Kudos to the devs!! Can’t wait to give it a shot
Pixel 8 / 8 Pro releases available
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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 !!
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!
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!
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de0u Verizon will absolutely never OEM-unlock at all
As a former Verizon customer, I can confirm this.
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.
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?
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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. 👍
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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.
Pixel 8 Pro on the experimental release here, no issues found so far. Works perfectly for me.
Has anyone installed Google camera and Google photos ? Do they have the same features as stock ?
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 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.