Issues installing graphene

newamsterdam7

I'm trying to install graphene on my pixel 4a. I've followed all the steps, but once I restart into the bootloader interface, my phone will not connect with any device. I tried using my laptop which runs linux. I tried using a windows PC. I even tried using another android phone. It will connect to other devices when it's in it's normal mode, but once I go to the bootloader, no such luck. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know, cause I'm about ready to give up.

matchboxbananasynergy

Please come to our Matrix rooms and we can help you with installation:

https://grapheneos.org/contact

I'm confident that we can get to the bottom of it. :)

newamsterdam7

Tried that earlier and nobody was able to help. I was hoping by making a post, maybe someone would stumble on it and have some insight.

Phead

I cannot help you but I feel like there was someone with a similar problem, only a few days ago. If I recall correctly that person was able to solve the problem but I cannot remember how. I think it may have been to kill the adb server? The problem was the device was still claimed ... or something else. But I don't remember how it was solved. Sorry I cannot help, but maybe you could try and use those buzzwords to find a solution. In case you find a solution make sure to report back on how you were able to solve it.

Phead

So I think this was the problem that I was referring to: (https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/710-cant-unlock-bootloader-access-denied/17). The device was still claimed after reboot.

newamsterdam7

Yeah, that's part of the install instructions now. I'm about ready to give up on trying. I have one potential theory left to explore and that's that all the USB-C cables in my house are trash. I now seem not able to change the USB preferences to allow file transfer when it's booted up normally and I was able to connect and do that before, but now it will only charge.