Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away
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Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away
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Re: Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away
#2Uh oh. I just brought a pixel 6a from Swappa, was hoping to use a different os. Not arrived yet though.
Re: Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away
#3Swappa became a no-go for me when they started making exceptions to their rules for commercial sellers, justifying it by saying they were inherently more reliable. For example, using stock photos for multiple devices instead of the device you actually receive. All of three of these phones, based on the seller names, were those reliable sellers.
Re: Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away
#4Bummer of an experience. About a month ago I bought an unlocked 8a from a seller on Swappa and had no issue getting GrapheneOS (which works well!) on it.
Re: Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away
#5> we are unfortunately not able to guarantee bootloader unlocking, as it is not feasible for us to search through thousands of devices in order to find one that is
Ohhhh, is that how it works? Maybe I should try that next time. Instead of selling broken hardware as "NOT TESTED, AS IS, PARTS MACHINE" I should sell them as "100% working!" and when someone asks, I'll tell them "sorry, it's not feasible to search through all devices and find the working ones"
Re: Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away
#6I wonder why almost no one in these GrapheneOS praise topic mentions that you won't be able to pay with your phone, and often even bank apps refuse to install on it - it was a deal breaker for me personally, and now I'm back under Google umbrella :<
Re: Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away
#7I wonder why almost no one in these GrapheneOS praise topic mentions that you won't be able to pay with your phone, and often even bank apps refuse to install on it - it was a deal breaker for me personally, and now I'm back under Google umbrella :<
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Re: Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away
#8Uh oh. I just brought a pixel 6a from Swappa, was hoping to use a different os. Not arrived yet though.
sometimes the option to unlock the bootloader doesn't work until you connect the device
to internet. not sure if the original person who posted tried that. this might be a non issue.
Re: Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away
#9I wonder why almost no one in these GrapheneOS praise topic mentions that you won't be able to pay with your phone, and often even bank apps refuse to install on it - it was a deal breaker for me personally, and now I'm back under Google umbrella :<
Paying with your phone just seems like one of those separation of concerns problem. I'm sure you have backup forms, and cash, etc, but there's something about not having to worry about the multinefarious capabilities of my phone if it's not in my posession.
Re: Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away
#10I wonder why almost no one in these GrapheneOS praise topic mentions that you won't be able to pay with your phone, and often even bank apps refuse to install on it - it was a deal breaker for me personally, and now I'm back under Google umbrella :<
Fair point, but how much extra effort is it to put a credit card between your phone? I'm still under the Google umbrella as well, but this would be my first issue solved.