Just installed GOS on my phone, really like it. I want to know how GOS users setup their profiles to learn from them. So far, i found out the followings:
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everything in Owner
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leave Owner blank. Put everything in another profile names User.
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leave Owner blank. Put all Google stuff in user Google. Put all FOSS app in FOSS user. Put all bank stuff under Sensitive user.
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use Owner as an app repo. So install Google Play, Acrescent, Fdroid. Install apps from there, but dont use them. Instead, when create new user, push those apps from Owner. This is similar to Side of Burritos on Youtube.
anything different?
Doesn’t a stock android need to unlocked before it can be wiped? I doubt if GOS would remove that security feature.
GrapheneOS doesnt have FRP due to it being exclusively a google service (it requires signing in to the previously used google account that was used before the reset)
Afaik there isnt any equivalent service available to GOS, although it probably could be technically possible.
That is not the case in my experience. At the very least, you can wipe it from recovery without unlocking it.
I suppose its possible it varies between manufacturers, but I would be surprised because they don’t want the hardware to be useless if you forget the pin immediately after you set it.
Factory Reset Protection
"On modern Android phones, there shouldn’t be any problems as long as you choose to factory reset your phone through its settings. This will automatically remove all the associated accounts in a way that “frees” the phone from FRP. If you try to reset a phone through the bootloader, FRP will kick in, and it can’t be set back up without the previous account’s password.
I assume if I tried to reset through the bootloader the phone would become a paperweight as there isn’t a Google account on my phone. No password to enter. I’m just going by what android central says, haven’t tried it myself. Sounds like you have more experience with this.
https://www.androidcentral.com/factory-reset-protection-what-you-need-know