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Second thoughts on GrapheneOS

I switched to GranpheneOS about a month ago. It has been a struggle. Pixel 6.

First the migration. Previously I would just migrate over everything, (a Google made that proxess very easy...minimal loss and setup). It took days to get all the apps I needed over to GOS. Some apps were much harder to migrate than others. WhatsApp was a pain, (it is a nessasary evil for me), only having access from one phone and retaining message history was not successful. Contacts also truncated and duplicated contacts, (sim card contact info was not as complete and exporting and importing was not novice friendly.

After migration most finance apps, (banking), did not work. Didn't even load, (not a show stopper as I can do that from a computer). Tap pay does not work as I was previously aware of. Device charging doesn't have limited charging to stop before 100%, (past device battery degradation). When driving, calls do not come through to the BT, it works when I call out. Phone numbers incoming are not looked up. Makes screening my calls much harder. Texting keyboard is inconsistent, (emoji availability, new lines, pasting options seem to come and go).

I am at the point now that I believe I've given GrapheneOS a more than fair shot and might have to go to another alternative (LineageOS) or worst case factory OS.

Any suggestions or other expenences you've worked through or encountered?

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