Pixel 8 / 8 Pro releases available

matchboxbananasynergy

Experimental releases for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are now available. Fingerprint unlock support isn't working yet and other features may be missing. It likely won't be necessary to reinstall to move to future production releases.

If you want to get the releases and help with testing, please come to https://app.element.io/#/room/#testing:grapheneos.org to find instructions and related information.

If you do and notice any bugs, please report them in that room, so that we can have a centralized place for this, instead of separate reports spanning multiple channels.

applesbana

matchboxbananasynergy

Kudos to the devs!! Can’t wait to give it a shot

SBMe25

As it has increased in price by a fair amount, I think I might wait since I really want the Pro version and that is very expensive. See if I can find a Slickdeal trade in somehow or hell might have to change carriers to get this Pixel 8 Pro with a trade in!! Want that extra Ram on the 8 Pro and it sounds like they did a good job on it this time.
Really would like that face unlock as I have on my iPhone XR but I can wait. If face unlock can't securely be implemented, then best to wait. Glad to hear that others on Reddit who have owned 6's and 7's and just got 8's that at least the fingerprint reader has improved. I just order 2 new cases on Prime Big Deal Days to hopefully make my Pixel 6 work much better ( screwed up my waterproof case fingerprint reader wrong, had special fingerprint spot that I made worthless ). Keep up the excellent work !!

de0u

SBMe25 Might have to change carriers to get this Pixel 8 Pro with a trade in!!

Be very careful about carrier-provided phones, at least if you are in the United States: some carriers will carrier-unlock a device after a while, but some will not OEM-unlock. To install GrapheneOS you must be able to OEM-unlock.

And historically Verizon will absolutely never OEM-unlock at all, not even a little bit, not even if some low-level employee thinks it can be done.

Be careful out there!

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de0u Verizon will absolutely never OEM-unlock at all

As a former Verizon customer, I can confirm this.

maximus87

When fingerprint works, will there be another annoucement? I need it as it is a very important feature, then I can start testing. I don´t want to miss it if it is only comminucated on Matrix when it´s available.
Thank you!

matchboxbananasynergy

New experimental release now available which should fix the fingerprint scanner not working. If you want to get that release and help out with testing, please join the https://app.element.io/#/room/#testing:grapheneos.org to find instructions on how to obtain it and to provide feedback on the release.

applesbana

matchboxbananasynergy

Great news! I’ve never played with an experimental release so wanted to ask if you think a regular release would be likely in a day or two then I’ll wait otherwise maybe I’ll give it a go?

matchboxbananasynergy

applesbana That depends entirely on whether any issues are found during testing that have to be sorted out.

Keep in mind that experimental release are production releases, not some kind of debug release. They're just releases that are not yet released to the alpha channel due to more testing being needed before the team is confident to put it there. Even if you're not comfortable with flashing the release yet, you can swing by https://app.element.io/#/room/#testing:grapheneos.org to see what others are saying/reporting to get a sense of how things are going. :)

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matchboxbananasynergy Even if you're not comfortable with flashing the release yet, you can swing by to see what others are saying/reporting to get a sense of how things are going.

I've had a flawless experience so far with the experimental releases. 👍

ve3jlg

matchboxbananasynergy . They're just releases that are not yet released to the alpha channel due to more testing being needed before the team is confident to put it there.

Apple Testflght lets users try unreleased versions of apps but does not lock them in. They can always revert back.

If there is a phone-stopping usability defect in the Pixel 8 GrapheneOS, is is reasonably easy to restore stock Google (until the GrapheneOS software defect is corrected)?

VAULT

[deleted] I've had a flawless experience so far with the experimental releases. 👍

Thx for sharing that!

mehlot

Any chance GrapheneOS could enable display port alt mode? It appears to be working for rooted Pixel 8's

https://www.patreon.com/posts/confirmed-pixel-91026490

setprop persist.vendor.usb.displayport.enabled 1

The first grapheneos with working desktop mode would be nice.

Duct9143

Pixel 8 Pro on the experimental release here, no issues found so far. Works perfectly for me.

L8437

Has anyone installed Google camera and Google photos ? Do they have the same features as stock ?

brn

Can confirm Pixel 8 Pro on experimental release from yesterday working fine so far (including fingerprint unlock), still setting everything up and will update if something doesn't work well.

@L8437 As for the Google features, you might want to ask about a specific feature, otherwise it's hard to give a good answer. Taking photos and videos works well, and I can change many settings about quality and so on. I don't have network permissions on either app.

L8437

brn hi so basically, if you install Google camera from play store, do you have the "pro" settings within the camera app. This is specific to the pixel 8 pro

brn

L8437 Yep. I can choose the 50MP quality and so on. I haven't tried it because it disables the live photo, for example.

maximus87

L8437 And if you additionally install Google Photos, you can also use the after effects (magic eraser etc...). Just give it network permission for few minutes for some features to activate and then revoke it again if you need.

L8437

brn great to know. What do you mean by live photo?

brn

L8437 "Top Shot" is what they call it. A short video that accompanies the moments before and after the photo.

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