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I would love to buy a pixel to install GrapheneOS but ain't no way I'm giving google money and I don't know where I can buy a brand new pixel. There are currently 3 apps that scare me and not sure if they're even working on GOS and one is my bank app
Getting a used/refurbished one doesn't really give them anything, and actually prevents them from getting data on the next person who would have gotten the used phone and used the stock OS
True. I have to see which one is the right one for me and the price. I'll check it later
I got a 6 a few months ago and it's solid. I only got it as a test but ended up using it full time. I do wish j had gotten a newer one only to future proof more
I've found the 7 8/128 for ~270€ and it's great! Good conditions too, it scares me the green screen problem which is a pixel thing
Check out Swappa. They usually have plenty of phones in various condition to pick from.
It's a refurbished website for the US? I'm in Europe and I can check something similar Thank you!
Regarding banking app, check privsec.dev 's list.
Regarding Pixel, don't see it as giving money to Google, see it as payingnfor good hardware.
I'm still paying a shitty company for good hardware. I will see if I can find a good refurbished, otherwise I'll pay the hardware with money and not my data. Fuck google
Way to go
Found a pixel 7 8/128 for 270€ and could be good
Of course mine isn't supported 🥲 fuck google
Does yours have a website you can use through a mobile browser? With the exception of mobile depositing checks, which I do once every 15 years or so, I can do all of my banking in the browser
It does but the mobile app is a lot better in terms of UI. For example, on the app I can transfer money in a few clicks while on the website I have to login every time (app is fingerprint), navigate in desktop more and find the way to transfer money to the other card. Maybe it works, maybe no one reported it as working (I hope that's why!)
My bank app worked fine on lineage OS without Google Play Services, but I ended up leaving them anyway because I wanted to have a bank that would let me use a mobile website and that bank required the use of their app.
Good luck to me I guess! Thank you!
Here they aren't officially available yet there are still plenty of resellers - I guess you can find some in your area. I was really scared that the bootloader wouldn't unlock due to the origin country's carrier shenanigans, but it went through just fine (still checked every bit of info I could before buying).
Last time I bought a phone it was sold as phone of my country then realized when started that was from another country in Europe so I'm scared of getting that again
At least the listings I have seen explicitly listed the origin country. Mine is Japanese, and it cost less than an American counterpart, for example.
It's not a big deal but the thing I wanted to use was not available on that region🥲 then I learned how shitty the company was
I have no problem giving google money to pay for good hardware as lobg as they give me the freedom to do with it as I please.
This is what kinda scares me. Pixels are/were the only phone I know with a green/gray screen problem. Can't find images online (probably can't find the right words to search for it)
I think it's not PIxel only issue. Some Samsung S series devices also suffer from the same screen green tint issue.
I mean yeah but never heard about it and owned some Samsung phones (yeee realized too late).
I believe only the pixel 8 is effected?
Pixel 4 too! I saw a video on yt about it
Something like https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=yfZEtTYs5r8