nondigitaldolly Sorry, I should have written "You never experienced network dropping issues WITH ICE on Pixel 8 with GOS?"
That's correct, I never experienced network dropping issues with Ice on a Pixel 8, nor on a 6a, which are the two phones I've used with GrapheneOS. I've never used 5G though, only limited it to max. 4G (only to save battery and because I don't need the speed gain). I haven't read the entire thread, but I haven't had an issue with data traffic, calls or SMS. Admittedly I rarely use traditional phone calls and SMS, but I use data traffic daily and I can't recall seeing the SIM status connection drop. It's very stable.