Cheaper options than Graphene? (lemmy.world)

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Update: I wanna thank everyone for the advice, I'm shipping the bunk phone back for refund today and ive got my eye on a few from swappa and back market for when I get the money to buy.

I'll probably try out graphene but after looking into crdroid I'm pretty stoked about it having all the customization I've been wanting for ages. Which ever feels cleaner to manage and easier for the family to pick up will probably be the go to.

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?

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[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

As long as it isn't "carrier locked", you should be good to go. The thing about Pixels, is that they allow you to unlock the bootloader (and critically, for Graphene, relock it).

[-] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

You'd think so, but apparently the Verizon model will allow you to unlock the carrier but you can never unlock the bootloader.

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 3 points 17 hours ago

Damn, you're right. That sucks.

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