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yogthosyesterday at 10:44 PM3 repliesview on HN

I just bought an official Pixel 9 to install GrapheneOS, and the process couldn't be simpler. Their webusb installer is extremely polished. You just plug your phone in, click through a few steps, and you're done. There's absolutely no reason to bother looking for a phone with GrapheneOS already preinstalled.

As a side note, I've been using it for a few months now, and it works great. All the apps I use run on it just fine. Battery life is great, and you don't have a bunch of cruft from Google running on your device. Can highly recommend for anybody looking for a phone you actually own.


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kay_oyesterday at 10:49 PM

This is not the related of preinstalled. Swappa is selling bootloader permanently locked forever phones as bootloader unlockable

NewJazzyesterday at 10:47 PM

As a note, swappa isn't selling phones with grapheneos preinstalled. It is selling used phones, you would still have to install gos.

OsrsNeedsf2Pyesterday at 10:49 PM

I'm trying to go through Swappa to help reduce waste and save a bit of money. Unfortunately, when I decided to go second-hand, I didn't expect issues like this.