How do you lock down GOS to restrict content on your phone like you can with iOS? Like, preventing the user from installing apps and changing the settings?

I want to reduce my distractions and lock myself out from being able to install social media apps that waste my time and are too big of a temptation for me. But still able to call, send messages via Signal, check email, and take photos with my camera.

That's really all I need my phone for. But LiteOS is a bit too extreme for me.

How can I achieve this with GOS? The setup will be for me and me only. I'm the only owner and user of the phone.

Make a separate profile with only very limited amount of apps and have a separate profile with other stuff maybe? In the end this is a question about personal discipline, not a technical question.

    what ios feature are you referring to? the parental tools? one option would be to download the few apps you do need using obtanium, then delete playstore any other store you may use and disable installing from unknown sources. without knowing the feature you're referring to (websearch brings up very little) i'm not sure exactly what you're trying to emulate but i imagine that would provide a similar experience.

    realistically any solution will still depend on your own willpower though. no magic bullet for tech addiction.

    American_the_George So "get an iPhone" is my only option here?

    At present the GrapheneOS user-profile system is pretty directly inherited from AOSP, which is (a) defined by Google and (b) somewhat in flux. So at present there are many features that some people would like that are not supported.

    As just one example, it's not really feasible to set up a user profile for a child that is administered by a parent, because the OS can't completely boot without the administrative user unlocking it.

    In answer to your question, it is possible to set up a limited profile. But if the device reboots, that limited profile can't be accessed until the owner profile has been activated. It is plausible that at some point in the future this restriction will go away, but at present it is in force.