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Not really a fan of Ebay. Getting a used slightly worn phone doesn’t seem like a good idea. The usb C on every phone I have had (if it gets clean or not) starts to not work as well if at all, and the battery is certainly not going to work to 100 percent any more.
This isn’t awful advice, but used Pixel prices are vastly out of whack with used prices from just about any other android manufacturer. On Amazon I can currently buy a refurbished Galaxy S25+ for $300 less than a refurbished Pixel 9 Pro XL - when the Pixel is a worse phone by every metric but its ability to run GOS.
Also, in some markets (US I believe? I think its a company called Verizon that does this) Some pixels just cannot be OEM unlocked, at all. So that’s also a risk buying used online at least - there’s usually not a way to tell if you’d be getting one of those if you live in a market that has this fucked up “feature”.
Don’t wait. GOS just works.
On one phone. The rest of are shit out of luck because we didn’t buy the one phone from the company that is causing the problem in the first place.
They’re working with an (unrevealed) major OEM to bring a compatible device to market sometime next year.
https://old.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1o32gpg/blackberry_phones/nivsx0k/
Here’s hoping its a device with an SD card slot and optionally a 3.5 jack. The Pixel’s lack of those is the one reason I haven’t made the switch.
Apparently not. But it will later come to other cheaper offerings of the company which will probably have a headphone connector.
You can always buy used!
Where does one find a used phone? I would have no idea.
More importantly, I don’t want a used phone, OR to have to spend more money.
Ebay
Yuck. Nope. A used phone from a rando? No way in hell. Usb likely worn out, battery half the life of new… No.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266812035484
Not really a fan of Ebay. Getting a used slightly worn phone doesn’t seem like a good idea. The usb C on every phone I have had (if it gets clean or not) starts to not work as well if at all, and the battery is certainly not going to work to 100 percent any more.
They’re open nox
Then accept what they’re doing
I dont really have a choice do I?
Also, this isn’t just phones: I am using Fdroid on several TV devices too.
This really, really sucks.
Yes, you do. But you’re making the wrong one
What do you recommend for non pixel devices then?
Why non pixel?
Buy used. The other phone vendors haven’t been offering the security hardware GOS needs, so far. It might change soon enough though.
This isn’t awful advice, but used Pixel prices are vastly out of whack with used prices from just about any other android manufacturer. On Amazon I can currently buy a refurbished Galaxy S25+ for $300 less than a refurbished Pixel 9 Pro XL - when the Pixel is a worse phone by every metric but its ability to run GOS.
Also, in some markets (US I believe? I think its a company called Verizon that does this) Some pixels just cannot be OEM unlocked, at all. So that’s also a risk buying used online at least - there’s usually not a way to tell if you’d be getting one of those if you live in a market that has this fucked up “feature”.