This will be my first attempt at Graphene, and my first android phone for many years, so I’m rusty on how phones are out of the box.
The install instructions tell me to enable OEM unlocking on the phone. - Do I need to go through the android setup process first to get to this menu? - Or is there a way to escape this setup step? - If I don’t have to, I don’t really want to download everything onto the phone, just to change one setting and then wipe it.
Supplementary question… My current provider (GiffGaff [UK]) has a sim card. Is it better to convert that to an esim in android before installing Graphene, or to do it once the OS is installed? (GiffGaff do the conversion via their app.)
Use the matrix chat in the main page for Graphene. It will automatically generate an autonomous username and there are people on 24/7. 2am and I’m off to bed and not super sure. Generally the instructions say how to do things.
It doesn’t matter what you have to do in the Google OS. Skip if you can, but Graphene is using the TPM chip to encrypt outside of the google OS entirely they do not interact at all after. The modem is like a totally separate system where changes don’t impact Graphene. Still I can’t say for sure as you are on newer hardware than me and I last installed over a year ago. Just a user here.