spring-onion On the Samsung? Not even close to that, looks like I will need to do a heck of a lot of deleting and transfering., not sure I can get to 32 gigs on the Samsung

    spring-onion Well I deleted all photos and videos, deleted most apps and no way the phone can do it as it's telling me there is only 32 g total storage and I can only get it to 14.3 gb available ...

    How hard is the command line install? Is it copy commands all the way?

      It should be pretty reasonable, just make sure you download and flash the correct release.

        spring-onion Well let me hope and pray I don't brick a brand new pixel 8a or $600 USD down the drain.
        You have been an absolute champion with your help. I will let you know what happens and mark the thread "solved" I hope

            Rand-Uzer If the directions are followed exactly it should be fine. But it is very important not to skip any steps or continue past any warnings. Everything in the installation instructions matters. The instructions say that flatpak browser installs should be avoided because they don't work; the instructions say 32 GB of storage is needed because that much storage is needed.

            Similarly with the CLI instructions: doing what they say should be safe and should work, but doing other things likely won't work and could be dangerous.

                Read the instructions carefully, I'm sure you'll be fine. And use the usb-c to usb-c cable that came with the phone to minimize the chance of something going wrong with the connection.

                  spring-onion Laptop has no usb ports, When I run command " ssh-keygen -Y verify -f allowed_signers -I contact@grapheneos.org -n "factory images" -s DEVICE_NAME-install-VERSION.zip.sig < DEVICE_NAME-install-VERSION.zip" ...

                  I get this ...

                  $ ssh-keygen -Y verify -f allowed_signers -I contact@grapheneos.org -n "factory images" -s DEVICE_NAME-install-VERSION.zip.sig < DEVICE_NAME-install-VERSION.zip
                  Couldn't parse signature: missing header
                  sig_verify: sshsig_armor: invalid format
                  Could not verify signature.

                  so it would seem I have failed again

                    TrustExecutor
                    Do you mean, download Debian 12, flash iso, install on usb flash drive run as live disk no install?

                      de0u I did skip the unlock bootloader bit as it is unlocked. In Fastboot mode down below red triangle "Device state" is "Unlocked" should I redo these steps despite it already being in "Unlocked" status?

                        DEVICE_NAME and VERSION are gaps you need to fill out, since you're using an 8a here are the commands:

                        curl -O https://releases.grapheneos.org/allowed_signers
                        curl -O https://releases.grapheneos.org/akita-install-2025040400.zip
                        curl -O https://releases.grapheneos.org/akita-install-2025040400.zip.sig

                        ssh-keygen -Y verify -f allowed_signers -I contact@grapheneos.org -n "factory images" -s akita-install-2025040400.zip.sig < akita-install-2025040400.zip

                        bsdtar xvf akita-install-2025040400.zip
                        cd akita-install-2025040400
                        bash flash-all.sh

                          spring-onion ok, seems to have completed all the commands you gave me in your last post so what now?

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                              Rand-Uzer If flash-all worked, then the directions on the web page say "Then, proceed to locking the bootloader...".

                                  de0u I'm doing a terminal install, so unsure what to do next

                                    fastboot flashing lock

                                    That's the command, confirm the action on the phone and you're done. You can then boot into GrapheneOS and verify the integrity of the operating system, for example via the included Auditor app.

                                    spring-onion

                                    SUCCESS ... Thank you so much everyone who helped in particular spring-onion for going above and beyond in helping me.