So recently bought the Pixel 8 with my previous carrier being Verizon and was going to put Grapheneos on it but I had no idea that Verizon locks the boot loaders of their devices even though google does not. What are some things I can do to de google the device or make it more private like Grapheneos would. Or am I out of luck. Thanks
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god damnit its too easy to accidentally delete your comments
original post: do you owe verizon money for it?
https://www.verizon.com/support/device-unlocking-policy/
however rereading your comment it sounds like you cannot unlock your bootloader?
I think this is only referring to being carrier unlocked. The bootloader remains locked regardless. Atleast thats how it was with my old Pixel 4.
Yeah. Fuck Verizon