Hi all. My Samsung S20 finally gave out after 6 years and I needed a new phone, so I got a Pixel 9 Pro with GrapheneOS! It’s been a blast learning all of the various new features I haven’t had access to. What are some “newer” things that you have been taking advantage of?
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- Bluefruit@lemmy.worldEnglish1 day
Not a feature of GrapheneOS but I’m not a fan of the default launcher. If you want a better one, I like lawnchair. Its on fdroid and is much better IMO.
Also the Articicons pack is great too if you like the look of icons being all the same.
- Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish1 day
I moved to niagra recently and like it, had always been Nova but they went capitalist
- Bluefruit@lemmy.worldEnglish23 hours
I gave Niagara a try and wasnt really for me. Nova was also my jam for a long time.
- Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish13 hours
Yeah it was strange to me, first time I deleted it same day but it kept coming up recommended so I tried again and after two days its ideal. Just having the right favourites is important. I had a spotify widget so I didnt need the app fsvourited but they changed the widget for unknown reasons so I chabged to having it favourited.
- 2 days
Nothing. Besides hardware (better battery life, faster, etc.) only software has “improved”. There are a lot of “AI” features now in most standard ROMs, that’s what Google and Samsung have worked on mostly the last years, because they ran out of ideas and these gimmicks look like innovation.
But this doesn’t affect you, since GrapheneOS is pretty barebones by default. And that’s good. I don’t want this shit, I just want a debloated phone.Now, enjoy your great camera, longer lasting battery and way better performance :)
Edit: If you want to get the “new phone feeling”, check out Kvaesitso. It’s my absolutely favourite FOSS home screen and very innovative and different from what you’re already used to. With your new phone, you can now enjoy the very smooth animations and features. That might make it less boring ;)
Edit edit: Also check out theming. Material You might look fresh and interesting to you. Play around with color schemes and see what you like.
- 11 hours
I actually don’t have good battery, maybe that’s cause of google play services
1 dayKvaesitso is awesome! I like having an uncluttered home screen and simply searching for all my apps, since that’s what I normally do anyways with a normal launcher
