Not exaxtly grapheneOS but close enough CalyxOs has started supporting Fairphone 5 and it has replaceable batteries AFAIK: https://calyxos.org/news/2024/03/05/fp5/
CalyxOS is not a hardened OS. It greatly reduces security vs. AOSP via added attack surface, rolled back security and slow patches. CalyxOS does not have features like this. It does the opposite of this.
Compatibility with Android apps on GrapheneOS is also much different. GrapheneOS provides our sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer:
Can run the vast majority of Play Store apps on GrapheneOS, but not CalyxOS with the problematic microG approach.
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm is a third party comparison between different alternate mobile operating systems. It could include many more privacy/security features but it's a good starting point.
Looking into that as an alternative for my dying pixel 3a but CalyxOS is to GrapheneOS what OpenBSD is to fedora when it comes to security. Both are good for updates and common security features but grapheneos has implemented security features that are a decade ahead of other Androids. Hardened Malloc, Playstore Sandbox instead of MicroG, Memory Tagging extensions, Selinux, bootloader Security, etc.
CalyxOS is a great alternative to GrapheneOS. The way I see it is that CalyxOS is much better for privacy but not as good for security, whereas on GrapheneOS security is always the main priority, whilst privacy and usability are second thoughts.
GrapheneOS provides much better privacy than CalyxOS including features like Contact Scopes, Storage Scopes, per-app Sensors toggle, Network toggle instead of the leaky LineageOS approach, per-connection MAC randomization, fixes for many data leaks and much more.
GrapheneOS provides much broader app compatibility than CalyxOS via sandboxed Google Play. Apps forbidding using an alternate OS via the Play Integrity API is an issue for any alternate operating system and it's known that spoofing the device integrity check for Google certification is not a sustainable approach that will keep working. It already doesn't work consistently.
CalyxOS is not a hardened OS. It greatly reduces security vs. AOSP via added attack surface, rolled back security and slow patches.
Compatibility with Android apps on GrapheneOS is also much different. GrapheneOS provides our sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer:
Can run the vast majority of Play Store apps on GrapheneOS, but not CalyxOS with the problematic microG approach.
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm is a third party comparison between different alternate mobile operating systems. It could include many more privacy/security features but it's a good starting point.
GrapheneOS provides much better privacy than CalyxOS including features like Contact Scopes, Storage Scopes, per-app Sensors toggle, Network toggle instead of the leaky LineageOS approach, per-connection MAC randomization, fixes for many data leaks and much more.
GrapheneOS provides much broader app compatibility than CalyxOS via sandboxed Google Play. Apps forbidding using an alternate OS via the Play Integrity API is an issue for any alternate operating system and it's known that spoofing the device integrity check for Google certification is not a sustainable approach that will keep working. It already doesn't work consistently.
CalyxOS is not a hardened OS. It greatly reduces security vs. AOSP via added attack surface, rolled back security and slow patches.
Compatibility with Android apps on GrapheneOS is also much different. GrapheneOS provides our sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer:
Can run the vast majority of Play Store apps on GrapheneOS, but not CalyxOS with the problematic microG approach.
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm is a third party comparison between different alternate mobile operating systems. It could include many more privacy/security features but it's a good starting point.
Security isn't something you have or not. There's nuances. CalyxOS makes a few trade-offs which I'm happy to accept in order to be able to use several banking apps, Google pay, wallet etc.
GrapheneOS provides much better privacy than CalyxOS including features like Contact Scopes, Storage Scopes, per-app Sensors toggle, Network toggle instead of the leaky LineageOS approach, per-connection MAC randomization, fixes for many data leaks and much more.
GrapheneOS provides much broader app compatibility than CalyxOS via sandboxed Google Play. Apps forbidding using an alternate OS via the Play Integrity API is an issue for any alternate operating system and it's known that spoofing the device integrity check for Google certification is not a sustainable approach that will keep working. It already doesn't work consistently.
CalyxOS is not a hardened OS. It greatly reduces security vs. AOSP via added attack surface, rolled back security and slow patches.
Compatibility with Android apps on GrapheneOS is also much different. GrapheneOS provides our sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer:
Can run the vast majority of Play Store apps on GrapheneOS, but not CalyxOS with the problematic microG approach.
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm is a third party comparison between different alternate mobile operating systems. It could include many more privacy/security features but it's a good starting point.
