Just installed GOS on my phone, really like it. I want to know how GOS users setup their profiles to learn from them. So far, i found out the followings:

  1. everything in Owner

  2. leave Owner blank. Put everything in another profile names User.

  3. leave Owner blank. Put all Google stuff in user Google. Put all FOSS app in FOSS user. Put all bank stuff under Sensitive user.

  4. use Owner as an app repo. So install Google Play, Acrescent, Fdroid. Install apps from there, but dont use them. Instead, when create new user, push those apps from Owner. This is similar to Side of Burritos on Youtube.

anything different?

  • grue@lemmy.world
    27·
    2 days ago

    Everything in owner because I don’t understand the implications well enough to do otherwise (so thanks for the thread).

  • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    6·
    2 days ago

    This thread is illuminating and makes my GOS use feel very pedestrian. I just use a single profile, I keep everything off my default and only enable what I need when I need it (GPS for instance which is rare) and then disable again, and I have no accounts logged in to anything on my phone.

  • kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    8·
    2 days ago

    Got 7 profiles actually.

    1. is the owner of course.
    2. Then I have my main profile.
    3. A untrusted profile. Shady apps cracked apps etc. This profile also is not allowed to run in the background.
    4. Then my finance profile. Has my banking apps and such.
    5. A testing profile. Used to test backups of grapheneos and such.
    6. A work profile. Dont need that to run in the background either. But is useful to stay in touch over the weekends.
    7. And a private profile.

    This way I can still use all my apps. While not requiring google play in all my profiles. Also being able to disable certain things for profiles is super useful. Running in the background, allowed to make/receive calls to name a few

  • sudoer777@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    I have all of my open source apps in my main profile, a Shelter profile for proprietary apps (which I hardly use nowadays), a user profile for apps needed for my university, and another user profile for apps needed for a certain gig I’ve been involved with

  • monovergent@lemmy.ml
    5·
    2 days ago

    Everything in Owner and a secondary phone for all proprietary work and communication apps. The secondary phone is powered off or at least disconnected once I leave work. Google stuff and banking through a computer browser whenever possible.

    If I were forced to use only one phone, the secondary phone’s contents would be on a secondary profile. This used to be my setup but switching between profiles throughout the day wasn’t my thing.

  • superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    I have the main owner profile for my main Foss apps then the work profile for apps that need the play store. I normally leave my work profile paused and unpause it when I need to use an app. None of the apps in the work profile require notifcations so its fine.

  • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.todayEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    One profile. No Google sandbox stuff. All open source programs.

    On my work Pixel tablet I have a home profile as owner with Aurora store just to be able to load it on the other profile. Then a secondary “work” profile with all the bloat

  • Gravitywell.xYz@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    2 days ago

    Owner profile for main use, shelter w play services for apps that need them.

    I also keep a Duress pin enabled which i have written down inside the phones case, so if Anyone “finds” my phone and tries to unlock it they will just end up wiping it.

  • upstroke4448@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    I do…

    Owner - these are the apps I daily drive.

    Work - all work stuff lives here.

    Google - apps that require the playstore.

    I thought about using my owner profile as a hub for app stores and then a 2nd profile as my main profile but I found the 2nd profiles a bit unreliable in terms of receiving calls and texts.

  • LEM 1689@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    Just the one profile that comes with the install. I need a way to get Ticketmaster tickets in to a wallet tho, so I may need to set up another profile with Play Services and Google wallet, just for tickets. Either that or reset my old Samsung phone and download the tickets on to it, bring it with me to the concert. I have one year to figure it out, the concert is Dec 2026.