[yellowapple]

I've got a Pixel 9a expected to arrive today, specifically for it to run GrapheneOS. One of my old phones was a Nexus 6P running CopperheadOS (prior to the dispute that spawned GrapheneOS), and it was great back then. Looking forward to how things have progressed in the years since.

I wish GrapheneOS would support non-Pixel hardware, though, specifically my Fairphone 4. I get why that probably won't ever happen, but it feels like a massive regression in terms of repairable hardware to move away from that.

[W3zzy]

Don't you have Lineage OS on you phairphone?

[yellowapple]

Yes, but there are various annoyances that I was tired of dealing with:

- RCS chats not sending/receiving, which has caused me to not be able to receive or send messages from/to multiple group chats with friends/family (probably going to be an issue with GrapheneOS, but at least plenty of people have reported that to be possible to work; currently doing the "disable RCS and wait 10 days" dance, so we'll see how that shakes out)

- Every other reboot the speakers would fail to initialize, meaning I couldn't hear anything except through Bluetooth (massive problem for getting up in the morning if I'm relying on my phone's alarms!).

- Microphone quality was inconsistent; sometimes I'd sound fine, and other times I'd sound muddy. Also not an issue through Bluetooth; it was just the phone's built-in microphone(s).

These were probably fixable issues, but I'm lazy and I wanted to give GrapheneOS a go, anyway (and so far I'm pretty happy with it, minus RCS still being a work-in-progress).