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[+] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I've got a pixel 9 xl (free for some reason, verizon decided to give it to me i guess) and I haven't had any issues. Beyond hating google, that is. It was a major upgrade to my last POS so i'm looking into graphene now

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    verizon decided to give it to me i guess

    every time since the galaxy s5 (which I think was exploitable in some way I don't remember) my verizon branded devices have been locked with no way to unlock the bootloader :(

    good luck!

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    please god, my kingdom for a new phone that is <6in screen size

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    I just got a xaiomi 13 ultra and want this on it. The Chinese phones are awesome folks and the camara with laica is amazing.

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  • [+] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    GrapheneOS devs from what I've seen is still pretty lib in a way that would effect chances of a Chinese phone getting it.

    That may or may not be true (I don't know his opinions), but he has some basic hardware requirements that almost no phones meet - including being able to re-lock the bootloader with custom keys, which AFAIK excludes all Xiaomi phones.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Their choice is purely technical

    https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices

    Xiaomi also has horrible anti consumer practices in regards to bootloader unlocking:

    https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame/blob/main/brands/xiaomi/README.md

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    This is good especially because not only has Google abandoned their “Don’t Be Evil” motto long ago (if it ever really applied), but they are now very actively evil. They have been one of the most important supporters of genocide, proactively engaging the IOF to use their AI services in murdering Palestinians. While there’s no ethical consumption etc etc, my security wasn’t so important that I could justify giving Google money for their crap phones just because GOS used it.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    I think AOSP is something like a month behind their planned release date, screwing up Graphene's ability to support Pixel 10s. Plus with Google trying to kill sideloading, having a full alternative fork with OEM support would be great.

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  • [+] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
    [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Ominous android news

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