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So this is what it looks like when Google prioritizes a fix. Neat!
Google from the article:
Thanks for sticking with us. Our team is looking into this storage issue affecting some Pixel devices running Android 14 and we’re working hard on a fix. We’ll update this thread with more details soon.
Use GrapheneOS. It never has this bug to begin with, as the team found and fixed it while porting the OS to Android 14. https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/111309676504712576
GrapheneOS also has many other significant privacy and security improvements compared to the stock OS, it’s definitely worth checking out.
Do banking apps work there?
There’s a list of apps that work and those that don’t work. Most banking apps should work though as the GrapheneOS passes Google SafetyNet checks.
The repos issue tracker is slightly more up to date.
There are some banking apps and apps in general that may be problematic. For such cases, here are the possible work around solutions.
The website just links to the repo
NFC payments still seem to be an issue though as most banking apps rely on Google Pay for that?
I have no idea. For your privacy and your freedom it’s best not to use these corporate surveillance systems anyway. Use cash whenever you can or if necessary a credit card with contactless payment that you keep in an RFID-blocking case when you don’t use it. There might also be prepaid credit cards that support this, I don’t know as these are only common in North America and I don’t live there.
Any idea if Japanese Felica can still be used when running Graphene?
Could you briefly explain what that is?Edit: I did some research and apparently it’s a japanese mobile payment system that utilizes NFC. I found this on the GrapheneOS issue tracker, it seems to have been broken, but apparently it’s fixed now. Unfortunately I can’t try it out as I’m not from Japan. I also found this in the patch notes of a GrapheneOS version that was released in March of this year:
include PixelNfc app on all supported Pixels to enable support for FeliCa on Japanese Pixel models
They said that, but I couldn’t find the fix in their github repository. Does anyone know the commit that fixes this bug? It would help shed light on the technical details of the issue.
GrapheneOS is spread across many many repos. They are listed on the website: https://grapheneos.org/source#grapheneos. It’s impossible to put an entire operating system stack into one single repository.
I used GitHub’s search across the entire Graphene org, but couldn’t find any references to the issue. Doesn’t mean its not there, I just couldn’t find it. If the technical details of the issue were public, it would help people know whether or not their data is recoverable if they are already stuck with a “pixel is starting…” phone that doesn’t boot.
I think I know why they don’t publish details about bugs. It might have something to do with this https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/111234090393336322
Yeah yeah, GOS is cool and all but the only way to use it is to buy an expensive Pixel phone.
It’s not that expensive, my Pixel 6a was 300 bucks.
