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What ROM to choose for my pixel 7 pro (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have been convinced to switch from apple, and i am soon purchasing a pixel 7 pro. I would then like to put a custom rom on it because i would:

like to use foss more
like to maintain better privacy than apple offers
would enjoy the control over the system
not like to ever touch google chrome

There are some limitations to what i can choose though, as i need the following to work:

google apps like sheets/docs/classroom/youtube
banking app (usaa specifically)
play store (could be replaced)

Additionally i would like to keep the flashy camera stuff google talks about with the camera as i use the camera a fair bit. I have also heard that androids can have different UIs, so i would appreciate a nice looking one (i use gnome on my desktop for this reason alone). What ROMs would you guys recommend i choose?

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[–] felykiosa 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I use calyxos personally since 6 month now and it work perfectly

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What’s better/different about calyx from grapheneOS or even stock android?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I just installed Calyx and I love it, the biggest difference for me is.
1 MicroG instead of sandboxed play services.
2 You can relock the bootloader, which got some of my banking apps to work again.
I don't know if Graphene has these features but some other things I like:
You can revoke fine network access (revoke all or jikust background/mobile/WiFi data per app).
Seedvault can backup your phone over webdav. Unfortunately it uses abd backup so it doesn't backup all apps.
It adopts some Lineage features like snoozing notifications

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You can relock bootloader with grapheneos, too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Microg is objectively worse than sandboxed google play

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Been on Calyx 1.5 years myself. Been a solid experience thus far and highly recommended. We have 2 phones on it here now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just installed Calyx and its great so far