who@feddit.org to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 days agoGrapheneOS is finally ready to break free from Pixels, and it may never look backwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1605arrow-down14
arrow-up1601arrow-down1external-linkGrapheneOS is finally ready to break free from Pixels, and it may never look backwww.androidauthority.comwho@feddit.org to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-squareGalactose@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoBTW, I want some advice. I have a pixel 4a running CalyxOS & want to switch to Graphene (The pixel 4a ROM is under legacy support) Is it safe to flash GOS directly or should I flash the stock first & THEN GOS ?? Any more additional advice is welcomed & thanks in advance
minus-squareIngeniousRocks (They/She) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoIf you’re doing a dirty flash, as long as you have the same kernel version between them it should be fine, not recommended though, lots could go wrong. You shouldn’t need to go back to stock, but make sure the old OS is properly wiped away.
minus-squareRubberElectrons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoI’m staying with Calyx just because I don’t want to run Google binaries. What’s encouraging your switch?
minus-squareGalactose@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoWhen I installed Calyx then, GOS didn’t have the Google-Play sandbox & now it does. Along with Vanadium. DivestOS was a choice but now it’s dead, also for some reason Pixel 4a doesn’t have a TWRP image ?
minus-squareRubberElectrons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoI don’t trust the sandbox enough. MicroG on calyx does the play emulation just fine for me. Anyway, good luck and I hope it goes well!
BTW, I want some advice. I have a pixel 4a running CalyxOS & want to switch to Graphene (The pixel 4a ROM is under legacy support)
Is it safe to flash GOS directly or should I flash the stock first & THEN GOS ??
Any more additional advice is welcomed & thanks in advance
If you’re doing a dirty flash, as long as you have the same kernel version between them it should be fine, not recommended though, lots could go wrong.
You shouldn’t need to go back to stock, but make sure the old OS is properly wiped away.
How does one wipe the old OS ?
Recovery mode
I’m staying with Calyx just because I don’t want to run Google binaries. What’s encouraging your switch?
When I installed Calyx then, GOS didn’t have the Google-Play sandbox & now it does. Along with Vanadium.
DivestOS was a choice but now it’s dead, also for some reason Pixel 4a doesn’t have a TWRP image ?
I don’t trust the sandbox enough. MicroG on calyx does the play emulation just fine for me.
Anyway, good luck and I hope it goes well!