so this is GrapheneOS
Kokubunji, 2025.12.21
Today I nuked the OS on my Pixel 7a to install something called GrapheneOS. It all went incredibly smoothly, and the apps almost all work. I was happily surprised that PayPay and Wise worked so well, for instance. Howerver, NFC is not working, so I won't be able to use my phone to tap on and off the trains. I'll need to sort that out. In the meantime, I'm enjoying several features:
- I don't need a Google account to use the phone
- I don't have Google alerts constantly barraging me with exploitative malware
- The phone is much, much faster now
- I rather like the austere color scheme