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TIL that RestlessOS, fork of GrapheneOS, can run GOS on non-pixel phone - GrapheneOS Discussion Forum (discuss.grapheneos.org)

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I Installed a Graphene-Based OS on Non-Pixel Phones… Here’s the Catch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RjGjqBAAgQ

"I was watching youtube(Invidious) and notied RestlessOS . Have you heard of this and are there people actually tried this on non-pixel phone?

"RestlessOS is an unofficial, unaffiliated fork of GrapheneOS packaged as a Generic System Image (GSI) for Project Treble devices. It is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or in any way connected to the GrapheneOS project or its developers."

https://github.com/cawilliamson/treble_restlessos

I'm very hesitant to give money to Google pixel so I'm going to experiment on this one."

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[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Features removed

USB protection — the low-level USB port controls rely on Pixel-specific hardware and are non-functional on other devices

they don't need to outright remove that. I know that at least some fairphone models are capable of that, because another ROM makes use of it. it seems it was more important to have a much broader compatibility quickly, without testing what features do really need to be removed for what devices. there are probably other removed features too where tbis applies

but this is not all that graphene gives, I believe this does not make it worthless. they have other unique features too like sandboxed google play and the possibility to manage sensor access for apps separately, and more.