I'm seriously considering it after receiving a very high recommendation from a friend who runs it on their Pixel part time, and seeing all the amazing security features, as well as just the idea of having a clean-slate Android setup that has what I want it to have and no more, nothing in the background sucking up data and resources and stuff. The issue is, I rely on my phone extremely heavily as a sort of backup if things go wrong with my computer, as well as for 2FA for everything (especially for my school, which requires 2FA like literally once every day through their special app, DuoMobile), so I can't afford my phone to be buggy, crashy, laggy, or otherwise unreliable. So I guess I have these questions:

  1. How stable and reliable is GraphineOS compared to Google's stock Android version?
  2. Does it support Google Fi and if so, how well?
  3. Can it run 2FA apps like Duo Mobile and Google Authenticator?
  4. Does Firefox (and by extension the Mozilla Lockwise password manager app) run well on it?

    alexispurslane How stable and reliable is GraphineOS compared to Google's stock Android version?

    It is both stable and reliable and is a fully production ready mobile OS, this is not a hobbyist project which many would use the misnomer 'custom ROM' for.

    Does it support Google Fi and if so, how well?

    Google Fi works well, it requires the app to be installed along with our sandboxed play services which you can read about here:
    https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-google-play

    (This works with both eSIM and Physical SIM.)

    Can it run 2FA apps like Duo Mobile and Google Authenticator?

    Yes it can run 2FA apps like Duo Mobile and Google Authenticator, however you do not need to depend on such apps for TOTP as open source apps such as Aegis can likely be used to replace both.

    Does Firefox (and by extension the Mozilla Lockwise password manager app) run well on it?

    Firefox works however as far as Mozilla Lockwise I cannot comment to though as I have never used it.
    Vanadium and it's in built password manager work just as well if you wish to transition away.
    KeePassDX also works if you wish to control your encrypted database locally and be able to transfer it between devices, as well as using it's MagiKeyboard for autofill purposes.

    Anything further please ask away I and many others in the community will do our upmost to assist.

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      alexispurslane

      1 It runs very well
      2 don t know
      3 you can use andotp (I like it better than GoogleAut.)
      4 Firefox works and so the account

      MetropleX This sounds really good, I think you've convinced me tbh. Thanks for mentioning OSS alternatives to Duo and Google Authenticator, I don't like them and am not comfortable binding my life up with google and a random proprietary authenticator like that so it's good to know there are alternatives to look into.

        alexispurslane

        Duo

        Some schools do not permit alternate authenticator apps. My school didn't let me use anything other than Duo or SMS 2fa. But Duo will work fine on GrapheneOS.

          fomijafi I hear you and get you, my employer only 'permits' Microsoft Authenticator, yet Aegis is what I use. Most cases the people pushing one or the other don't have a clue. Even while using Aegis I asked our IT guys if others could be used. They said no (Thanks @Hulk 😜). There is a reason I don't always trust 'professionals' lol

            MetropleX

            I asked our IT guys if others could be used. They said no

            IME this usually means 'we won't help you fix it if you stuff it up' rather than 'literally no other software can possibly work'