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What ROM to choose for my pixel 7 pro

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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:

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

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

  1. google apps like sheets/docs/classroom/youtube
  2. banking app (usaa specifically)
  3. 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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Jumper775@lemmy.worldOP
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This is good advice, i will wait a few days. That being said, if i can get all my apps working and i do decide to go for it, how would lineageOS compare to something like GrapheneOS for example? what other kinds of things might i lose if i choose to use a custom ROM?

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Margot Robbie@lemmy.worldM
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You will lose Google services and will have to replace them with something called MicroG, an open source implementation.

I personally haven’t done much custom ROMs, you may want to see if someone more knowledgeable on the topic will chime in here.

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I’ve been using Lineage since it was called CyanogenMod (was maintainer for Samsung Tab S2). It is the cleanest rom I found. You’ll need a gapps (google apps) source, but there is Nickgapps that gives a core set that only gives google store and the required services, so you can add whatever you want from the store.

I don’t know GrpahenOS, but the only one even less bloated I know is AOSP, on which Lineage is based. You can add whatever you want, root is available via Magisk, which gives even more options. (Ad blocking via LSposed and MinMinGuard spring to mind)

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lineages is focused more on customisability and features and device longevity

grapheneos is focused on security and privacy

many features implemented in grapheneos has been upstreamed in aosp(base) android

one disadvantage of grapheneos’ approach is it stops updating after vendor(google) stops updating the firmware as it considers the device depricated

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Will it receive updates after reflashing the stock ROM? Or is there another way? Through updating GrapheneOS?

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notenoughbutter@lemmy.ml
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I don’t understand, can you clarify?

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Lime66@lemmy.world
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Graphene os does not require root

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