I visited 3 stores looking for the pixels 7a. One of these stores (best buy) sells it at a 20% discount for only 2 weeks, brand new, 128 GB, so I may go for it to buy and nuke to install graphene OS, then relock it.

A poster suggested me to avoid verizon, because they lock the bootloader to prevent you installing anything else.

This one seems to be a pixels directly from google: on a table displaying other google devices and earbuds, but I wouldn’t want to buy something I cannot relock on non-stock software.

ETA: what port does it use for charging?

  • Shimitar@feddit.itEnglish
    34·
    8 months ago

    Do NOT relock a phone unless stock ROM is installed!

    The system image signature will be different and you will brick your phone.

    This is true for Samsung and Xiaomi, might not be true for Pixels, but I wouldn’t risk it.

    • jacktherippah@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      8 months ago

      Bootloader relocking is supported with an alternative OS on a Pixel. GrapheneOS supplies an avb custom key and they expect that you use their OS with a locked bootloader.