GrapheneOS – When an App Is Slow
GrapheneOS – When An App is Slow… I’ve been using GrapheneOS for about a year now and overall, I am very happy with the security and privacy features. There is one app, however, that runs noticeably slower on my Pixel 8 with GrapheneOS than on other Android devices: OpenstreetMap for Android (Osmand). The good side of this is that it has made me look for other map applications on Android, and I’ve found CoMaps that meets almost all of my needs.
- ▪GrapheneOS – When An App is Slow… I’ve been using GrapheneOS for about a year now and overall, I am very happy with the security and privacy features.
- ▪There is one app, however, that runs noticeably slower on my Pixel 8 with GrapheneOS than on other Android devices: OpenstreetMap for Android (Osmand).
- ▪The good side of this is that it has made me look for other map applications on Android, and I’ve found CoMaps that meets almost all of my needs.
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GrapheneOS – When An App is Slow… I’ve been using GrapheneOS for about a year now and overall, I am very happy with the security and privacy features. There is one app, however, that runs noticeably slower on my Pixel 8 with GrapheneOS than on other Android devices: OpenstreetMap for Android (Osmand). The good side of this is that it has made me look for other map applications on Android, and I’ve found CoMaps that meets almost all of my needs. But still, I’d like use Osmand every now and then as well. So after looking around a bit, I found the reason behind why it is so slow on GrapheneOS and how to ‘fix it’. The reason behind it is the hardened memory allocator, which seems to create a significant overhead for Osmand.
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