Pixel Fold Support?

swagglepuf

If the rumors are true and google does actually release this device this year. Is this going to be a supported device by Graphene. I feel like it may be to much of a niche device that wont have the user base to justify dedicated support.

matchboxbananasynergy

I have not seen something official by the development team, so I want to stress at this point that this is pure speculation, but assuming that this device meets the project's security requirements, it may be supported, just like the Pixel Tablet likely will.

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https://twitter.com/GrapheneOS/status/1635963398289498114

swagglepuf

[deleted] Awesome, thank you for this reply. Makes me even more excited about the fold.

Omnicris

[deleted] That's awesome!!

Renounce0285

I know it's been asked 1000 times whether the Fold WILL be supported, but I was wondering
what the timeline looks like. Obviously, you can't tell us exactly when, but is there a general idea of how long it will take? I'd hate to pre-order the phone, get it in July, and then have it sitting around for months unused....

Thank you again for all that you guys do.

matchboxbananasynergy

Renounce0285 We cannot provide a concrete timeline due to the Pixel Fold's form factor, which isn't something that has been ported to GrapheneOS in the past.

I expect it to perhaps take longer than other devices have previously (the 7a was ported and a release was made in 24-48hrs of release).

If you're afraid it might take longer than you'd be comfortable with, I'd recommend buying it after GrapheneOS is on it.

thetraveller1

matchboxbananasynergy I suppose the same goes for the pixel tablet (possible difficulties due to a bigger form factor, etc)?

Renounce0285

Totally understand it's up to my own comfort level. Thanks again.

de0u

thetraveller1 I suspect the tablet will be easier. Even though Google took time away from shipping Android tablets, Samsung and others have been doing it continuously and, I suspect, feeding changes to Google over that time, so AOSP may already have lots of the foundational code for a tablet. I suspect much more of the folding-phone code is bleeding-edge, and parts of it may take a while to migrate from Google's private OS code into AOSP, and then longer for it to work well.

As just one example: any changes GrapheneOS has made to the lock screen might now need to be debugged on two or three different lock screens - the little screen, the main screen, and the unfolded joint screen (those of you who are folding-phone experts can easily detect that I'm not).