• Unlock bootloader (depending on vendor, you have to do an online verification),
  • flash a recovery.img,
  • load into recovery mode (which, depending on the phone, might need extra work)
  • wipe some caches,
  • select new os/rom image,
  • pray it doesn’t brick your phone.

You’d think someone would’ve learned a thing or two from the easy graphical installations linux and even windows have been offering since the late 2000s.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.devOP
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    6 months ago

    GrapheneOS is a very easy install and can be done simply by plugging your phone in and clicking some buttons on the browser.

    Only if your phone is a Pixel, which isn’t available in my country

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      6 months ago

      Doesn’t matter if your phone is a Pixel or not, still works the same way.