Sunshine@piefed.caM to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoUsers are now getting Android's convoluted sideloading process, and everyone hates itwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1299
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minus-squarekaty ✨@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agothat’s why i installed graphene on my phone and turned off updates on my tablet so i’m still on android 15
minus-squareCanuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoGoogle installs the module silently in the background automatically if you have Play Services, it is not related to your OS version. It can be removed with adb, or in some cases disabled
minus-squareBeardedBlaze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoGrapheneOS comes with no play services out of the box.
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYes but they didn’t say they installed GrapheneOS on their tablet, just their phone.
minus-squareUnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoEven on graphene?
minus-squareSquirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoIIRC Graphene has Play Services sandboxed specifically to avoid stuff like that but I’m still learning about how it all works slowly.
minus-squareUnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoYeah same here.
minus-squareBeardedBlaze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoGrapheneOS CAN have play services, which get sandbox. By default though, no play services.
minus-squareSquirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThank you for clarifying!
minus-squareAneb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI use aurora store but also fdroid, and I sometimes download for github I haven’t stopped auto updates for GrapheneOS tho
that’s why i installed graphene on my phone and turned off updates on my tablet so i’m still on android 15
Google installs the module silently in the background automatically if you have Play Services, it is not related to your OS version. It can be removed with adb, or in some cases disabled
GrapheneOS comes with no play services out of the box.
Yes but they didn’t say they installed GrapheneOS on their tablet, just their phone.
Even on graphene?
IIRC Graphene has Play Services sandboxed specifically to avoid stuff like that but I’m still learning about how it all works slowly.
Yeah same here.
GrapheneOS CAN have play services, which get sandbox. By default though, no play services.
Thank you for clarifying!
I use aurora store but also fdroid, and I sometimes download for github I haven’t stopped auto updates for GrapheneOS tho