GrapheneOS Desktop Mode
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March 19, 2026
Just tested it on Graphene OS latest.
Here are things that are still annoying/buggy.
Summary is that so many small things just kill the workflow.
* Still need to enable developer options and reboot after.
* Web Apps still are nowhere to be seen
* UI on IronFox (likely Firefox as well) is still horrendous. When you type a new URL, suggestions take the entire screen.
* Brave is better, suggestions take perhaps 1/3-1/4 of screen, similar to desktop.
-After exiting Desktop mode, I can’t type on Brave URL bar anymore. Keyboard doesn’t pop when I click on the URL bar. Edit: Solved by closing the app.
Wifi issues:
Context: I have a Pixel 9. Place with “1 bar” 5ghz wifi reception.
Android still does this weird behavior:
* When looking for Wi-Fi,it will give full power to chip, and detect the wifi and connect. But then, it decides : no, less power is fine. And therefore the phone is disconnected from Wi-Fi. (Could be wrong on the reasons behind the issue, but the result is the same : My laptop with older hardware has more stable connection)
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