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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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[–] 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Basically, it tries to port everything from Graphene that can be ported to a standard phone, but some of the more stringent security measures (like the enhanced memory attestation) could not be ported as they rely on hardware available only on Pixels at the moment (and this is why the original developers of Graphene were unwilling to create such a version, as it could give a false sensation of security on unsupported devices)

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    They could have named such a version "CharcoalOS" to avoid excessive association. It could have been better for security than the popular option /e/OS based on LineageOS.

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