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Graphene OS options and a special use case (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by murvillian@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I haven't seen a better community to put this, so I'm putting it here. I've used graphene os before with a pixel 6, and used it for a few months all up until I got an insulin pump, namely an Omnipod. This thing rarely works with current generation phones, and up until recently didn't work with iPhone at all. I tried Graphene OS on an old phone again (7 pro) and tried to connect to the pump but something about it determined it was not Google Android, so it didn't work. I use x drip to connect to my CGM, and never really used the default dexcom app. I'm aware of AndroidAPS, an offshoot of open APS, but I imagine it'll be a long time, if ever, that it works with current generation pumps. And importing one that would work from Korea or the UK doesn't seem to be an option that I can afford. Am I just screwed when Google walls off Android? Is anyone aware of alternative control software for Omnipod pumps? I'd really like to go back to graphene and keep using the other software I use today, but looks like Google is going to put an end to that.

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[–] InevitableWaffles@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, Medtronic is a bunch of assholes for things like that. If you really wanna rage, look at how the company does everything they can to not allow communication between blood sugar live sensors and pump controllers. Biomedical enthusiasts (I loathe the term biohacker) have been working this idea with older, more easily hackable pumps.

[–] murvillian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Yep, been going on for a good long while. I've never had a Medtronic pump, and when I did use the cannula kind, it was a deltec cozmo and an animas something-or-other. Those seemed to be fairly innovative when new. These new pod types, there's got to be a way to intercept it's Bluetooth comms and figure out how to communicate with it, just beyond my wheelhouse. The openAPS folks could take it from there most likely.