I bought this phone with the express purpose of installing GrapheneOS on it, so I can’t compare to stock Android on the same device because I never used it. I haven’t had any issues with battery life though, I can usually get a day and a half out of a full charge, and I’ve never had it die on me when I needed it. Charging is so fast nowadays anyway that it’s not much of a bother to plug it in for like 20 or so minutes and getting at least half of a full charge.

GrapheneOS and Android are both based on AOSP, and calling/texting is such basic functionality for a mobile OS that I doubt that GrapheneOS’ implementation is much different from Android’s, if at all.

I’ve been on GrapheneOS for the past year or so, I’ve never actually enjoyed using my phone as much as I do now. No Samsung apps I can’t uninstall, no Google spyware, the only stuff running on my device is stuff I want it to run, the way I want it to run.

Google embraces open standards? Sure, but you’re missing two words there.

Yet most FOSS clock apps I’ve tried miss the mark on this. And trust me, I’ve tried so many darn clock apps.

I’ve replaced the calendar app with Etar, but I have pretty limited requirements for calendar apps. For a gallery app I use this (which is very poorly named): Gallery

That being said, if someone knows of any good FOSS clock apps (which lets you set more than one timer at a time) please let me know.

Why AOSP’s clock, and therefore most apps based on it, only lets you set one timer concurrently is such a frustrating mystery to me. Have these devs never cooked? Have they never steeped tea while doing laundry?? In what world do you code a clock app which can’t have multiple timers?

The FossifyX fork is by naveensingh, who was active in SimpleMobileTools’ development. From what I can tell poking through Github, they might not have as much time to dedicate to the project as the original maintainer.

The maintainer sold it off to a company called ZipoApps. Here’s the Github thread about it.

ZipoApps seems to be a company who buys mobile apps to monetize (or further monetize) them. As per their website, their mission is “to find, evaluate, purchase and grow mobile apps”. I suspect the only growth we’ll see with the Simple Mobile suite is the growth of ad-revenue lining this company’s pockets.

Another reason bicycles are the best form of transport 😎

You mean I get to exercise, see my city from close up, reduce my environmental impact and protect my privacy??

Saving this comment, thanks for the links!

Finally switched from from Windows to Linux (specifically EndeavourOS, an Arch-based distro with a GUI installer).

I also bought a new phone, on which I intend to install GrapheneOS and distance myself from Google’s ecosystem.

I signed up for Proton Mail.

LibRedirect browser addon to switch to privacy-respecting frontends for popular websites.