| ▲ | gruez 2 hours ago | |
Youtube page, which has auto-generated transcripts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLEkUGuw374 tl;dw: 1. it's expensive 2. requires online connection and account to unlock bootloader 3. lenovo (the parent company) had shady behavior in the past | ||
| ▲ | dmm an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
Unlocking the pixels also requires an internet connection, to determine whether the device has any restrictions on it. From the grapheneos installation instructions: """ On device model variants (SKUs) which support being sold as locked devices by carriers, enabling OEM unlocking requires internet access so that the stock OS can check if the device was sold as locked by a carrier. """ | ||
| ▲ | seanw444 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
> 2. requires online connection and account to unlock bootloader That's horrible. I'm surprised the GOS team is okay with this. | ||
| ▲ | bushwart 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Needing an account to unlock the bootloader is a real bummer. I can live with issues 1 and 3. Thanks for the notes. | ||
| ▲ | LikelySupernova 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Then buy Pixel A series, it has none of those cons. And I'd say at that price point, Tensor isn't even a bad processor. | ||