Paul Ligocki

Installing GraphineOS on the Google Pixel 6a

Installing GraphineOS on the Google Pixel 6a

GraphineOS does not come with microG. You can install it from F-Droid however it does not support signature spoofing

Prerequisites

  • Google Pixel 6a.
    Purchased outright, no contract or directly from Google.
    Not purchased via a mobile network carrier.
  • Download and extract platform-tools (Ubuntu 22.04)
sudo apt install libarchive-tools

curl -O https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r33.0.1-linux.zip

echo 'a339548918c3ab31c4d88416c21cee753bd942040540216c06e640f4b6db3ae2  platform-tools_r33.0.1-linux.zip' | sha256sum -c

bsdtar xvf platform-tools_r33.0.1-linux.zip

export PATH="$PWD/platform-tools:$PATH"

which fastboot

fastboot --version

sudo apt install android-sdk-platform-tools-common

sudo apt install signify-openbsd
alias signify=signify-openbsd

curl -O https://releases.grapheneos.org/factory.pub

curl -O https://releases.grapheneos.org/bluejay-factory-2022080500.zip

curl -O https://releases.grapheneos.org/bluejay-factory-2022080500.zip.sig

#Uncompress the ROM
tar xvf bluejay-factory-2022080500.zip

Enable Developer Options

Settings>About phone> tap on the build number until developer mode is enabled.

OEM Unlocking

Settings>System>Advanced>Developer options and toggle on the ‘Enable OEM unlocking’ setting. This requires internet access on devices with Google Play services as part of Factory Reset Protection (FRP) for anti-theft protection.

At this stage there still is no warning message at system boot.

Unlocking Bootloader

  1. Boot phone into FastBoot (hold the volume down button while the phone boots.)
  2. Connect phone to computer via USB cable
fastboot flashing unlock
OKAY [  0.090s]
Finished. Total time: 0.090s

4. Follow the phones onscreen menu to confirm unlock 

At this stage you will get a warning message on every boot.

Flash the ROM

#Needs to be run inside the directory as links are relative

cd bluejay-factory-2022080500
./flash-all.sh

Re Lock Boot Loader

Optional. If you want greater security re lock it. If you going to be flashing other ROMs leave it unlocked

fastboot flashing lock

Follow phones onscreen prompts to confirm re lock

Optional

Relock OEM Unlocking Lock

  • Enable Developer Options
  • Settings>System>Advanced>Developer options and toggle on the ‘Enable OEM unlocking’ setting
  • https://developers.google.com/android/images
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroG
  • https://grapheneos.org/
  • https://grapheneos.org/install/cli

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