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So I haven't run a custom ROM for a long time and I'm thinking of trying out GrapheneOS. Before I do, is there a modern way to take a full disk image of a stock Pixel 8? The intent would be to factory restore to where I am in this moment if need be.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Even with root it's not anywhere near trivial.

You can't, for instance, make a backup of the userdata partition block device and expect to be able to restore it because it must be decrypted by a key in the phone's security module that gets wiped when you boot a new ROM.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Right, forgot about automatic encryption