My pixel 7 is shitting the bed and I am considering upgrading and just installing graphene immediately on the new phone as part of my degoogling journey.
Is there anything I need to know about this? I work in IT, so I’m tech savvy. This is my first time installing graphene, however.
I’d be upgrading to a pixel 10 probably.
My carrier is verizon
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