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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

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Post by NewJazz »

yogthos wrote: post #17

I just bought an official Pixel 9 to install GrapheneOS, and the process couldn't be simpler. Their webusb installer is extremely polished. You just plug your phone in, click through a few steps, and you're done. There's absolutely no reason to bother looking for a phone with GrapheneOS already preinstalled. As a side note, I've been using it for a few months now, and it works great. All the apps I use run on it just…

As a note, swappa isn't selling phones with grapheneos preinstalled. It is selling used phones, you would still have to install gos.

Re: Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away

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Post by kay_o »

yogthos wrote: post #17

I just bought an official Pixel 9 to install GrapheneOS, and the process couldn't be simpler. Their webusb installer is extremely polished. You just plug your phone in, click through a few steps, and you're done. There's absolutely no reason to bother looking for a phone with GrapheneOS already preinstalled. As a side note, I've been using it for a few months now, and it works great. All the apps I use run on it just…

This is not the related of preinstalled. Swappa is selling bootloader permanently locked forever phones as bootloader unlockable

Re: Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away

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Post by OsrsNeedsf2P »

yogthos wrote: post #17

I just bought an official Pixel 9 to install GrapheneOS, and the process couldn't be simpler. Their webusb installer is extremely polished. You just plug your phone in, click through a few steps, and you're done. There's absolutely no reason to bother looking for a phone with GrapheneOS already preinstalled. As a side note, I've been using it for a few months now, and it works great. All the apps I use run on it just…

I'm trying to go through Swappa to help reduce waste and save a bit of money. Unfortunately, when I decided to go second-hand, I didn't expect issues like this.

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Post by McDev »

hnuser435 wrote: post #16
deeplowdock wrote: post #6

I 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 :<

Limitations are on the website - https://grapheneos.org/articles/ I don't care about google pay/wallet or android auto. My credit union's app does work fine, but even if it didn't, I'd still use GOS. It's great.

FWIW I've tested Android Auto before with sandboxed Google Play, works fine.

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Post by thejazzman »

zephen wrote: post #20
deeplowdock wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could then separate the audio system from your car and drive around with a boombox

I forget. What are the security implications of having your car play your music again?

Pretty sure Jeep was hacked via their infotainment system and remotely driven (by researcher Charlie Miller)

So it’s actually kind of a real thing

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Post by troyvit »

beej71 wrote: post #24

I was just about to buy something from them, but maybe not now. I want a used pixel--where is the best marketplace for that?

I've gotten used pixels off of ebay more than once and never had a problem. I feel like if it was that simple swappa.com wouldn't exist though. Maybe I've been lucky?

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Post by 0x3f »

NewJazz wrote: post #19
deeplowdock wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could then separate the audio system from your car and drive around with a boombox

Difference is a plastic card that is lighter and smaller than the phone is just as effective as the phone is for payments. When it comes to audio, a car stereo is going to be much more convenient and brtter quality than a boombox or bluetooth. That said, i did know someone with an older car who used a bluetooth speaker instead of their stereo, so they could connect their phone audio.

I don't know about where you live but here contactless card payments have lower limits than phone-based ones. Also the phone allows me to switch between multiple cards, including transit-specific cards.

Re: Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away

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Post by edm0nd »

deeplowdock wrote: post #6

I 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 :<

Yup, Chase Bank app will not load at all. I think its a "security" feature that it wont load on rooted phones lol
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