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minus-squareh4arts@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agostill just not gonna update my phone for a while until they’ve for sure have allowed side loading. Got my pixel because it’s just a nice phone, and i can put graphene on it when it’s paid off. Half of my apps are all from f-droid, too.
minus-squarefreddo@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYou cannot install graphene until it is paid off?
minus-squaremememuseum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoSome carriers lock the bootloader until you’ve paid off the phone. Phones produced for sale through Verizon have a permanently locked bootloader.
minus-squareArchr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoFuck Verizon for this exact reason. Never buy from them direct if you can help it.
still just not gonna update my phone for a while until they’ve for sure have allowed side loading. Got my pixel because it’s just a nice phone, and i can put graphene on it when it’s paid off. Half of my apps are all from f-droid, too.
You cannot install graphene until it is paid off?
Some carriers lock the bootloader until you’ve paid off the phone.
Phones produced for sale through Verizon have a permanently locked bootloader.
Fuck Verizon for this exact reason. Never buy from them direct if you can help it.