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In a comment on Reddit, the team behind GrapheneOS has confirmed plans to start offering devices other than Google Pixel smartphones at a “similar” price. These Snapdragon-powered devices are coming from “a major OEM” that remains unnamed in the post.

https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/grapheneos-will-drop-google-pixel-exclusivity-with-major-snapdragon-powered-devices-coming/32097

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GrapheneOS will drop Google Pixel exclusivity with 'major' Snapdragon-powered devices coming

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@privacyguides I see it may be OnePlus, although can't confirm. Would be awesome, I like OnePlus's hardware personally. I currently do run LineageOS on the OnePlus 11 5G. That reminds me, I need to update it to LineageOS 23.0 today.

@korbs @privacyguides that would be incredible! My last phone was OnePlus and the hardware was great (especially for the price) but the OS was awful (and it was locked)

@tarix29 LOCKED?! By the carrier or did something else prevent the OEM unlock option?! OnePlus are easy to unlock for me, but I usually buy them out right.

@korbs If I recall correctly I got the phone carrier locked from T-Mobile

@tarix29 Same, but I was able to unlock OEM after purchase. It's found in the developer settings if I remember correctly.

and I use Mint Mobile, which works with T-Mobile locked phones, so I could still be locked to T-Mobile and not know it.

@korbs yeah I wanna say that option was greyed out but idk. After a bit of research I may have been able to unlock it with adb and possibly a token I can get from T-Mobile? I don't think I had the knowledge for that at the time. I still have the phone though so I might try it when I get a chance. It would be nice to have a de-Googled rooted phone in addition to my daily driver

@tarix29 It believe it needs to be unlocked with fastboot if you can get into that.

Good luck!

@korbs @privacyguides If I had to bet on an OEM, I'd choose Nothing. It's a pretty small brand and, importantly, independent (OnePlus belongs to Oppo, so any potential cooperation with GrapheneOS would probably need their approval). It's also relatively open to the community. On top of that, they have a small number of models, which would make such cooperation much easier. And of course, all of them use Snapdragon chips.

@ppaluchowski64 If it's Nothing, that could extend into CMF phones as well. Would be interesting to see.

@korbs That would be great, but unfortunately CMF phones don't use Snapdragon chips - which are already a bit of a compromise in terms of security, since their secure elements aren't as strong as Titan M2, the dedicated chip used in Pixel phones.

@privacyguides gooooooogle 🤗

@privacyguides Let's go! So far, the only reason to get these expensive yet underpowered devices has been GrapheneOS. I hope it's OnePlus, since the OnePlus 13 has excellent hardware at a lower price than the Pixel 10. The biggest issue is the short EoL (3 years of OS updates, 5 years security updates) which won't change with GrapheneOS. It's sad, because that phone is powerful enough that you'd actually be able to keep enjoying beyond 5 years because of the excellent performance.

@privacyguides omg this is huge! 🎉🎉

@privacyguides that is defo a game changer !

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Hoping it is #fairphone !

Darren du Nord Oct 17

@privacyguides Hurry!!