The biggest one for me is android auto. I have a newer vehicle and really enjoy using my cars big entertainment screen for maps
Are you losing any features from stock os?
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Raccoon BTW, does text and image extraction from recent menu working?
No, it doesn't (or at least, I haven't found a way to make it work). That's what I meant by:
- Select text via screenshot/Recent Apps view
I think that functionality involves Google Lens and/or Assistant, so it would be pretty privacy-violating to let it extract text from any screen at any time. I'm currently trying out Textbender as a FOSS alternative; it uses an Accessibility overlay to let you select any on-screen text. Main limitation, I think, is that it has to be rendered text, not text that's OCR'd from an image.
Raccoon I'm not sure what you want me to test out? For the record, Textbender does work pretty well.
I have Google Lens installed (and Assistant, actually) but I do not have any option to select text from the Recent Apps view. I have a feeling that was only possible when those Google apps had high-level system privileges, which Graphene makes a significant effort to undo, and for good reason.
3 months later
I miss the ability to pay with Google Pay; the lack of this feature prevents so many from switching to GrapheneOS.
eautalus Nothing for GrapheneOS to do there. It's on Google (or any other app) that chooses to blacklist non-Google certified OSes.
They could support GrapheneOS if they wanted to:
https://grapheneos.org/articles/attestation-compatibility-guide
eautalus Some banking apps will have an NFC pay feature. On my banking app, however, it is the sole feature which does not work with the sandboxed Google Play/Google Play Services/GSF fapps.
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We all have to distinguish and choose between what we “enjoy” and what we “need”.
For some, it is a struggle.
2 months later
Hey, has anyone noticed that the option to automatically copy a code from an SMS notification doesn't work when the screen is locked? I feel like this wasn't always the case, but it definitely is now. Is that a recent change?
treequell Let's try this a different way. Have you ever gotten a 2FA code via SMS? Do you know how Android has a button in that SMS notification that allows you to copy the code to clipboard without opening the notification? (If you don't, try doing a DDG image search for "copy 2fa code sms android" or similar. You'll find plenty of examples.) That's what we're talking about here. That button no longer works while the phone is locked.
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hemlockiv Have you ever gotten a 2FA code via SMS? Do you know how Android has a button in that SMS notification that allows you to copy the code to clipboard without opening the notification?
Yes, I use that to copy codes to clipboard for my accounts which use SMS 2FA. However, my workflow means that my phone is always unlocked when I need to copy the code.
I have the contents of sensitive notifications hidden altogether on the lock screen, so I am not able to see the code at all normally. I temporarily enabled showing all notification content, which shows the code, and I can confirm that to copy the code, I need to unlock the phone.
In my opinion, that seems like a sensible security feature. I am not aware whether this functionality changed recently, or not. I am not aware of GrapheneOS making any changes to the way that the clipboard works from upstream AOSP, at least not since Android 10.
Yes, it's FIDO that depends on Google Play Services
hemlockiv I'd have to add depricated location services. I am running google maps but I have a real hard time getting a good location fix unless I run the GPS test app to get a satellite fix. Once I do that it runs fine but it's definitely a hassle having to do that every time before I open the app.
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Graphite it's discontinued but I doubt driving mode is any better.
You don't have to use TestGPS. I run GMaps with location set to always ask. When I give permission it won't get a location fix initially. However if you swipe back to home and go back into GMaps, it will get a location instantly.