RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 20 hours agoGrapheneOS is finally ready to break free from Pixels and it may never look backwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkGrapheneOS is finally ready to break free from Pixels and it may never look backwww.androidauthority.comRSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepentastarm@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 hours agoSamsung phones are probably a no-go though, right? No way around their locked bootloader?
minus-squaremanxu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours agoThe phone would be shipping with GrapheneOS, you don’t need to unlock the bootloader if you are the OEM installing the OS.
minus-squarearcterus@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 hours agoOne of their comments mentions that having it preinstalled may or may not happen. The aim atm seems to be the current Pixel situation where you unlock the device and install it yourself.
minus-squaremanxu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·42 minutes agoInteresting. I wonder if the OEM thinks they can remove the ability to do that after the fact.
Samsung phones are probably a no-go though, right? No way around their locked bootloader?
The phone would be shipping with GrapheneOS, you don’t need to unlock the bootloader if you are the OEM installing the OS.
One of their comments mentions that having it preinstalled may or may not happen. The aim atm seems to be the current Pixel situation where you unlock the device and install it yourself.
Interesting. I wonder if the OEM thinks they can remove the ability to do that after the fact.