GrapheneOS – When An App is Gradual… – WirelessMoves

I’ve been utilizing GrapheneOS for about a year now and general, I’m very proud of the safety and privateness options. There is one app, nevertheless, that runs noticeably slower on my Pixel 8 with GrapheneOS than on different Android units: OpenstreetMap for Android (Osmand). The good facet of that is that it has made me search for different map functions on Android, and I’ve found CoMaps that meets nearly all of my wants. But nonetheless, I’d like use Osmand once in a while as properly. So after trying round a bit, I discovered the explanation behind why it’s so sluggish on GrapheneOS and the best way to ‘repair it’.

The purpose behind it’s the hardened reminiscence allocator, which appears to create a big overhead for Osmand. That is perhaps as a result of scrolling a map requires fixed loading and discarding of knowledge. The excellent news: The hardening may be deactivated on a per-app foundation! And as soon as switched it off, Osmand runs as quick once more as ever.!This comes with a safety disadvantage, nevertheless, however since Osmand shouldn’t be loading something from the Internet aside from the occasional maps replace, the safety vs. velocity equation works for me.

To disable the hardened reminiscence allotted, long-tap on this system icon, choose ‘information’ after which scroll right down to ‘Exploit safety’. Leave the safety on on the whole, simply disable the ‘hardened reminiscence allocator’. And that’s it! After restarting Osmand, it’s a lot sooner once more!