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  • I hope they try to bring Graphene OS to Motorola's mid-range devices, like the Moto G.
  • This is not the Motorola (USA) that many of us knew for ages. That company doesn't exist any more.

    The company working with GrapheneOS appears to be Motorola Mobility, owned by Lenovo (China).

  • The question is whether the new gen Snapdragon Elite SoCs will finally support non-protected KVM? That would make native "linux terminal" (which has GUI support) work.. so far Qualcomm is the only flagship vendor that doesn't support it. And this feature currently works with pixels, hopefully it doesn't stop working with Motorola Signature.
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  • I think the feature we all want in light of this is a simple backup+restore which uses a users SSHD server somewhere so you can wipe completely before travelling and then restore completely when safe again.

    Would obviously want it to also backup/restore esim's...

  • For me the reason why this is a big deal is because, before there was any Motorola upcoming Graphene-compatible model, most people that might be installing Graphene would not trust Google with their phone software, to then go ahead and install Graphene in Google's hardware! A bit of a contradiction there.
  • This is a relief to hear.

    Also this is great unless Motorola is comprimised.

        Motorola is doing a large portion of the work of porting GrapheneOS to their devices. They'll provide us with what we need for firmware/drivers in the form we need it and it will be far easier than Pixels. We'll be able to get issues in the firmware and drivers fixed through Motorola and Qualcomm.
  • A non-folder with a stylus option, an audio jack, microSD card slot and USB-C 3.2+ would be swell. In other words... a beefed-up update of the 2026 Motorola Moto G Stylus [1]. ;)

    1. [https://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g_stylus_(2026)-14581...]

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