zhkent

joined 2 months ago
[–] zhkent@lemmy.today 1 points 24 minutes ago

I've found some cheaper pixels on e-bay, bought mine there.

[–] zhkent@lemmy.today 1 points 30 minutes ago

You could be right. I looked at several of them on eBay and could only find phones with the e-sim, couldn't find any with sim card tray.

[–] zhkent@lemmy.today 1 points 5 hours ago

Some apps require google play, like android auto and maps.
I'm using grapheneos with open street maps, so I don't think there would be any problem with that. There is a work around to load some apps that require google play with out a google account. I'm guessing that is what would be affected.

[–] zhkent@lemmy.today 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Grapheneos has a wonderful how to install procedure. I did it with a Linux Debian machine. It took several tries to get the bootloader right, part of that was I didn't know what I was looking for. Once your phone has the red triangle in the bootloader of the phone, the installer should recognize it, and the installer was awesome from there.

[–] zhkent@lemmy.today 3 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

10 does not have a sim card tray, the 9's do. First post with grapheneos on a new to me 9 I was able to get!