I love the profile feature from GrapheneOS. The idea of having different profiles with different settings (one for all Google apps, one for non Google…etc) is very nice. But Graphene only works on Pixel. I dont have a Pixel so I am trying to replicate this profile behavior on an S24 - what I currently use.
Why do I want to do this?
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Every where is turning into police states with very heavy censorships. In my country (not US), we start to see bullshit stuff like a cop would stop you in the middle of the road and demand you to open the phone. If they see things they dont like (could be as random as an app name), you’ll get arrested. It is not as severe as a forensic test of the phone, but more like a road stop where they check your phone instead of your license.
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it is nice to organize stuff.
What does Samsung have?
- Secure Folder
- Work Profile - can be setup with Shelter
What do I want to achieve?
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a dummy profile with the bare minimum to run Google Play updates and other basic stuff.
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All my important data will be in Secure Folder or Work profile.
What I plan to do:
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setup the phone using a blank Google account. No emails or syncs whatsoever.
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put all critical data (personal Google, bank apps, private emails, cloud storages, files, media…etc) in the Secure Folder. Locked using my own pass, and do not use Samsung Cloud. No Samsung account.
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put frequently used personal data in Work Profile. These are things like messengers (Telegram, Signal, Whatsapp…etc), contacts, emails (not the private one).
I’m still new to this so appreciate any input.
Using GOS profiles is extremely tedious. Using the work profile is stupid simple and easy. That’s what I use.
As someone who just abandoned their S23 for a Pixel 9 because of this issue, the unfortunate answer is your hardware has locked you out of any opportunities similar to GrapheneOS. Later Samsung phones basically all have locked bootloaders and bloatware that is difficult or impossible to remove - and doing so will break the “Knox” security locking you out of mobile payments and the secure folder.
Your best scenario would be to source an unlocked phone second hand or through a retailer. Sorry to break this news to ya.
Samsung is a joke company. They block oem unlock from One ui 8. Samsung IMS isn’t working in custom roms (AOSP) because they have some close implementation of IMS.
You should look to other company for next phone.
