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Written by monovergent 🛠️ on 2025-01-22 at 18:10

On the mysterious 2025012100 release of GrapheneOS for the Pixel 4a

https://lemmy.ml/post/25080827

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Written by My Password Is 1234 on 2025-01-23 at 04:24

The Pixel 4a was released in August 2020 with a declared support period of 3 years (until August 2023).

Now it’s 2025, which means 5 years have passed. I don’t see anything weird here.

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Written by monovergent 🛠️ on 2025-01-23 at 05:32

Indeed, I was happy to share that nothing weird happened and that the update does not worsen the phone, in light of the timing of this release and the lack of a changelog.

Convincing a couple family members to use GOS was a victory, convincing them to upgrade an otherwise perfectly functional phone is another thing. Justified or not, a bad update would not help my credibility in their eyes.

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Written by Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 2025-01-23 at 05:24

Good on GOS for doing this. There are a lot of users who think using an EOL phone is not a security risk.

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Written by zod000@lemmy.ml on 2025-01-23 at 19:32

When GrapheneOS supports another phone that isn’t oversized and has a 3.5mm headphone jack, I’ll be happy to switch.

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