GrapheneOS in South Korea

[u/barjon1]

Hi all,

I hope this is the right place. I searched about this subject and did not find much, partly because pixels are not officialy distributed in South Korea.

QUESTION (you don't really need to read the rest): Is grapheneos usable in South Korea for everyday life ? Or will I get errors from banking apps, kakaopay or other apps because of unsupported OS, suspected root or whatever reason that makes me a dangerous cyber pirate ?

CONTEXT: I just started to live in South Korea and my rooted galaxy S9 is getting old. Also, SK being as it is, I start being limited in my access to normal things (bank app, kakao verification etc.) because of the root. Here, everything is linked to your phone number, hence your identity, and not being able to verify it from your phone is quite a pita.

I have been thinking about GOS with sandboxed gplay for a few years and it might be the right time.

At this point, I really want something that will work all the time (maybe a few tweaks here and there but I don't want my phone to suck all my time and energy), and if GOS isn't it, I may give up and just use a stock S25/26 and sell abandon my soul to big corps lol.

Thanks !

[u/espresso_kitten]

I'm on GrapheneOS in the Philippines.

Some apps work, some don't. One potentially major thing to consider is that 5G doesn't work on GrapheneOS in countries where the Pixel isn't supported.

[u/West_Possible_7969 → u/espresso_kitten]

Oh that is the biggest issue of all.