Hi, first time caller. Hope General is OK for this....
I'm getting revved up to grab a pixel 8 pro during the time between Christmas and New Years when prices tend to be best.
I just watched this video which warns about carriers doing a form of "locking" that makes it impossible to install Graphene and I'm trying to figure out if my carrier would do this. Just asking them would be easy if we lived in times where anyone knew anything about the products they sell.
https://youtu.be/wg00QkcpOOM?t=266
So I'm wondering if anyone here has recently gotten a pixel phone under contract from Freedom Mobile in Canada? They might be offering the best overall plan/price, but its no use if I cant install graphene.
Otherwise Ill go full James Bond and but the phone locally from google with cash :)
I should also mention here that Canadian carriers are really getting into whitelisting for things like VoLTE and Wifi calling. I'm 99% sure that if I buy from google Canada that I will be fine in this regard but I'd like to confirm that Graphene won't overwrite anything that would then disable these features.
Ideally, I'm of course looking for someone to say, "Using Pixel 8 pro on Freedom with Graphene and its all working!"
Thanks.