Hey dear smart community, I don’t use any Google products or services over 3 years now. Always had android and used fdroid. No apps for banking ( cash lover). Osmand for maps. Extremely happy to find this app for socializing with like minded people. Now I feel time has come to upgrade privacy and security and custom ROM phone. I am considering if getting pixel8 and installing GOS. The only issue is,that I have 0 (ZERO) knowledge about how to do it. I have looked many videos and read on websites how to do it,but I am so afraid that I will not be able. I don’t know if that is right to ask for assistance from people here,but I don’t feel like I am capable of doing so. Plus,I have samsung which I would like to prepare and give my friend to use. Unfortunately, that person in immersed to Google world ( internet banking apps ect). Do you think LineageOS could give more protection and same smooth usage of phone ? I will appreciate any suggestions how to custom ROM phones. Best wishes to all.
Installing Graphene OS on a Pixel device is basically idiot proof and done in less than 20 minutes. All you need is a chromium based browser (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Ungoogled Chromium, etc.) and a USB cable. That’s it.
No voodoo required, the tutorial is easier than following along a recepie for chicken pot pie. If you can read you can install Graphene OS, that’s literally the sole prerequisite.
ONE IMPORTANT THING!!!
Make sure you do it on a chromium browser. I did it on FF a few years ago and was confused as to why it was failing, but when I switched to Chromium it worked. Idk if they fixed that by now, it’s been two years. Not that it bricked my phone or anything, it just took more time.
But yeah the guide is awesome literally just read it.
There’s nothing to fix, Firefox simply does not support the webusb standard required for this yet, unfortunately: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebUSB_API
Of course google has already enabled support even though the spec is not final. So now the standard will have to follow Chrome’s implantation, because so many people already use it.
This is what people mean when they say google practically controls web standards.
Agree, but do yourselve a favor and:
Both are also written in the instructions but I’ve seen so many people skipping those and struggling with interrupted installation processes :)
not even windows?
Nope. It’s all browser-based. I run Linux and installed GrapheneOS on my various Pixels over the years.
Idiot here. Can confirm. Posted from my pixel 9a with GrapheneOS which is my only phone and daily driver.
I clicked the buttons and followed the tutorial. All I needed was my PC, the phone and a USB-C cable.
Setup was easier than the android I was used to with all the bloat on it.
Your testimony is inspiring. Thanks 😊
OMG, your answer is so cool ! I cook a lot, I know how to follow perfectly the recipes. That was such a good comparison. Thanks for your comment.