choice, so I like that idea. I will have to give DivestOS a shot. Thank you! It doesn’t look like the Pixel 8 Pro is supported by DivestOS, at least not from a quick glance. I will have to look into potentially what it would take to build it for it though.

      • BearOfaTimeEnglish
        21·
        1 month ago

        Bummer. Guess no one who’s compiling it has an 8 yet.

        I kind of use Lineage and DivestOS rom availability as my guide to my next phone. If they have a tested rom, then I can upgrade.

        • Hellmo_luciferrariOPEnglish
          1·
          1 month ago

          I would have given DivestOS a shot if I was on a Pixel 7 Pro, because that’s what I wanted instead of the 8 Pro, but necessity dictated I bought one because I can’t be without one for very long.

          I will keep an eye on Diveset, but it is looking like I may go back to what I had setup on my 7: LineageOS, rooted, with my necessary tweaks. At least I like tweaking things, so there is that.

          • BearOfaTimeEnglish
            2·
            29 days ago

            Yea, I stay on slightly older phones so I can run a well-established rom version and I can afford to keep a spare at home, both as a hot spare and for testing. Currently running Pixel 5.

            With everything setup right, the home phone syncs everything constantly, only have to do a quick SMS restore and it’s just like the previous phone.

            • Hellmo_luciferrariOPEnglish
              2·
              29 days ago

              I ended up trying GrapheneOS on my P8P, but it didn’t quite fit my use case.

              I ended up back on LineageOS again, so I could have AdAway, AFWall+, and as of today I installed a custom kernel (Sultan Kernel) and I am pretty happy with the outcome.

              I still love GrapheneOS but I was having issues with notifications among other things.

              • BearOfaTimeEnglish
                1·
                28 days ago

                Yea, I like Graphene, really appreciate what they’re doing. Plan to run it on my spare in a couple months.

                But I also want root, Adaway, AFWall, and a few other thungs, so it’s DivestOS or Lineage.

                • Hellmo_luciferrariOPEnglish
                  1·
                  28 days ago

                  There didn’t appear to be a DivestOS image for my Pixel 8 Pro, so I went back to LineageOS since I couldnt have AdAway and AfWall+ among other things on GrapheneOS.