So I fell for the classic blunder and ended up with a pixel that’s not OEM unlocked despite being advertised as such. After a few hours of searching it looks like the only way I’m getting an OEM unlocked pixel is full price from Google itself. I don’t have $400 for a new phone, I bought the one I have for $150 in 2019.
Are there any cheaper ways to get control of my phone?
Buy some old chinashit and flash lineage/cr droid, they actually give you more control than graphene
What about Lineage gives you more control than GOS? I personally have never tried LineageOS since I have a pixel, but curious what it’s like over there.
Graphene is designed to restrict a lot of choices (and root access) to be secure by default, Lineage is designed to give you root control over everything. Very different approaches.
This is actually the best option I’ve gotten so far, crdroid looks good. Is there anywhere I can find a video that explains the daily use side of it?
Why not e/os GSI?
That’s basically LineageOS with some pre-configuration for microg
Not exactly it has some interesting customizations like tracker blocking, geo mock and tor included by default. Is a privacy oriented ROM. Not as private as graphene but I believe it’s a good alternative for non-pixel, another one is iodeOS.