GrapheneOS-Setup Guide✍🏻

📝 Complete install Guide

• https://grapheneos.org/install/

📖 Practices that I personally try to follow in my setup

• Secure device with strong password.
• Keep devices up to date to ensure I recieve the latest security patches.
• Encrypt sensitive data.
• Do not plug my device into unknown ports.
• Never leave my device unattended.
• Check the legitimacy of the application before installation.
  • verify the name of developers and their actual existence .
  • reading the description of the application and its permissions.
  • reading user reviews & privacy guides.
• Reduce the number of apps .

👥 Profiles

• (Owner #)
• Password protected ✅
• Google Services ✅
• Push Services ✅

Enable "Push services"

You need to install all three apps: Google Services Framework, Google Play Services, and Google Play from GrapheneOS Apps Store .

📢 Important install them before other apps (Proton Mail, Signal etc...) so notifications are "registered" correctly.

⚙️ Settings

Network & Internet

• Internet > LTE connection from your carrier > ⚙️ Allow 2G ❌
• Internet > Network preferences > Turn Off Wi-Fi automatically (15 seconds if no network connected)
• Internet > Network preferences > Notify for public networks ❌
• SIMs > ADD SIM "+" Scan QR Code
• eSIM support ✅ (eSIM management no longer requires sandboxed Google Play https://grapheneos.org/releases#2024012600)
• VPN > Mullvad VPN > ⚙️ Always-on VPN ✅
• VPN > Mullvad VPN > ⚙️ Block connections without VPN ✅

Connected devices

• Bluetooth timeout ✅ (15 seconds if no devices connected)
• Connection preferences > NFC ❌
• Connection preferences > Printing ❌

Apps

• Apps > SEE ALL X APPS > Customize everything! ✅

Notifications

• App settings > Disable ❌ notifications for any apps you do not necessarily need it .
• Notification History Disable ❌
• Notifications on lock screen > Disable ❌

Battery

• Battery Percentage ✅
• Battery share ❌

Sound & vibration

• Do Not Disturb > Schedules > Sleeping ✅ use a specified custom time to time start 22:00 end 07:00
• Do not Disturb > People > Calls > Starred Contacts (family members)
• Do not Disturb > People > Calls > Allow repeat callers ❌
• Do not Disturb > People > Messages > None ❌
• Media > Hide media player ❌
• Dial pad tones ❌
• Screen locking sound ❌
• Charging sounds and vibration ❌
• Touch sounds ❌
• Always show icon when in vibration mode ✅

Display

• Adaptive Brightness ❌
• Auto-rotate screen ❌
• Lock Screen > Privacy > Don't show notificationa at all ✅
• Lock Screen > Wake screen for notifications ❌
• Lock Screen > Lift to check phone ❌
• Lock Screen > Tab to check phone ❌
• Dark Theme ✅
• Night Light ✅
  • Don’t use sunset to sunrise (uses device location data) use a specified custom time to time start 22:00 end 07:00
• Screen saver ❌

Wallpaper and Style

• Lock screen > select Monochrome theme
• Lock screen > Show notifications on the lock screen ❌
• Home screen > select Monochrome theme
• Home screen > Themed icons ✅

Security

• Fingerprint > Tap Fingerprint + PIN and follow the prompts
• Fingerprint > Use for screen unlock ❌
• Screen lock ⚙️ > Lock after screen timeout ✅ (5 seconds)
• Auto reboot > 18 Hours ✅
• Enable native code debugging ❌
• USB-C port > Charging-only when locked, except before first unlock (see https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/11178-grapheneos-version-2024022800-released/12 and https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/11721-improvements-to-factory-resets-by-google-due-to-reports-by-grapheneos
• PIN scrambling > Scramble PIN ✅
• Durres Password ✅
• Screen lock camera acces ❌
• Notify about system process crashes ✅
• More security settings > SIM card lock - Lock SIM card ✅

Location

• Use location ❌ (Enable only when is using Maps for navegation)

Safety & emergency

• Wireless emergency alerts - toogle ❌ for operator and presidential

Privacy

• Permission manager > Customize Everything! ✅

Passwords and accounds

• Passwords, passkeys and date services > Bitwarden ✅

System

• Language & Input > on screen keyboard > GraphineOS Keyboard > Appearance & Layouts > Theme > Material Dark ✅
• Languages & input > Languages - Add English (UK), Spanish (Spain), Български (Bulgaria)
• Languages & input > On-screen keyboard > Preferences > Auto-capitalisation ❌
• Languages & input > On-screen keyboard > Preferences > Sound on keypress ❌
• Languages & input > On-screen keyboard > Apparience & Layouts > Theme > Material Dark ✅
• Languages & input > On-screen keyboard > Text correction > Auto-correction ❌
• Languages & input > On-screen keyboard > Text correction > Show correction sugguestions ❌
• Languages & input > On-screen keyboard > Text correction > Next-word sugguestions ❌
• Languages & input > Spell checker ❌
• Gestures > Quickly open camera ❌
• Gestures > System navigation > 3-button navigation ✅
• Gestures > System navigation > 3-button navigation ⚙️ Hold home for Assistant ❌
• Gestures > Tab to check phone ❌
• Gestures > Lift to check phone ❌
• Date & time - Toggle Use locale default ❌ (to allow the 24 hour time format to be used)

About Phone

• Device Name > Set "generic name"

🛍️ App stores

• App Store (Default play store of GrapheneOS)
• Accrescent - A novel Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability.
• Obtainium Get Android app updates straight from the source.
• Google Play Store

📦 Apps

• Web Browser
  • Default Browser
• Camera
  • Default Camera
• Photo and video gallery
  • Default Gallery
• File Manager & Cloud File manager
  • Default file manager
  • Round Sync
• PDF Reader
  • Default pdf reader
• Contacts sync
  • Default contacts app
  • Tuta 🇩🇪 🇪🇺
• Password Manager & 2FA Authenticator App
  • Bitwarden 🇺🇸 + 🇪🇺 servers
• Email Service/Client/Contacts/Calendar
  • Tuta 🇩🇪 🇪🇺
  • Thunderbird 🇺🇸
• Anti-spam email protection
  • Addy 🇬🇧 / android app 🇳🇱
• Online storage
  • Koofr 🇸🇮 🇪🇺
  • Koofr Vault 🇸🇮 🇪🇺
  • Storagebox 🇩🇪 🇪🇺
• Notes E2EE
  • Joplin (Self-hosted) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Private Photo cloud backup
  • Ente 🇵🇰
• YouTube frontend
  • NewPipe 🌍
• Video Player/Music player and Streaming
  • VLC Media Player 🇫🇷 🇪🇺
  • Jellyfin (Self-hosted)
• Messaging
  • Default messages app of GrapheneOS
  • WhatsApp 🇺🇸
• VPN
  • Mullvad 🇸🇪 🇪🇺
• File Encryption
  • OpenKeychain 🇩🇪 🇪🇺
  • Cryptomator
• Rss/Feed reader
  • Feeder
• Bookmark Manager
  • Linkding (Self-hosted)
  • Pinkt Unofficial Android client for Linkding
• Private Text, Markdown Editor
  • BeauTyXT
• E2EE Office Suite
  • CryptPad 🇫🇷 🇪🇺
• Navigation Maps
  • Google Maps
• Social
  • Red Reader
• Cryptocurrency wallet
  • Tangem 🇨🇭
• Hardware & System information
  • Cpu-info 🇵🇱 🇪🇺
• Translator
  • Deepl 🇩🇪🇪🇺
• Audio Recorder
  • Fossify Voice Recorder 🌍
• Terminal emulator
  • Termux
• Shoping
  • https://digitalgoods.proxysto.re/ 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 - (onion) - Buy coupons for privacy-friendly services with Monero or Bitcoin...
  • https://shop.proxysto.re/ 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 - Get hardware, books, privacy gadgets and physical voucher cards for Mullvad VPN.
  • https://shopinbit.com/ 🇲🇨 🇪🇺 - Europes biggest Bitcoin Store, with over 300,000 products.

My home screen after setup

🎴 Screenshot of my phone as of 30-11-24

Accessories

✔ TODO

• Webcam cover
• Upscreen privacy screen
• Pixel 6 pro protective case
• A Hardware Security Key - Yubikey

📢 Important! To work is needed Sandboxed Google Play to be installed!

• Faraday Sleeves for Phones
• Microphone Blocker

Additional Resources

GOS Official channel

• https://grapheneos.org
• https://grapheneos.org/articles
• https://discuss.grapheneos.org

GrapheneOS Info app

App through which you can get information about the latest releases of GrapheneOS, links to our community spaces, and details on how to make donations .