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authorDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>2019-05-15 02:17:05 -0400
committerDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>2019-05-15 02:19:12 -0400
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<p>You should have at least 2GB of free memory available.</p>
<p>You need the unlocked variant of one of the supported devices, not a locked carrier
specific variant.</p>
- <p>You should verify the device already has up to date factory firmware installed
- before flashing GrapheneOS, to avoid issues with OEM unlock toggle on some
- devices. Factory firmware and installation instructions can be found at
- <a href="https://developers.google.com/android/images">
- https://developers.google.com/android/images</a></p>
+ <p>It's best practice to update the stock OS on the device to make sure it's running
+ the latest firmware before proceeding with these instructions. This avoids running
+ into bugs in older firmware versions. It's known that the early Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL
+ bootloader versions have weird quirks with unlocking. There aren't known issues on
+ other devices, but this is still a good idea. You can either do this via over-the-air
+ updates or sideload a full update from their
+ <a href="https://developers.google.com/android/ota">full update package page</a>.</p>
<p>You need an updated copy of the <code>fastboot</code> tool and it needs to be
included in your <code>PATH</code> environment variable. You can run <code>fastboot
--version</code> to determine the current version. It should be at least