Requirements
First step is go acquire a Google pixel phone, and a model that supports grapheneOS. In my case, i purchased a Pixel 6 model. Then on the host OS on your computer, install the required packages:
[ nowhere ] [ /dev/pts/11 ] [~]
→ sudo pacman -Syy android-tools
[sudo] password for nihilist:
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (4) android-udev-20240221-1 libmtp-1.1.21-1 protobuf-25.3-4
android-tools-35.0.1-1
Total Download Size: 4.84 MiB
Total Installed Size: 22.07 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
Here on the phone, we need to enable developer settings, to be able to enable the "OEM Unlocking" option:
Then reboot the phone by holding the power and volume down to enter fastboot mode:
Then, connect the device via usb to your computer:
[ nowhere ] [ /dev/pts/11 ] [~]
→ lsusb | grep Google
Bus 001 Device 098: ID 18d1:4ee0 Google Inc. Nexus/Pixel Device (fastboot)
[ nowhere ] [ /dev/pts/11 ] [~]
→ fastboot --version
fastboot version 35.0.1-android-tools
Installed as /usr/bin/fastboot
[ nowhere ] [ /dev/pts/11 ] [~]
→ fastboot devices
no permissions; see [http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html] fastboot
[ nowhere ] [ /dev/pts/11 ] [~]
→ sudo -i
nowhere# fastboot devices
1C21FGJH6993LC fastboot
nowhere# fastboot flashing unlock
OKAY [ 0.043s]
Finished. Total time: 0.043s
Next, as i have a google pixel 6 model, i need to download the correct graphene os image
nowhere# mv /home/nihilist/Downloads/oriole-factory-2024070201.zip .
nowhere# unzip oriole-factory-2024070201.zip
Archive: oriole-factory-2024070201.zip
creating: oriole-factory-2024070201/
extracting: oriole-factory-2024070201/image-oriole-2024070201.zip
inflating: oriole-factory-2024070201/bootloader-oriole-slider-14.5-11677881.img
inflating: oriole-factory-2024070201/radio-oriole-g5123b-135085-240517-b-11857288.img
extracting: oriole-factory-2024070201/avb_pkmd.bin
inflating: oriole-factory-2024070201/flash-all.sh
inflating: oriole-factory-2024070201/flash-all.bat
nowhere# cd oriole-factory-2024070201
nowhere# ls
avb_pkmd.bin flash-all.sh
bootloader-oriole-slider-14.5-11677881.img image-oriole-2024070201.zip
flash-all.bat radio-oriole-g5123b-135085-240517-b-11857288.img
nowhere# chmod +x ./flash-all.sh
nowhere# ./flash-all.sh
Then let the bashscript run, it can take a few minutes:
nowhere# ./flash-all.sh
Warning: skip copying bootloader_a image avb footer (bootloader_a partition size: 0, bootloader_a image size: 14125140).
Sending 'bootloader_a' (13794 KB) OKAY [ 0.364s]
Writing 'bootloader_a' (bootloader) Flashing pack version slider-14.5-11677881
(bootloader) flashing platform gs101
(bootloader) Validating partition ufs
(bootloader) Validating partition partition:0
(bootloader) Validating partition partition:1
(bootloader) Validating partition partition:2
(bootloader) Validating partition partition:3
(bootloader) Validating partition bl1_a
(bootloader) Validating partition pbl_a
(bootloader) Validating partition bl2_a
(bootloader) Validating partition abl_a
(bootloader) Validating partition bl31_a
(bootloader) Validating partition tzsw_a
(bootloader) Validating partition gsa_a
(bootloader) Validating partition ldfw_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition ufs
(bootloader) Flashing partition partition:0
(bootloader) Flashing partition partition:1
(bootloader) Flashing partition partition:2
(bootloader) Flashing partition partition:3
(bootloader) Flashing partition bl1_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition pbl_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition bl2_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition abl_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition bl31_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition tzsw_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition gsa_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition ldfw_a
(bootloader) Loading sideload ufsfwupdate
OKAY [ 3.089s]
Finished. Total time: 3.454s
Setting current slot to 'a' OKAY [ 0.058s]
Finished. Total time: 0.059s
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.000s]
[...]
Sending sparse 'super' 11/13 (254972 KB) OKAY [ 6.618s]
Writing 'super' OKAY [ 0.950s]
Sending sparse 'super' 12/13 (254972 KB) OKAY [ 6.621s]
Writing 'super' OKAY [ 0.935s]
Sending sparse 'super' 13/13 (46284 KB) OKAY [ 1.216s]
Writing 'super' OKAY [ 0.204s]
Erasing 'userdata' OKAY [ 0.390s]
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type raw not supported.
wipe task partition not found: cache
Erasing 'metadata' OKAY [ 0.007s]
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type raw not supported.
Finished. Total time: 105.929s
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.000s]
Finished. Total time: 0.150s
nowhere#
then lock the bootloader:
nowhere# fastboot devices
1C21FGJH6993LC fastboot
nowhere# fastboot flashing lock
OKAY [ 0.276s]
Finished. Total time: 0.276s
And that's it! we managed to flash grapheneOS on the pixel phone.
