Pixel Tablet Unboxing and Initial Impressions | GrapheneOS

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced in/for video https://store.google.com/product/pixel_tablet - Google Store - Pixel Tablet https://youtu.be/aTf7AMVOoDY - MKBHD Pixel Tablet Overview https://grapheneos.org/ - GrapheneOS https://nitter.net/GrapheneOS/status/1671432517285552128 - GrapheneOS tweet about initial release for tablet https://hhkeyboard.us/hhkb/Pro-HYBRID-Type-S - HHKB Professional Hybrid Type-S (Mechanical keyboard) Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. I have been waiting a while for this product to be released. This is the Google Pixel tablet. I was initially going to make this an unboxing video, along with a few first impressions. But 12 hours after receiving this tablet in the mail, I saw this tweet from the Graphene OS team that they had an initial build ready. So, I thought I would test it out. This is not going to be an installation guide video; that will be coming out shortly after this one, and I will link it down below once it’s ready. ...

June 26, 2023 Ā· 10 min Ā· 2072 words Ā· Josh

Obtainium overview | My favorite way to track Open Source apps

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced in/for video https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/issues/25 - Obtainium Issue 25 | Help wanted https://youtu.be/IzpVI4zaso0 - You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 1 https://youtu.be/lAbgeJau3eE - You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 2 https://youtu.be/FFz57zNR_M0 - You should use this instead of F-Droid | How to use app RSS feed https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium - Obtainium GitHub https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe - NewPipe GitHub https://github.com/bitfireAT/davx5-ose - DAVx⁵ GitHub https://f-droid.org/ - F-Droid homepage https://github.com/adrcotfas/Goodtime - Goodtime Productivity GitHub Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. āœ”ļø ...

March 20, 2023 Ā· 13 min Ā· 2667 words Ā· Josh

F-Droid - App not installed as package appears to be invalid

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced for video https://f-droid.org/ - F-Droid homepaage https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid/ - F-Droid package https://www.sisik.eu/apk-tool - Browser APK analyzer https://forum.f-droid.org/t/cannot-install-f-droid-invalid-package-using-profiles/16122 - F-Droid forum post 1 https://forum.f-droid.org/t/why-does-the-f-droid-website-nearly-always-host-an-outdated-f-droid-apk/6234 - F-Droid forum post 2 https://hub.libranet.de/wiki/and-priv-sec/wiki/apps - Android apps https://grapheneos.org/features#install-available-appss - GrapheneOS install available apps feature Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. āœ”ļø It’s good practice to document answers to frequently asked questions, as it allows other users to reference them. For example, I’ve been asked multiple times through email and video comments why a user is unable to install F-Droid in another user profile. To avoid answering these questions individually, I decided to make a video explaining the reason behind this issue. To demonstrate the process, a user can go to f-droid.org on their Android device and click the ā€œDownloadā€ button on the home page to download F-Droid. Once the download is complete, they can install the APK. ...

February 6, 2023 Ā· 7 min Ā· 1328 words Ā· Josh

GrapheneOS vs Android OS on the Pixel 7 Review

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced for video https://grapheneos.org/features#sandboxed-google-play - Sandboxed Google Play Documentation https://youtu.be/hx2eiPTe7Zg - Sensor & Network Permissions https://youtu.be/WjrANjvrSzw - Storage Scopes Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. āœ”ļø I am upgrading to the Pixel 7 and after nearly two years of using Graphene OS, I have decided to leave the stock Android OS installed on it. Let me be clear, I did not want to do this, but I figured in order to offer a fair comparison between stock Android OS and Graphene OS, I should probably test out the stock OS and see how it is. My first impression with stock Android OS is that it has a very friendly setup. It wants you to log into your accounts to sync your settings and it comes with a ton of popular apps installed, as well as the Google Play Store, installed by default. I am speaking objectively for someone new to the OS, not from a privacy or security perspective. The whole initial experience was very welcoming. To keep things equal in my testing, I am going to be using the Play Store on both OS’s by signing in so I can download apps. I also wanted to try and embrace the stock Android OS as much as possible to see if there were any features I might miss. ...

January 22, 2023 Ā· 6 min Ā· 1201 words Ā· Josh

A minimalist dumb phone you should actually use

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced for video https://grapheneos.org/ - GrapheneOS https://jkuester.github.io/unlauncher/ - Unlauncher https://github.com/jkuester/unlauncher - Unlauncher GitHub https://signal.org/ - Signal https://store.google.com/category/phones - Google Pixel https://youtu.be/B0RVWU_nROk - YouTube Video - I used a flip phone for 30 days https://youtu.be/Vl5OrbsXBI8 - YouTube Video - One Month with a Minimalist Dumb Phone | Light Phone II Review https://www.thelightphone.com/ - Light Phone https://palm.com/pages/product - Palm Phone https://mudita.com/products/phones/mudita-pure/ - Mudita Pure https://github.com/sduduzog/slim-launcher - Slim launcher (Unlauncher is a fork of this project) Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. āœ”ļø ...

December 5, 2022 Ā· 4 min Ā· 739 words Ā· Josh

How to install GrapheneOS on Google Pixel 7 (Pixel 7 Pro) + Setup for new users

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced for video https://grapheneos.org/install/web - GrapheneOS Web installer https://grapheneos.org/donate - GrapheneOS donation page https://grapheneos.org/features#sandboxed-google-play - Sandboxed Google Play details https://sideofburritos.com/docs/setup-guides/mobile-privacy/ - Mobile Privacy & Security Guide https://youtu.be/SZ0PKtiXTSs - How to install Sandboxed Google Play in a separate User Profile https://nitter.net/DanielMicay/status/1552966692749414402#m - Twitter thread explaining OEM unlocking Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. ...

November 28, 2022 Ā· 16 min Ā· 3386 words Ā· Josh

Android Full Lock Screen Bypass - Pixel | Demo + Explanation | CVE-2022-20465

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced for video https://feed.bugs.xdavidhu.me/bugs/0016 - Complete Lock Screen Bypass on Google Pixel devices post by David Schütz https://bugs.xdavidhu.me/google/2022/11/10/accidental-70k-google-pixel-lock-screen-bypass/ - Accidental $70k Google Pixel: Lock Screen Bypass - by David Schütz https://nitter.net/xdavidhu/status/1590626467414958080 - Tweet by David Schütz announcing discovery of vulnerability https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2022-11-01 - Pixel Update Bulletin—November 2022 https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/ecbed81c3a331f2f0458923cc7e744c85ece96da - Technical details regarding fix https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-20465 - CVE-2022-20465 https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/4457705 - Support schedule for Pixel Phones https://nitter.net/DanielMicay/status/1590941219462742018 - Tweet by Daniel Micay regarding scope of vulnerability https://grapheneos.org/features#auto-reboot - GrapheneOS Auto reboot feature https://grapheneos.org/ - GrapheneOS home page Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. ...

November 14, 2022 Ā· 11 min Ā· 2249 words Ā· Josh

How to install GrapheneOS on Google Pixel 6a (GP6a) + Setup for new users

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced for video https://grapheneos.org/install/web - GrapheneOS Web installer https://nitter.net/DanielMicay/status/1552966692749414402#m - Twitter thread explaining OEM unlocking https://grapheneos.org/donate - GrapheneOS donation page https://grapheneos.org/features#sandboxed-google-play - Sandboxed Google Play details Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. So the main purpose of today’s video is to install graphene OS on the Google Pixel six a specifically, the process will be similar regardless of which pixel you have. But the one I’m demonstrating on today is the six A, we’re going to be following the instructions on graphene os.org. I’ll put the link down below in the description as well as on the screen right now. And we will be using the web installer, it’s essentially impossible to break your phone using the web installer. So don’t be scared to try this, I’ve done the process probably about 50 to 100 times at this point, I’ve never had an issue with it. Now that being said, there are some issues that come up for some individuals when they are going through the install process. And I will point those out throughout the video for any tips, you can try to overcome those. But with that out of the way, let’s begin the installation process. So we’re at Griffin os.org, the web installer, we’re going to go down to the prerequisites, give this a read through the supported OS. I’m installing this from Mac OS today using brave browser, make sure you are using a supported browser and a supported OS. Otherwise you will encounter issues. This is a very important note for those on Ubuntu. If you’re using chromium that is broken and will not work. So make sure if you’re on a boon to you are not using chromium. So once you know you’re using a supported browser and OS, we can continue, make sure to give all this a read through I’m not going to waste your time reading it to you. But there’s some other important bits of information in here such as Do not use an incognito browser or private browser. Because again, you will encounter issues. So once you make sure all the prerequisites are met, we are on to enabling OEM unlocking. So just a note about where you get your information from always go to the source directly, in this case, Griffin os.org. That’s why I’m following along in their guide when showing you the developers do a great job documenting the installation process and different features. Always go to the source. First, don’t trust some random YouTuber talking about it, or some random forum posts that you saw, you’ll always get the best information directly from the source. So the first step for this OEM unlocking needs to be enabled from within the operating system, enable the developer options by going into settings about and pressing the build number entry until developer mode is enabled. So I’m going to be demonstrating this, like I just took my pixel out of the box. When you turn it on for the first time, you will see this screen. If you already past the initial setup, and you want to skip ahead, I’ll have that in the play bar below. So you can skip this section. But if you’re here, go ahead and press Get Started. I don’t have a SIM card in the phone yet. So go ahead and click Skip. So you could connect to Wi Fi at this point. But I like to skip this because we don’t need a Wi Fi connection, we can set up the pixel offline first. So we’re gonna go to Setup offline. Just a quick warning about setting up offline continue. Date and time. I uncheck these just for good practice. Except Except it’s always good practice to set a pin. Even if you’re just going to be erasing the OS quick. Sometimes I don’t but you should anyways. ...

November 6, 2022 Ā· 17 min Ā· 3603 words Ā· Josh

How your phones' wallpaper can be used to track you

šŸŽ„ Video Link Mobile privacy guide https://sideofburritos.com/docs/setup-guides/mobile-privacy/ Links referenced for video https://fingerprint.com/blog/how-android-wallpaper-images-threaten-privacy/ - privacy.com main article referenced https://github.com/fingerprintjs/blog-android-wallpaper-id-demo - WallpaperID App used in demo https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/WallpaperManager#getWallpaperColors(int) - Android source code - getWallpaperColors https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/+/master:frameworks/base/core/java/com/android/internal/graphics/palette/VariationalKMeansQuantizer.java;l=31?q=KMeansQua&ss=android%2Fplatform%2Fsuperproject - getWallpaperColors source code - K-means clustering https://www.clear.rice.edu/elec301/Projects02/artSpy/patmac/RGB.jpg - 3D color cube https://clarle.github.io/yui3/yui/docs/color/rgb-slider.html - RGB sliders

August 7, 2022 Ā· 1 min Ā· 48 words Ā· Josh

FULL reveal of what apps I use on my personal phone | GrapheneOS

šŸŽ„ Video Link Mobile privacy guide https://sideofburritos.com/docs/setup-guides/mobile-privacy/ My other videos I referenced šŸŽ„ Storing your contacts in the cloud šŸŽ„ Storing your calendar events in the cloud šŸŽ„ Calling a scammer šŸŽ„ You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 1 šŸŽ„ You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 2 šŸŽ„ You should use this instead of F-Droid | How to use app RSS feed Full list of apps I have installed (as of 2022-07-31) 1Password Aegis AntennaPod Aurora Store Briar Burner Cube ACR DAVx⁵ Geometric Weather Google Camera Magic Earth Mullvad VPN NewPipe Nextcloud OpenVPN Play Store Plex Read You Signal Simple Calendar Pro Sonos Spotify Syncthing Todoist Twidere UniFi Network UniFi Protect UptimeRobot Vanadium

July 31, 2022 Ā· 1 min Ā· 113 words Ā· Josh