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Howdy, thanks for stopping by.

## A quick note, not sure where to file that for now...

> Thanks for sharing your experience using GrapheneOS like a normie would use a
> Pixel (or any Android phone). The comparison is interesting. Where did you find
> Device Health Services ? I wasn't able to find it on my device. While I
> understand the point of testing usability with popular proprietary services it
> would be nice having your thought on some open source alternatives. I would
> suggest you to run these for maybe a week and write an update on this setup
> with more privacy in mind using them and seeing the impact on usability.
>
>     GBoard   -> OpenBoard (or FlorisBoard but in beta)
>     Messages -> QKSMS (or Simple SMS Messenger or GOS stock app)
>     Phone    -> Koler (or Simple Dialer or GOS stock app)
>     Clock    -> Stock GOS app (or Simple Clock)
>     Contacts -> Simple Contacts (or stock GOS app or Connect You)
>     Files    -> Stock GOS Files (or Material Files or Simple File Manager)
>     Photos   -> Simple Gallery (or Aves)
>     GMail    -> Honestly idk what to recommend, a GMail account on FairEmail or K-9 (soon Thunderbird Mobile) or a complete alternative such as Proton Mail or TutaNota
>     Camera   -> Stock GOS Camera (everyone knows you won't get as good results compared to the Google Camera)
>
> There is plenty more open source alternatives but I wrote the "big names"
> because most people will use these and not another app with 80 stars on GitHub
> (even there is great "competitor")

Found [on reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/12wzowt/comment/jhhtpw7/)

This is basically my journey from iPhone 14 Pro(iOS) to Pixel 9 Pro (GrapheneOS).
Sounds like a plan.