Yes Tailscale or perhaps just a direct Wireguard VPN is something I want to look into at some point. I want to get everything else on my server set up first before I worry about external access though (I'm also slightly paranoid about exposing anything to outside connections even if it is as safe as Tailscale)
Oh I never realised Xiaomi wasn't available in the US. But yes I agree, I was interested in CalyxOS and LineageOS until I realised they weren't even as secure as stock Android. LineageOS still interests me slightly just because of how unrestricted it is, but I probably won't try it unless I have major issues with GrapheneOS
Yeah it was cheap enough even if it only lasts me a couple of years I won't feel ripped off! I only looked at Pixels as I specifically wanted to run GrapheneOS over stock Android any of the other custom ROMs
Yeah Immich is good enough at the moment, as you said it's a small team and it's completely free. I'm also planning on checking out Nextcloud as a replacement for general cloud storage soon. I've heard mixed things about the aurora store, especially since the no account feature just seems to rely on a bunch of anonymous gmail accounts they made and from what I've seen they randomly get blocked. If I was to completely avoid Google play services I'd probably use obtainium or f-droid, but as I need Google play services anyway it doesn't seem like I'm compromising much by using the Google play store as well.
Interesting to hear the battery life is a GrapheneOS specific issue, I guess that's a compromise I can deal with as it's still enough to get me through the day! And yes I think you're right about me just being used fo the iOS keyboard, I'm sure I'll get used to this one soon.
I've found the chromium reader mode now, I didn't expect it to be under accessibility settings!
I got the 8a sealed off of ebay for £260, I don't see the 9a dropping to that price any time soon. I wasn't willing to spend any more than that as I'm still not sure if I'm switching permanently or not. Had I not got such a good price for the 8a I probably would have waited and got a 9a
What's your average screen on time? Mine is usually 2-3 hours. I've been using the 80% charge limit, but even without that I don't think it would last 2 days
I've looked at that quite a lot, "system apps" is almost always the biggest user from 20-40%. After that it does seem to match with whatever apps I have used the most (usually Jerboa at the top). It doesn't seem like there's any apps running in the background constantly using battery, I thought KDE connect might use a lot as I have that set to always run but thats always listed at <1%
I haven't switched away from Google maps yet (I never used Apple maps on iOS). I know it's not ideal but I very rarely use it so I haven't looked at any alternatives yet
So are you saying the original email genuinely was from Apple? If so do you have any idea how the scammers got all that info? And did you ever receive the legitimate call back from Apple?
How does CalyxOS bypass the root detection?