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by pjerem 15 days ago
I’m on the edge of migrating from my iPhone to a Pixel with GrapheneOS.

But there is ONE feature I love on iOS and it’s the Live Photos. I feel like it’s an amazing way to keep family memories. Do you know if it exists on GrapheneOS?
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mschild 15 days ago
Natively it doesn't.

There are 3rd party camera apps that support it, but you'd have to download them separately. GrapheneOS camera app is fine but nothing outstanding. It will give you decent pictures but don't expect any fancy upscaling or editing features.

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4gotunameagain 15 days ago
But you can install google camera without giving it network permissions.
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mschild 15 days ago
Sure but that's arguably 3rd party at that point.
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aucisson_masque 15 days ago
Only in Google camera, which is usable on grapheneos: You get a live shot feature, it ain't exactly the same tho, look into that.

I run pixelos and the amount of stuff I miss from iphone is staggering, the difference between pixelos/grapheneos isn't as big as the difference between iphone/pixel.

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Cider9986 15 days ago
Hmm, don't really miss anything from iOS besides tap the top screen to go to top of page. Also Apple Notes is great.

No back button on iOS is madness and also the Android rotate screen integration is way better than iOS.

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k4rli 15 days ago
Obsidian might be even greater for notes. Looks beautiful, and it's super immersive on OLED especially. Worth trying for sure.

Tap to scroll might be possible to get also. Haven't felt need for it when it takes a few regular scrolls anyway.

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Cider9986 15 days ago
Thanks for the rec, I'll try it it. I like the open nature with markdown but when I tried on Mac it was a bit confusing.
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aucisson_masque 15 days ago
It's mostly the app. Nothing come close to apple notes or reminder for instance.

Even safari... On Android, you get chromium that doesn't have any extension or Firefox that has incredibly frustrating UI and doesn't work well on some website.

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Cider9986 15 days ago
I can understand extensions but I like Vanadium a lot more than Safari. Reminders is hard to replace unfortunately. Overall I like android apps a lot more though. Once you find the right ones.
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Cider9986 15 days ago
Yes, I have it and I use Google camera and Google photos. Not sure if default camera and gallery have it.
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