Google security is superb despite how terrible are in terms of privacy and transparency, the main reason why GrapheneOS choosed Pixel smartphones is due their verified boot and Titan M/M2 chips on it, that are also open source. De-bloat, randomization of RAM and sandboxing apps are a big deal at mitigating vulnerabilities. Basically a Pixel with GrapheneOS offer the best of both worlds, with a secure, private and high-end specs.
Quick note for people who have never used a pixel: the power button is ontop of the volume rockers not the common opposite way, so be extra careful when you unlock the bootloader so you dont accidentally choose the wrong option.
Holy shit thanks dude, I just got my first job ever today and it's a network administrator role. I've been meaning to switch to grapheneOS for peace of mind during work
@@anthonyioane4438 yeah when I was first buying my one plus 7 pro I called up T-Mobile since they are one of the few carriers of them and asked if they sold unlocked phones and they said no so I just ordered an unlocked one online. It's like they're allergic to making money.
-Unaffordable healthcare -Broken Unionization rights -Completely right wing Overton Window -Absolute unfettered corporate power This isn't even close to the worst things Americans have come up with
As a multi-generational Pixel owner with GrapheneOS as my daily driver - my biggest gripe with Graphene is backup. The Nextcloud backup option is so, so broken, and the USB backup works like a charm but is manual and takes a *long time* to complete. Neither of these options are ready for mainstream adoption. Other than that, the Pixel's running GrapheneOS are really great and I highly recommend them.
Nextcloud A safe home for all your data - Access & share your files, calendars, contacts, mail & more from any device, on your terms Free • Open Source
@@AllenFreeman2 thanks, I fixed the typo. I do love Nextcloud though - I use it every day. GrapheneOS uses SeedVault to get backups sent to a Nextcloud destination. The problem is SeedVault seems to be a dead project now. So we're left with very slow manual backups to a USB device, and non-functional backups to Nextcloud destinations. Neither of these is good.
The pixel had a back door unlocking process I found on the internet back in 2020. Every bit of that info in an impressive manner has been scrubbed since then.
Backdoors and other security vulnerabilities are generally taken very seriously by device manufacturers and software developers, and they typically work quickly to address and patch any identified vulnerabilities to ensure the security of their products.
I believe some US model Samsung phones also had something like that. Unfortunately, some employee at samsung kept the exploit hidden and had people pay them to oem unlock their phone. They did it until recently when the exploit was figured out and patched.
Would you like him to pop over and fluff up the cushions on Your Lordship's throne and give your little Royal tootsies a massage whilst he's there too?
I would also like this! Quick tip, I forget if he mentioned on the video, but you can use the Aurora store as a proxy to get Google Play apps from some account in France. They have a few different options so you have like a fully transparent, semi transparent, and completely hidden options. I hope I explained it well, but either way I'd recommend looking into it instead of just listening to me, some random mortal on the Internet.
@@chloe-sunshine7 That's an extremely good point and the Aurora Store works well for obtaining an apps that are free in the Google Play Store. But, in my case, I really have to have a very good reason to run any closed source software these days - for example, in Linux and under WINE I use Irfanview (free image viewer), Tag&Rename (audio file organiser and tagger) and ClrMAMEPro (for auditing and renaming old retro game ROM files), because (for me at least) they are applications that I used for some years under Windows (until I ditched Windows after Windows 7), but they are the only three closed source applications I use now (if you exclude a few older games that I play, again, in WINE or Proton).
Doesn't support Moto hardware and its near stock Android and Google even officially gave them away free at some point and still sell them on the GoogleFi store.
I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to hear that you're gonna be selling de-Googled phones with GrapheneOS on your store in the future! Having something like Masushi Mobile but with a based ROM instead of Calyx will go a _long_ way to make privacy easier and more accessable for the normies.
Does you know how much of data (like gigabytes or megabytes) it takes to download and install graphene OS. I’m trying to download it from one android device to another. Thanks.
Awesome vid. I bought a Pixel 6a because of GrapheneOS. Apparently it's Edward Snowden's mobile OS of choice! It's also the only custom ROM that has the complete Google services implementation (but sandboxed like any other app), so you can go that route if you want to, not that I want anything to do with Google anymore... except their phones :)
@@kaiduwu I can't link tweets here in youtube for some reason, but just look up "Edward Snowden GrapheneOS" and you'll see all his tweets about him using it everyday.
@@sdfv4zx Does LineageOS support sandboxed Google Play? Does LineageOS support storage scopes? Does LineageOS even support something as basic as verified boot that even stock OEM phones have? The answer to all of these is no if you're wondering.
Been using this for about 3 months now i love it. Only"issue" I'm having is auto updating apps doesn't work and i need to manually update my apps 2x a week about 5 mins each time.
That depends on the App store you are using. Google Play Store, the GrapheneOS Apps app, and Accrescent all support unattended app updates on GrapheneOS.
Completely unrelated and off-topic… First off… Thank you, for all of the hard work you contribute to the community! Especially, in the privacy and security area! I love your channel. You’re always teaching people something and actually recommending good advice for them to follow if they’re looking to enhance their privacy/security. Unlike most UA-camrs who are just sellouts, peddling VPN subscriptions. 😂🤣😂 But, I just want to say that you don’t look like what I thought you would. L😂🤣😂 But I mean that in a good way. Also, you have a nice head shape. If you would just go hit up a good barber and have them give you a fresh fade and reshape that beard (just have them trim off the split ends if you want to keep the length and grow it out), you’d be absolutely killing them! A lot of men don’t realize how important it is to be a regular customer at the barbershop. Not only will you look better, but, you’ll also feel a million times better as well. Theres nothing wrong with taking some pride in your appearance! Plus, the barbershop becomes something like a safe haven/therapy session… ESPECIALLY, if you have a good barber! I’d recommend looking for one who fits the profile of an original old school barber. These guys are often independent thinkers and traditional in their values and enjoy taking about things on the topic of privacy/security/off-grid/survival techniques/etc. Thanks again, for all of your hardwork! Keep it up!
I did this with a Pixel 6a just last week. Super easy, but fyi If you go with a 6a you have to fully update the stock android OS to be able to use OEM unlocking. Added a bit of extra headache.
Graphene always seemed cool, but I never got to using it because they only maintain it for pixel. The pixel is designed and made by google, latest version using a in-house designed CPU. I would not expect anything amazing in the privacy department. Also, they use screens with horrid PWM flicker, it even shows up in this video.
what about a follow up video on how to setup GrapheneOS as daily driver? I am still confused about getting atleast some push notifications for like E-Mails, Signal messages etc working and haven't made the step to use GrapheneOS due to these problems yet
I have sandboxed google play services (what allows notifications for most apps) installed on a second user profile, and it can forward notifications from that profile to your main one. So for example, I have instagram installed on both profiles and it will tell me that I have a notification from instagram from my second user. Then I can just open the app on my main profile to see what the notification was. You can also install sandboxed google play services on your main profile and notifications will behave exactly like they would on stock PixelOS, but without any of the creepy permissions that regular play services require.
GrapheneOS. CalyxOS isn't completely degoogled, it in fact still runs some services in privileged mode. Also, MicroG is disliked by LineageOS because its spoofing is a security risk. Realistically, CalyxOS isn't good for any threat model and has fewer range of apps you can use, let alone safely.
Just got crDroid (lineage based) installed on my phone, cause it was one of the few roms available for my model. Used magisk to remove google's key services and put microG on it. Besides locking the bootloader, what privacy features does GrapheneOS have that Lineage and magisk cannot achieve?
Locking the bootloader is more security than privacy. And on that topic, achieving the same thing graphene does with magisk on a different phone is inherently insecure as you're not only having an unlocked bootloader, but are rooting the phone.
I recommend reading the grapheneos webpage about the security and privacy features. But I see lineageos and any other roms besides calyxos and grapheneos as basically a modded version of stock android with some bare bones privacy features, definitely recommend grapheneos though. I'm using it on a pixel 5a and my only 'issue' is notifications from apps that require google services but you can add those if you want, I say 'issue' because it doesnt really bother me and in fact it helps me lessen my time on my phone by letting me check notifications when I want to, not be bothered by it randomly. (im a little tipsy btw sory)
@@railgun9992 I don't think you can relock bootloader on ximi devices on any rom that's not official miui, never do that lmao you will be bricking your phone
I had endless attempts at loading GrapheneOS. I couldn't unlock the bootloader. It just wouldn't work. It gave me no error messages and I had no idea what to do. I couldn't find anything online that would help me. Eventually my brother suggested doing a factory reboot. Of course! That would put the phone back into a state that the boot unlock process expects. And it worked a treat!! I hope this comment may help someone in the same position. Cheers
I've been using a pixel 6 with graphene since a couple months and there is 1 major thing that annoys me: the boot screen ("Your device is loading a custom operating system"). Bootloader locked, OEM locked.
Could you please also make a video on how to port the mainline Linux kernel to an Android phone to install it with a Linux distro on the phone instead of Android? From what I have read on the PostmarketOS wiki, it looks like porting the Linux kernel to Snapdragon SoC based phones seems to be easier, since SD SoCs are supported by the Linux kernel without major modifications. Furthermore, Mesa is in a very good shape on Adreno GPUs with the Turnip Vulkan and Freedreno OpenGL driver.
No Linux distros run a phone as a phone very well. You can do it but its not fun. Else you can use it as a Linux device. Just not fun to use as a phone.
This is what we need, I have an OG pinephone and it was a terrible experience to begin with and then the pine64 devs made the pinephone+ so that you can only use manjaro, so they have no respect for the community. We aren't getting solutions to the smart phone problem, they are creating even more problems with their "solutions". After two years the phone is junk, it don't work anymore, the hardware failed and I'd have to get a new one which is not gonna happen. So much for preventing new e-waste.
f-droid apps that show how and what invasive they are or neo store for f-droid with a material design UI. tons of open source keyboards, language learning, money management apps all sorts of things! *just will need to check the allow the install unknown apps i think too.
I use an iPhone (sorry, please forgive me), but I tried out the Pixel 7 Pro recently, and the hardware really was fantastic. I also really liked the flavor of android that it was running, and I don't think I used any Google exclusive features (meaning, I'd probably like something like Graphene too). Seems like a nice, sort of superior option for when I want to move.
Too bad it's so expensive and doesn't even have a headphone jack/SD slot for this big price. And now Google discontinues the cheapest option too, so we're left with "expensive" and "ultra-expensive" :( I am going with a dumbphone now, but sad that Graphene would soon be completely out of reach for me.
@@Sasha-zw9ss Look, I'm not going to sit here and defend the choices that these guys have made for their devices, but I will say that what I've discovered about Android is that because you can update system applications independently l-and assuming that graphene will continue to support their old releases for a long time to come-you don't really have to worry about them aging nearly as much as you do with an iPhone. So there's nothing to stop you from getting a slightly older device that would be within reach and still have a pretty good experience. It won't have a headphone jack though so like I said I can't really excuse them on everything.
Ive needed to get a different phone for a while so you inspired me to pick up a Pixel 5a now that theyre fairly cheap. Gonna be doing this once i get it.
This would of been handy when I first tried to install grapheneos because I corrupted the bootloader. I was stuck so I took it to my local phone repair shop and they couldn't fix it, I somehow decorrupted the bootloader but I ended up taking it back to the repair shop for them to install it. The best part: they didn't charge me for anything.
I'd love to have a GrapheneOS phone, but I don't have enough money for officially supported devices. I plan to investigate are there any budget devices that support it. But thanks for the video! And the shirt looks awesome. Upd: I appreciate all the given advices. I really missed out a lot of options available.
I'm not sure what you consider budget, but the pixel 5A he had in this video was only $350 brand new when it was released, which is why I picked one up. Otherwise getting last gen off Amazon refurbished worked out well for me when I had a pixel 1
@Gamax @Josh Bergman thanks, guys! I will take a look at it. One little nitpick, I forgot to tell about (sorry about that) - is it's a Google phone. But if there are really no other options (i.e. community ports on other companies' devices) - maybe it's a way to go.
I suggest the Pixel 6a for the cheapest way to get a GrapheneOs device. It still has 4.5 years of security patches remaining. The 5a will be end of life next year so I wouldn't recommend.
I was having a frustrating time trying to figure out why the process was not working (from the non-start of downloading), and after an hour, I came by your video, followed you closely, and it worked. I was so frigging frustrated before, but everything you showed worked. Thank you so much.
Sadly, without gcam(Google camera) the pixels camera is not special anymore. Gcams software optimisation is one of its selling points. Graphene camera is just a fork of aosp cam with a new ui
@@lain9719 I will probably try that or other type of virtualization if my pc doesn't lag. I thought about doing this cause i realized there are only two things which a virus can do realistically. Either it takes over my browser or it's ransomware. You can just use browser in other operating system and install exe files in a diffirent one to basically be immune to effects of browser hijacking virus and keylogger.
@@lain9719 is there some way to make a pendrive which can only be booted in for linux and things can only be changed in it from linux. So windows does not have write permission on it. Is there some way to do this without a pen-drive. Like you just make some part of your ssd unavailable to windows
GrapheneOS has also been ported to many devices (unofficially) I know my phone has it I much prefer RiceDroid with MicroG, which is my current setup on my Poco X3 Pro At this point the biggest spyware i have on my phone is Windows 11 arm, but that's just too hilarious for me to even consider removing
Thoughts on LineageOS? Also fuck verizon, I will never buy a phone with their firmware again. Their locking down of the bootloader is why I'll never be able to root and customize my s20 or s7 edge. Makes me so mad because I actually have something I'd like to use these phones for that requires root :/
same here. i got a pixel 7 pro intending to put grapheneos on it but i wasnt thorough enough in my research and didnt realize verizon locks their shit down so now i have to pay them a $50 fee just to return it lol
GrapheneOS' logo is a single layer of carbon atoms in a 2-dimensional honeycomb lattice. Each honeycomb consists of 6 carbon atoms forming a hexagon (6 sided polygon). Carbon is the number 6 on the periodic table because it has 6 protons, 6 neutrons and 6 electrons. 666.
It's a joke. Someone accused him of deep faking (probably since you don't expect a tech youtuber to look like a gigachad) so he just says it ironically even when it is obviously not
It's weird. He actually looks like that but in some older videos you can see stuff warping in the background, like what happens with deepfakes. He probably used to deepfake his own face onto himself as a joke to get people confused.
Hey Kenny, question. Can I also sideload the aurora store into graphene os and use it to download emulators. can the Pixel 6 Pro handle the performance of the emulators whenever i decide to game anonymously?
@@medleysa Pixel 3 series are end-of-life and no longer supported. Pixel 4 and 4 XL are also EOL but still supported by GrapheneOS for the time being. Also, getting older used devices for cheap may not turn out to be cheaper if you have to replace them more frequently. A recent budget device with 5 years of updates like the Pixel 6a left may last longer and be cheaper down the line.
You should cover "GrapheneOS: Documenting Numerous Attacks Against CalyxOS, Seth Simmons, Techlore, & More" by techlore and "Why I deleted GrapheneOS" by Louis Rossman The dev is so mentaly unstable that you kinda doubt if he doesn't do something with his own IS "GrapheneOS"
@@xxlibarat0rxx280 Daniel Learned his lesson how not to be a complete A hole to everybody in the Open Source OS community especially calling the Biggest UA-camrs like Louis Rossman.
Hey hey, could you please do an update on the Session messenger? It's gotten better since the last time you made a video on it. It now has calls(disabled by default) and reaction, also lots of bug fixes.
Isn't it slightly suspicious that the "most secure" phone is one specific device made by Google? My Geiger counter crackles a bit from the federal isotopes.
The official website explains eSIM support, check out the Usage Guide. Basically any preexisting eSIMs will work, but adding or managing eSIMs requires Google Play Services with a privileged permission, both of which are fully disabled by default, but it can be done.
great deepfake as always
I always knew mental outlaw was a deep fake from luke smith
No AI would sport muttonchops like that, bruh
Yeah it's insane, He even went into camera on the phone just to flex it.
Yes his channel got stolen and he now promoting fake ROM from Chinese
Kinda crazy even after making tons of security videos he still got hacked smh
The most secure OS on a Google phone. I think that's the most ironic thing I've ever seen. Love it.
google may be terrible from a privacy perspective,
but their security is next level.
@@AIC_onyt that’s the ironic part of it, google is great at securing your phone from spying on the phone they’re spying on you with
@AIC_onytnot for long
Nuce try fed bot
Google security is superb despite how terrible are in terms of privacy and transparency, the main reason why GrapheneOS choosed Pixel smartphones is due their verified boot and Titan M/M2 chips on it, that are also open source. De-bloat, randomization of RAM and sandboxing apps are a big deal at mitigating vulnerabilities. Basically a Pixel with GrapheneOS offer the best of both worlds, with a secure, private and high-end specs.
Quick note for people who have never used a pixel: the power button is ontop of the volume rockers not the common opposite way, so be extra careful when you unlock the bootloader so you dont accidentally choose the wrong option.
This saved me today thank you amrbadr
Why be extra careful, I had zero issues following the CLI install guide
@@unpotatoedsalmon he just explained why you should be careful…
Holy shit thanks dude, I just got my first job ever today and it's a network administrator role. I've been meaning to switch to grapheneOS for peace of mind during work
Let's gooo
@@makeitthrough_ their work probably requires them to install certain apps
@R op probably mainly uses a pc at home, and is happy to finally have a hardened device on the go
Reading your comment from my Samsung Galaxy S5 on Android 6.0.1. Don't Hax me bro.
@@edstar83 lol my s5 has no GApps and mokee os
The idea that you can't buy a phone from your local phone merchant is the most twisted thing Americans come up with.
You buy from a manufacturer duh lol.
@@anthonyioane4438 yeah when I was first buying my one plus 7 pro I called up T-Mobile since they are one of the few carriers of them and asked if they sold unlocked phones and they said no so I just ordered an unlocked one online. It's like they're allergic to making money.
Wait what, you can't do this in US?
There’s always eBay, Best Buy, and other options. What’s so great about carrier locks anyway?
-Unaffordable healthcare
-Broken Unionization rights
-Completely right wing Overton Window
-Absolute unfettered corporate power
This isn't even close to the worst things Americans have come up with
As a multi-generational Pixel owner with GrapheneOS as my daily driver - my biggest gripe with Graphene is backup. The Nextcloud backup option is so, so broken, and the USB backup works like a charm but is manual and takes a *long time* to complete. Neither of these options are ready for mainstream adoption. Other than that, the Pixel's running GrapheneOS are really great and I highly recommend them.
Nextcloud
A safe home for all your data - Access & share your files, calendars, contacts, mail & more from any device, on your terms
Free • Open Source
@@AllenFreeman2 thanks, I fixed the typo. I do love Nextcloud though - I use it every day. GrapheneOS uses SeedVault to get backups sent to a Nextcloud destination. The problem is SeedVault seems to be a dead project now. So we're left with very slow manual backups to a USB device, and non-functional backups to Nextcloud destinations. Neither of these is good.
Cloud is just someone else's computer even if it is open source why would you trust it :skull:
@@shiv7978 because I run it locally on my NAS.
A truly free man owns his own cloud (and chickens)
The pixel had a back door unlocking process I found on the internet back in 2020. Every bit of that info in an impressive manner has been scrubbed since then.
I need to know more, where do I look?
It was from last July, and it was discovered by GrapheneOS and patched months before Google did.
Backdoors and other security vulnerabilities are generally taken very seriously by device manufacturers and software developers, and they typically work quickly to address and patch any identified vulnerabilities to ensure the security of their products.
I believe some US model Samsung phones also had something like that. Unfortunately, some employee at samsung kept the exploit hidden and had people pay them to oem unlock their phone. They did it until recently when the exploit was figured out and patched.
wasnt the one with the sim card was it?
that was much more recent iirc
Wow he even deepfaked the merch on the vtube avatar 🤣
True dedication
Thank you!!! I am getting a pixel 6 pro specifically to install grapheneOS later this year and you just made a guide on it. Thank you!!!
this video has:
deepfake dude,
piracy app music,
no outro.
10/10
this deepfake is getting even better, the reflection on the phone! the attention to detail!
They've made it so easy! Also I had no idea one could connect to a device through a browser and flash it like that.
agreed. I thought it would have to be an installed driver transfer.
I havent expected it to be that easy. Its genius. Samsung is a big hassle to root.
Please do more videos about alternative FOSS apps and other features of this OS.
Would you like him to pop over and fluff up the cushions on Your Lordship's throne and give your little Royal tootsies a massage whilst he's there too?
I would also like this! Quick tip, I forget if he mentioned on the video, but you can use the Aurora store as a proxy to get Google Play apps from some account in France. They have a few different options so you have like a fully transparent, semi transparent, and completely hidden options. I hope I explained it well, but either way I'd recommend looking into it instead of just listening to me, some random mortal on the Internet.
@@chloe-sunshine7 That's an extremely good point and the Aurora Store works well for obtaining an apps that are free in the Google Play Store.
But, in my case, I really have to have a very good reason to run any closed source software these days - for example, in Linux and under WINE I use Irfanview (free image viewer), Tag&Rename (audio file organiser and tagger) and ClrMAMEPro (for auditing and renaming old retro game ROM files), because (for me at least) they are applications that I used for some years under Windows (until I ditched Windows after Windows 7), but they are the only three closed source applications I use now (if you exclude a few older games that I play, again, in WINE or Proton).
We need more of these kinds of operating systems.
I wish either
Graphene was supporting some decent phone with sd card slot and headphone jack
Or
Pixels had these features
My exact question!! I can't live without sd card and headphone jack
Doesn't support Moto hardware and its near stock Android and Google even officially gave them away free at some point and still sell them on the GoogleFi store.
I'd rather go with the first, because Pixels are really expensive. Such devices should be affordable.
@@NatT96Z ye, I went with a moto because it was only $200 brand new and has headphone jack and SD port. Still going strong after 4 years.
@@beardalaxy same here got a Moto One 5G Ace, I'm ironically running Pixel Experience rom, I've tried 4 different roms on my phone.
You do a great service. I'd love to see an updated I2P video.
I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to hear that you're gonna be selling de-Googled phones with GrapheneOS on your store in the future! Having something like Masushi Mobile but with a based ROM instead of Calyx will go a _long_ way to make privacy easier and more accessable for the normies.
Does you know how much of data (like gigabytes or megabytes) it takes to download and install graphene OS.
I’m trying to download it from one android device to another. Thanks.
I installed Graphene OS on my pixel 6a and all my banking apps work fine. Really recommend!
What does that supposedly offering to you? What kind of privacy or anonymity?
@@keylanoslokj1806 Why do you ask?
Awesome vid. I bought a Pixel 6a because of GrapheneOS. Apparently it's Edward Snowden's mobile OS of choice! It's also the only custom ROM that has the complete Google services implementation (but sandboxed like any other app), so you can go that route if you want to, not that I want anything to do with Google anymore... except their phones :)
Source for Snowden using this?
@@kaiduwu I can't link tweets here in youtube for some reason, but just look up "Edward Snowden GrapheneOS" and you'll see all his tweets about him using it everyday.
You dont need pixel to install those os, there are many other os that do the same as grapheneos, like lineageos.
@@sdfv4zx Does LineageOS support sandboxed Google Play? Does LineageOS support storage scopes? Does LineageOS even support something as basic as verified boot that even stock OEM phones have? The answer to all of these is no if you're wondering.
@@speedytruckYou dont know what you are talking about, it does support sanboxed google play, im on it now.
I've been using Graphene for about a year now. Love it!
I had no idea that Jayson Tatum is an expert on this stuff
Been using this for about 3 months now i love it. Only"issue" I'm having is auto updating apps doesn't work and i need to manually update my apps 2x a week about 5 mins each time.
That depends on the App store you are using. Google Play Store, the GrapheneOS Apps app, and Accrescent all support unattended app updates on GrapheneOS.
@@backlightcache I'm using fdroid, Aurora, and google play, but ill look into accrescent also.
can't you auto update if you intall from Aurora Store?
@@Berecutecu i don't remember how but i have since fixed the issue. But the apps had auto update selected, however it was not auto updating.
This was right on time. Just picked up pixel 5 for this purpose. Much thanks!
Completely unrelated and off-topic…
First off…
Thank you, for all of the hard work you contribute to the community!
Especially, in the privacy and security area!
I love your channel. You’re always teaching people something and actually recommending good advice for them to follow if they’re looking to enhance their privacy/security.
Unlike most UA-camrs who are just sellouts, peddling VPN subscriptions.
😂🤣😂
But, I just want to say that you don’t look like what I thought you would. L😂🤣😂
But I mean that in a good way.
Also, you have a nice head shape.
If you would just go hit up a good barber and have them give you a fresh fade and reshape that beard (just have them trim off the split ends if you want to keep the length and grow it out), you’d be absolutely killing them!
A lot of men don’t realize how important it is to be a regular customer at the barbershop.
Not only will you look better, but, you’ll also feel a million times better as well.
Theres nothing wrong with taking some pride in your appearance!
Plus, the barbershop becomes something like a safe haven/therapy session…
ESPECIALLY, if you have a good barber!
I’d recommend looking for one who fits the profile of an original old school barber. These guys are often independent thinkers and traditional in their values and enjoy taking about things on the topic of privacy/security/off-grid/survival techniques/etc.
Thanks again, for all of your hardwork!
Keep it up!
Mom bring my suit, Mental Outlaw has uploaded another video.
I did this with a Pixel 6a just last week. Super easy, but fyi If you go with a 6a you have to fully update the stock android OS to be able to use OEM unlocking. Added a bit of extra headache.
Graphene always seemed cool, but I never got to using it because they only maintain it for pixel.
The pixel is designed and made by google, latest version using a in-house designed CPU. I would not expect anything amazing in the privacy department.
Also, they use screens with horrid PWM flicker, it even shows up in this video.
Watch the interview with the hated one and a GOS dev
The Pixel is anything but in-house made. Not even Apple products are made in-house.
Would love to know why you went with this specific model instead of one of their newer or older phones
Price, likely
what about a follow up video on how to setup GrapheneOS as daily driver?
I am still confused about getting atleast some push notifications for like E-Mails, Signal messages etc working and haven't made the step to use GrapheneOS due to these problems yet
watch the grapheneos videos of "louis rossmann" where he explains how to get push notifications. worked for me
I have sandboxed google play services (what allows notifications for most apps) installed on a second user profile, and it can forward notifications from that profile to your main one. So for example, I have instagram installed on both profiles and it will tell me that I have a notification from instagram from my second user. Then I can just open the app on my main profile to see what the notification was. You can also install sandboxed google play services on your main profile and notifications will behave exactly like they would on stock PixelOS, but without any of the creepy permissions that regular play services require.
So should I use Calyx or Graphene, also how do I know if the phone I want to buy is OEM unlocked?
Graphene
U ask the employees that work there if the phone have an option to enable OEM unlock
Calyx if not all your apps are gonna be foss
GrapheneOS. CalyxOS isn't completely degoogled, it in fact still runs some services in privileged mode. Also, MicroG is disliked by LineageOS because its spoofing is a security risk. Realistically, CalyxOS isn't good for any threat model and has fewer range of apps you can use, let alone safely.
Temple
Just got crDroid (lineage based) installed on my phone, cause it was one of the few roms available for my model. Used magisk to remove google's key services and put microG on it.
Besides locking the bootloader, what privacy features does GrapheneOS have that Lineage and magisk cannot achieve?
I use crdroid too (poco m3) but i too scared to locking the bootloader
Locking the bootloader is more security than privacy. And on that topic, achieving the same thing graphene does with magisk on a different phone is inherently insecure as you're not only having an unlocked bootloader, but are rooting the phone.
I recommend reading the grapheneos webpage about the security and privacy features. But I see lineageos and any other roms besides calyxos and grapheneos as basically a modded version of stock android with some bare bones privacy features, definitely recommend grapheneos though. I'm using it on a pixel 5a and my only 'issue' is notifications from apps that require google services but you can add those if you want, I say 'issue' because it doesnt really bother me and in fact it helps me lessen my time on my phone by letting me check notifications when I want to, not be bothered by it randomly. (im a little tipsy btw sory)
@@railgun9992 don't, unless your rom is original miui rom before locking bl, you'll have a very bad time
@@railgun9992 I don't think you can relock bootloader on ximi devices on any rom that's not official miui, never do that lmao you will be bricking your phone
That OpenBased shirt may actually be the first thing I ever purchase from a youtuber lmao
For me on both PIxel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro I had to connect it to a wifi in order to be able to enable OEM unlocking, because the option was greyed out.
Dude I've been wanting to abolish android for years, imma try this for sure. Thanks!!!
thanks for the video! I am curious about your opinions on GrapheneOS compared to CalyxOS.
Calyxos is actually deep state run. Controlled opposition.
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@@deadpansanchez2947 its controlled opposition
I had endless attempts at loading GrapheneOS. I couldn't unlock the bootloader. It just wouldn't work. It gave me no error messages and I had no idea what to do. I couldn't find anything online that would help me. Eventually my brother suggested doing a factory reboot. Of course! That would put the phone back into a state that the boot unlock process expects. And it worked a treat!! I hope this comment may help someone in the same position. Cheers
I've been using a pixel 6 with graphene since a couple months and there is 1 major thing that annoys me: the boot screen ("Your device is loading a custom operating system"). Bootloader locked, OEM locked.
Thanks boss fast and straight to the point
Could you please also make a video on how to port the mainline Linux kernel to an Android phone to install it with a Linux distro on the phone instead of Android?
From what I have read on the PostmarketOS wiki, it looks like porting the Linux kernel to Snapdragon SoC based phones seems to be easier, since SD SoCs are supported by the Linux kernel without major modifications.
Furthermore, Mesa is in a very good shape on Adreno GPUs with the Turnip Vulkan and Freedreno OpenGL driver.
No Linux distros run a phone as a phone very well. You can do it but its not fun. Else you can use it as a Linux device. Just not fun to use as a phone.
This is what we need, I have an OG pinephone and it was a terrible experience to begin with and then the pine64 devs made the pinephone+ so that you can only use manjaro, so they have no respect for the community.
We aren't getting solutions to the smart phone problem, they are creating even more problems with their "solutions".
After two years the phone is junk, it don't work anymore, the hardware failed and I'd have to get a new one which is not gonna happen.
So much for preventing new e-waste.
The Pro1 X seems to be the best bet if you want Linux on a phone. But it's pricey
Good timing because I happen to be switching to GrapheneOS today.
Great work. Recommended apps for a follow-up vid?
f-droid apps that show how and what invasive they are or neo store for f-droid with a material design UI.
tons of open source keyboards, language learning, money management apps all sorts of things! *just will need to check the allow the install unknown apps i think too.
Ah replying my question by making a video, I see you are a man of class as well
I use an iPhone (sorry, please forgive me), but I tried out the Pixel 7 Pro recently, and the hardware really was fantastic. I also really liked the flavor of android that it was running, and I don't think I used any Google exclusive features (meaning, I'd probably like something like Graphene too). Seems like a nice, sort of superior option for when I want to move.
Your sins are forgiven my child, go and sin no more
Too bad it's so expensive and doesn't even have a headphone jack/SD slot for this big price. And now Google discontinues the cheapest option too, so we're left with "expensive" and "ultra-expensive" :( I am going with a dumbphone now, but sad that Graphene would soon be completely out of reach for me.
@@Sasha-zw9ss Look, I'm not going to sit here and defend the choices that these guys have made for their devices, but I will say that what I've discovered about Android is that because you can update system applications independently l-and assuming that graphene will continue to support their old releases for a long time to come-you don't really have to worry about them aging nearly as much as you do with an iPhone. So there's nothing to stop you from getting a slightly older device that would be within reach and still have a pretty good experience. It won't have a headphone jack though so like I said I can't really excuse them on everything.
Ive needed to get a different phone for a while so you inspired me to pick up a Pixel 5a now that theyre fairly cheap. Gonna be doing this once i get it.
First!!
I love GrapheneOS use it everyday
Found Edward Snowden
blur slips for a single frame ~ 5:25
What is worth blurring there anyways?
This would of been handy when I first tried to install grapheneos because I corrupted the bootloader. I was stuck so I took it to my local phone repair shop and they couldn't fix it, I somehow decorrupted the bootloader but I ended up taking it back to the repair shop for them to install it. The best part: they didn't charge me for anything.
buying a Pixel 8a from google here soon! will follow this tutorial when it arrives :)
I haven't bought a phone in like 6 years what are some good options that aren't super expensive for this?
used pixel phones
Pixel 6a is the best value device for running GrapheneOS currently.
Any based graphineOS competable phones that have a 3.5mm jack? I hate how its harder and harder to get the most basic features these days.
You can get a decent DAC if everything else fails. Things like HIBY FC3, but there are many others.
The Pixel 5a shown in the video has a 3.5 mm audio jack. (The succeeding model, the 6a, does not.)
I'd love to see features of this OS in another video
You probably already know, but there is a single frame at 5:25 where what you're blurring becomes completely visible
If something were to fail during this process, could the phone become corrupted? What would you do if this happens?
Fastboot will always be there, so even if graphene installation fails you can just flash another ROM
Hello algo! Good video, pop this into people's feeds now! ;)
5:02 deepfake technology so advanced that it can even accurately modify the reflection.
excited about ur future business plan!
international shipping when?
Is the music from the OpenTTD soundtrack?
I'd love to have a GrapheneOS phone, but I don't have enough money for officially supported devices. I plan to investigate are there any budget devices that support it. But thanks for the video! And the shirt looks awesome.
Upd: I appreciate all the given advices. I really missed out a lot of options available.
5a is s budget phone
I'm not sure what you consider budget, but the pixel 5A he had in this video was only $350 brand new when it was released, which is why I picked one up. Otherwise getting last gen off Amazon refurbished worked out well for me when I had a pixel 1
@Gamax @Josh Bergman thanks, guys! I will take a look at it. One little nitpick, I forgot to tell about (sorry about that) - is it's a Google phone. But if there are really no other options (i.e. community ports on other companies' devices) - maybe it's a way to go.
I suggest the Pixel 6a for the cheapest way to get a GrapheneOs device. It still has 4.5 years of security patches remaining. The 5a will be end of life next year so I wouldn't recommend.
@@backlightcache thanks
Great guide man, i installed it perfect.
I'm still stuck at the Amish having mobile setups. Next thing you know, they'll be using Graphene OS too.
excellent instruction. just installed on a pixel 8pro...easy as pie
me watching this knowing damn well that i own an iphone
I was having a frustrating time trying to figure out why the process was not working (from the non-start of downloading), and after an hour, I came by your video, followed you closely, and it worked. I was so frigging frustrated before, but everything you showed worked. Thank you so much.
Sadly, without gcam(Google camera) the pixels camera is not special anymore. Gcams software optimisation is one of its selling points. Graphene camera is just a fork of aosp cam with a new ui
Had the same Problem with my OP6T i reinstalled Gcam and disabled all the premissions as well as network acsess
Pixel only ?
What about OnePlus or Samsung factory unlocked ?
Pixel only, because no other phones lets you relock the bootloader and that's required to ensure the integrity of the OS.
Read about it in their FAQ
How to run two os a lightweight Linux os under 5gb with windows. Make a video on that.
@@lain9719 I will probably try that or other type of virtualization if my pc doesn't lag. I thought about doing this cause i realized there are only two things which a virus can do realistically. Either it takes over my browser or it's ransomware.
You can just use browser in other operating system and install exe files in a diffirent one to basically be immune to effects of browser hijacking virus and keylogger.
@@lain9719 is there some way to make a pendrive which can only be booted in for linux and things can only be changed in it from linux. So windows does not have write permission on it.
Is there some way to do this without a pen-drive. Like you just make some part of your ssd unavailable to windows
right when i needed it brah veri nice
re-flashing processors is the key to success
I installed graphene a while ago and it's pretty great.
GrapheneOS has also been ported to many devices (unofficially) I know my phone has it
I much prefer RiceDroid with MicroG, which is my current setup on my Poco X3 Pro
At this point the biggest spyware i have on my phone is Windows 11 arm, but that's just too hilarious for me to even consider removing
will the phones you sell include a picture of you too?
This is informative and unfortunate.
Thanks man! Got a Pix3l 5A so I can still have the headphone jack. Love running GraphineOS!
Graphene OS. Seems a little thin...
A thin client, you might say
@@Plasmawiz the thinnest lmao
Excellent tutorial ... Thank You for sharing .. Cheers :)
Thoughts on LineageOS? Also fuck verizon, I will never buy a phone with their firmware again. Their locking down of the bootloader is why I'll never be able to root and customize my s20 or s7 edge. Makes me so mad because I actually have something I'd like to use these phones for that requires root :/
same here. i got a pixel 7 pro intending to put grapheneos on it but i wasnt thorough enough in my research and didnt realize verizon locks their shit down so now i have to pay them a $50 fee just to return it lol
True I have a pixel 2 xl that I'd love to root but can't
Had to watch the full ad to help bro. Thank you!
Turned me based af
Face reveal when?
You plan to distribute Pixel phones with Graphene OS installed on it?
The market is kind of horrible, not much availability around the world.
Based
I have been waiting for this!
GrapheneOS' logo is a single layer of carbon atoms in a 2-dimensional honeycomb lattice. Each honeycomb consists of 6 carbon atoms forming a hexagon (6 sided polygon). Carbon is the number 6 on the periodic table because it has 6 protons, 6 neutrons and 6 electrons. 666.
Now hes a youtuber haha, best of luck with your business :)
Wait is this deep faked or is everyone meme if me?
It's a joke. Someone accused him of deep faking (probably since you don't expect a tech youtuber to look like a gigachad) so he just says it ironically even when it is obviously not
Look the pepe
It's weird. He actually looks like that but in some older videos you can see stuff warping in the background, like what happens with deepfakes. He probably used to deepfake his own face onto himself as a joke to get people confused.
Okay thank you all for clarifying that
Hey Kenny, question. Can I also sideload the aurora store into graphene os and use it to download emulators. can the Pixel 6 Pro handle the performance of the emulators whenever i decide to game anonymously?
Hope you can provide some cheaper phones that are compatible with this.
IIRC, Pixels back to the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a are compatible, and those can be had refurbished for under $150 easy.
@@medleysa Pixel 3 series are end-of-life and no longer supported. Pixel 4 and 4 XL are also EOL but still supported by GrapheneOS for the time being. Also, getting older used devices for cheap may not turn out to be cheaper if you have to replace them more frequently. A recent budget device with 5 years of updates like the Pixel 6a left may last longer and be cheaper down the line.
Installed it then went back to stock and tried again it’s stuck on restarting device and fastbootd
You should cover "GrapheneOS: Documenting Numerous Attacks Against CalyxOS, Seth Simmons, Techlore, & More" by techlore and
"Why I deleted GrapheneOS" by Louis Rossman
The dev is so mentaly unstable that you kinda doubt if he doesn't do something with his own IS "GrapheneOS"
Daniel announced in his recent git commit that he is stepping down as lead developer 2 hours after louis rossmann's post
@@xxlibarat0rxx280 Daniel Learned his lesson how not to be a complete A hole to everybody in the Open Source OS community especially calling the Biggest UA-camrs like Louis Rossman.
@@MrTheinfomanyup
@@xxlibarat0rxx280 he's still out here attacking the other guys
Hey hey, could you please do an update on the Session messenger? It's gotten better since the last time you made a video on it. It now has calls(disabled by default) and reaction, also lots of bug fixes.
Isn't it slightly suspicious that the "most secure" phone is one specific device made by Google? My Geiger counter crackles a bit from the federal isotopes.
awesome
Wait i don't get it isn't google the most privacy invasive corporation?
What stops them to make a honeypot bootloader?
Based and lainpilled
10:02 thanks! Quick question- when do we do the esim?
The official website explains eSIM support, check out the Usage Guide. Basically any preexisting eSIMs will work, but adding or managing eSIMs requires Google Play Services with a privileged permission, both of which are fully disabled by default, but it can be done.
Time to become based.
Nothing happens when I do flashing release button. Please help!
So what additinoal driver do u need on windows? Its charging on the usb port but won't find any device when im trying to unlock bootloader.
This is Deceptive and Fortunate
Wait, you are going to sell phones with graphene OS pre installed?