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  • Mmg95

    • Post #1

    I'm looking to buy a pixel to install graphene os on it but because google phones arent officially sold in my country, all the registered ones are imei swapped. When I install graphene os will I have to swap the IMEI again?

      mg95 what do you mean imei swapped pixel devices? I thought it's not possible to change imei on a pixel device. Can somebody explain it?

          • Mmg95

            • Post #3

            HabibHabibHabib I dont know any more details, I asked the seller and they also don't know how the IMEI was swapped

            • thmf replied to this.

                • Mmg95

                  • Post #4

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                  • Zzzz

                    • Post #5

                    mg95
                    I've never heard of an install failure due to bad IMEI on this forum.

                    Separate from IMEI, just make sure that the phone isn't "Carrier Locked".
                    You can check it on a candidate phone using these instructions:

                    Enable the developer options menu by going to Settings > About phone/tablet and repeatedly pressing the Build number menu entry until developer mode is enabled.
                    Next, go to Settings > System > Developer options and toggle on the OEM unlocking setting.

                    https://grapheneos.org/install/web#enabling-oem-unlocking

                    If the "OEM unlocking" button is togglable as described above, your device should be able to install GOS.

                    Some more info about it here:

                    Devices sold in partnership with specific carriers may be locked by the carrier, which will prevent installing GrapheneOS. This is primarily an issue with US carriers and isn't common elsewhere in the world. To avoid this, either don't buy a carrier device, or make sure it can be unlocked. It's the same hardware/firmware/software either way but carriers dislike having devices able to bypass their paywall for tethering, etc., so they disable it for the devices they sell as part of contracts.

                    https://grapheneos.org/faq#supported-devices

                      mg95 I dont know any more details, I asked the seller and they also don't know how the IMEI was swapped

                      Since even the seller doesn't know what they are talking about, I guess this may be relevant:
                      https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/18900-security-implications-of-cpid-pixel-phones

                      I'll quote the message by GrapheneOS project account which is closer to the end of the thread and is the most relevant part of it all:

                      GrapheneOS Sounds like a scam rather than something legitimate. Does not come across as something real at all.

                      https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/18900-security-implications-of-cpid-pixel-phones/10

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