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FYI, Graphene just released an update that includes the new network location option I mentioned. See https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114076777599414646
I’ll try it and see how it works for me over the next week or two.
The only use I ever found for it was setting alarms and starting timers. That was reliable, and faster than opening the app, navigating to an alarm, and manually setting it.
I disabled my assistant entirely though. Setting alarms a little faster is not enough to justify it.
Yes, the issue persists even with all of that enabled. I don’t understand why.
I had a similar issue on my previous phone, but never on my Pixel before. So I guess Google specifically does something extra.
Google Wallet (or whatever they call it these days) doesn’t work, even if you install Google Play Services. So NFC payments are simply not possible for me. I’ve heard that some banks have NFC payments built into their apps, but I have never seen a list. I’d switch banks if it meant I could get this to work.
There’s currently no NLP (network location provider) support, so if you don’t have an actual GPS satellite signal, you will not have active location unless you use Google’s location services. There’s been some talk of including a new NLP service in the future but I don’t know of any timeline.
Even when using Google Location Services, accuracy is worse than on the stock Pixel OS. I’m not sure why, but I get tons of drift indoors (whether Wi-Fi is enabled or not), whereas on PixelOS it was almost always stable. It also means navigation apps will sometimes think I magically hopped off a bridge and onto the side street below or something like that.
There’s no “extreme battery saver” mode like on Google’s Pixel OS. When I switched, I didn’t realize that was a Google feature rather than an Android/AOSP feature.
If you rely on Google backups for app data, I’m not sure if there’s any reasonable way to get that into GOS since it can only happen during initial setup. Might be solutions to this, but personally I didn’t spend time on it because there was nothing I cared too much about. Check your apps to see if they have settings import/export functions. A lot of open-source apps (like Lemmy clients) do.
GOS has an open-source backup system called Seedvault, but of course if you ever want to switch back to a stock Android OS, you won’t be able to bring those backups with you since apps simply can’t get that level of access on any stock Android OS. You’re stuck on GOS or other third-party OSes that support Seedvault, or maybe rooting if that’s possible.
If you use WhatsApp (ew), be aware that it only supports backup via Google Drive. And you can’t manually download and restore that backup without adding Google Play Services and logging in.
Lawnchair and other third-party home screens seem to work worse on GOS than stock Pixel OS when it comes to the app switcher animation bug. I’ve seen some GOS forum threads about this so I know I’m not alone.
According to Rtings, the Samsung has a notably worse viewing angle than your other two. Take a look at the graphs:
Samsung: https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/samsung/odyssey-g5-g50d-s27dg50#test_1417
Asus: https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/asus/tuf-gaming-vg27aql1a#test_1417
Acer: https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/acer/nitro-vg271up-pbmiipx#test_1417
Not sure if that explains your experience or if there’s something more to it.
https://www.logicalincrements.com/ is a good starting point.
If you want to beat the PS5 Pro in terms of raw performance, you’ll probably want to look at the “great” tier and higher. It’s hard to say now since we don’t have any real-world benchmarks to go by.
$700 seems like a lot for a PS5 Pro, but if it’s really as powerful as they claim then it will still compare well to PCs under $1k.
Does it have access to the same filesystem as Android? I’ve been looking for Android apps that can do something like dropbox’s “online only” feature. Most cloud storage providers offer that on desktop but I’ve never found one that works on Android. It’s just photo syncing or nothing usually, and even that doesn’t work like I want.
Also, can it run uninterrupted in the background or is android going to unceremoniously kill it randomly like it does with normal apps?