B01 · Tutorial
Don't Buy the Wrong Pixel: The Privacy Kit Shopping List (Phase 0.1)
Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play. The video then plays in YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. Everything on screen in the Hardware Lab is a training value.
Phase 0.1 of the Communication Suite build: the buying rules, the full shopping list, the one trap that matters (a SIM-unlocked Pixel is not the same as a bootloader-unlockable one), and where paying cash actually matters. Nothing gets switched on yet.
What you’ll learn
- Buy every item on the list
- Avoid carrier-locked Pixels
- Know where cash matters most
Chapters
The honest limits
Prices and device support change; check both before you buy. Don't ship kit gear to your workplace. An online order leaves records that passive tracking never sees, but an investigation can.
Check before you rely on it
These details change. Confirm them against the vendor’s current pages.
- GrapheneOS supported-device list and which retail SKUs are bootloader-unlockable.
- Kit cost ranges (one-time ~$2,300–$2,900; monthly ~$75–$105).
- Anker model specs and price ranges.
- Simulator screens are illustrative of the GrapheneOS installer, not a copy of it.