• Decentralizr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    704·
    1 year ago

    To setup an esim you need google framework and play installed (grapheneos is out, except you install Google)

    This is the idea behind… More control

      • Decentralizr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        It’s somewhere on the GrapheneOS website, Says to install you need google play, you can delete it afterwords. That said calyx has microg

      • Jim Bean@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        And the app which enables esim support is proprietary, and sends device identifiers to Google. It’s about control.

    • regalia@literature.cafeEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Nah, I use GrapheneOS. Unfortunately you need to install the play store/services initially to services and “enabled privileged esim access” in the network access to install esim. After that though, you can purge all the Google crap and easily uninstall it all. Esim will remain in your phone, even if you were to factory reset and reflash to another OS. You just have install esim only once and it’s actually stored on the hardware level.

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.oneEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      you need google framework and play installed

      Nonstarter for me then 👎 frustrating too, why these companies insist on use Google’s infra instead of creating or adopting an actual celluar standard?

      Edit: sentence

      • regalia@literature.cafeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Only to initially install it. After you install the esim, you can purge the Google stuff and it’ll remain working perfectly. Esim is actually on your phone at the hardware level.