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>>moelf+(OP)
I feel like GrapheneOS shot itself in the foot, being exclusive to Pixel phones. Pixel phones were great, in the past, but now they're mediocre offerings for their price range and the removal of the 3.5mm jack pushed many of the more techy users away — GrapheneOS's target audience.

Not sure if I'd use GrapheneOS even if it was available on other devices though. Really not a fan of the hostile attitude towards rooting when it's needed for basic functionality like backups — actual, reliable backups for every app, unlike those provided by the built-in solution.

>>648483+Of
Huh? Pixels haven't had 3.5 jacks since Pixel 2 in 2017. wdym? GrapheneOS is exclusive to Pixels because no other device has the same security features like bootloader relocking.

>>hexago+Gg
>bootloader relocking

My OnePlus3 (2017-ish?) can do that.

It's not even a feature, but standard android bootloader will do this much. Vendors deliberately remove such features, if not disable phone unlocking outright[0].

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootloader_unlocking

>>snvzz+zn
The oneplus3 cannot be relocked as it wrongly trusts test-keys. It also has public EDL firehose files available allowing anyone to flash it arbitrarily even when locked or further dump ram or userdata.

I previously documented this here: https://web.archive.org/web/20250120181249/https://divestos....