A few questions for new setup.

darkmatter

If anything has already been extensively covered in a thread, feel free to post a link for me, thanks in advance.

I'd really like to use the "Private Space" option (I know about the profiles but I'll touch on that) however it seems like Google wants me to log in? This seems counter productive to locking down the phone but I'm curious if by signing into the Private Space with my G-account, that account remains locked to that private space only and Google doesn't now have tentacles into the phone, be it in apps, or the phone itself? On regular android when you sign into any G-app on the phone, that login is now available to the phone and any G-App you sign into. I just want to make sure that if I did make use of the private space, there is a faraday box placed around that G-login.

I need regular access to files on my NAS, but I don't want to install any of the Synology apps on GOS. What would be the best methods to do this? I know I can implement Tailscale for connections, but what about the app side? Any best apps & methods to access files remotely on GOS?

If you install apps from the Play Store, updating is a non-issue as I understand it, but if you grab them from the source eg; Github, is there a way to setup auto-updates?

So far I installed the Play Store, Play Services and then Signal, Proton Mail & Cal all from the play store. One of those apps, I forget which, required me to toggle that "Install Unknown Apps" in settings which had me pause. I can't recall if installing the actual Play Store triggered that, or installing Signal, Proton triggered that. Idea's? Thanks,

Lastly, on the topic of profiles, if I have 2 other profiles setup but I don't need the apps in those profiles running in the background all the time, can I make use of fast switching but not have those apps running if I'm not in the profile to preserve battery?

Thanks in advance.

pixelfairy

darkmatter

darkmatter I'd really like to use the "Private Space" option (I know about the profiles but I'll touch on that) however it seems like Google wants me to log in? This seems counter productive to locking down the phone but I'm curious if by signing into the Private Space with my G-account, that account remains locked to that private space only and Google doesn't now have tentacles into the phone, be it in apps, or the phone itself? On regular android when you sign into any G-app on the phone, that login is now available to the phone and any G-App you sign into. I just want to make sure that if I did make use of the private space, there is a faraday box placed around that G-login.

You can shove all the google stuff into the private space and turn that off when your not using it. To make it easy, you can unlock owner with pin (or pin + fingerprint) and the private space with just a fingerprint. And yes, all that google stuff will stay in that private space, though you can copy clipboard easily between.

darkmatter Any best apps & methods to access files remotely on GOS?

personal preference is rsync and sftp, but I'd like to see what others are doing for this.

darkmatter If you install apps from the Play Store, updating is a non-issue as I understand it, but if you grab them from the source eg; Github, is there a way to setup auto-updates?

Yes, theres an app called Obtanium, which you can download as an apk from github, then use that to manage all the other apks you download. It can also help you find those apps. You might have gotten "Install Unknown Apps" the first time you used an app store. This included the google play store. The graphene app store, google play store (in your googled profiles), and Obtanium are the best ways to manage apps.

https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium Make sure you install it from github, not an app store. The browser will need permission to install the app. Say yes, but don't run the app. Leave that dialog up, so you can turn off the permission after the app is installed. You'll have to give obtanium that permission the first time you install an app with it.

darkmatter Lastly, on the topic of profiles, if I have 2 other profiles setup but I don't need the apps in those profiles running in the background all the time, can I make use of fast switching but not have those apps running if I'm not in the profile to preserve battery?

Yes, while your in the other profile, lock the screen and click the power button again. You'll see "end session" at the bottom.