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Ask for help on the Grapheneos matrix channel. I do not have this problem on mine but they are more knowledgeable about this kind of stuff.
Also unless you use google services, you won't get notifications if you do this (use the at rest encryption with passphrase).
You can still get the notifications through UnifiedPush right?
Yes, I believe so.
Have you had a good experience? I've considered this exact setup, but obviously this post gives me pause...
Things don't crash on me. But bank apps may not work, they usually use play protect and apps with that may not work. Also you will not have root access, it has to do with security but certain apps like titanium backup need root to work. I've heard seed vault (built-in backup) isn't that great but I haven't used it. I like GrapheneOS, the only annoying thing for me is the lack of notifications for certain apps. That's pretty much how it goes when you don't use google on your phone. My workaround is using a separate work profile that has sandboxed google play for apps that I need notifications for.
I avoid installing anything that isn't in F-Droid or Accrescent for spying concerns with a couple exceptions I Obtainium, so no banking apps. And yeah, notifications would be nice, but ideally FOSS privacy respecting apps will get better about actively seeking updates like a 90's email client. Afaik, all push notification schemes that exist allow Google or whoever is the provider to read all notifications that go through that in the clear, which seems baaaad!
Yep, google will be able to read your notifications. Which is why I only let things I don't care about google seeing use the sandboxed google play. Things like games, etc. I use Proton but no notifications for email (and yes I know about the CEO and Trump). That's more invasive so I just manually check my Proton inbox. You get used to workarounds. I also use a bogus gmail account not tied to me, fake name, dob, phone number, etc. I used juicySMS for it.