Replacing GOS boot animation with vanilla AOSP boot animation

DeletedUser130

Hi,

Can the @GrapheneOS team consider to replace the GOS boot animation with the vanilla AOSP boot animation with the next GOS release(s)?

Otherwise it would continue to be immediately obvious that a device is using GOS when it boots.

Hake

DeletedUser130 It is already obvious to anyone the device is running GrapheneOS, as Pixel tells anyone booting it up that the device is loading an alternate operating system, with Graphene's public key. This behavior cannot be modified.

raccoondad

DeletedUser130 They will most likely not

"Otherwise it would continue to be immediately obvious that a device is using GOS when it boots."

That is the point of a boot animation, yes. Same with the key hash that flashes when you start the device, and im sure you could query that info using adb

itsjpb

DeletedUser130 a simple search would show this has been discussed before. here is a thread where moderators discuss why it's unlikely to change. you could of course make your own fork and follow the documentation linked here to remove/replace the logo at boot

AlphaElwedritsch

DeletedUser130 Otherwise it would continue to be immediately obvious that a device is using GOS when it boots.

I hope so. It's in the nature of things that this is the case.

DeletedUser130

itsjpb
you could of course make your own fork

No. This is not what this thread is about. And it's also not the first thing that should be suggested when someone suggests something for an open source project.

itsjpb
a simple search would show this has been discussed before. here is a thread where moderators discuss why it's unlikely to change.

The title and first post of that other thread is asking something completely different. It's essentially asking to remove the remaining stock branding from the boot sequence, which is essentially the complete opposite of what this thread here is suggesting.

But since that other thread later became off-topic and was used to discuss the removal of the GOS boot animation and since the @GrapheneOS team had already replied on that other thread, the conversation can also continue there: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/4335-remove-your-phone-is-loading-different-os-remove-google-logo-in-startup/31

de0u

DeletedUser130 itsjpb
you could of course make your own fork

DeletedUser130 No. This is not what this thread is about. And it's also not the first thing that should be suggested when someone suggests something for an open source project.

I think the fork suggestion was the second suggestion, with the first suggestion being that an official project account had indicated that the project is unlikely to make the requested change.

Helpfully pointing out the option of forking when the suggested something has previously been suggested and rejected is not the same thing as telling anybody suggesting anything to fork.

fluxcondensator

DeletedUser130 I posted a similar idea but my post was reacted to as being unecessary sadly. THX for bringing it up again.

AlphaElwedritsch

If then please with a switch.
Or as special but official fork.