Google Pixel Phone

This one I bought used because I really miss the root capabilities but would rather not flash my daily driver (the Google Pixel 2 XL at the moment).

Info

Stolen from Google Pixel Wikipedia page:

Google announced the first generation Pixel smartphones, the Pixel and the Pixel XL, on October 4, 2016 during the #MadeByGoogle event. Google emphasized the camera on the two phones, which ranked as the best smartphone camera on DxOMarkMobile with 90 points until HTC released the U11, which also scored 90 points. This is largely due to software optimizations such as HDR+. The Pixel phones also include unlimited cloud storage for pictures on Google Photos and, for devices purchased directly from Google, an unlockable bootloader.

• Display: 5.0″ AMOLED display with 1080×1920 pixel resolution (Pixel); 5.5″ AMOLED display with 1440×2560 pixel resolution (Pixel XL)
• Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
• Storage: 32 GB or 128 GB
• RAM: 4 GB LPDDR4
• Cameras: 12.3 MP rear camera with f/2.0 lens and IR laser-assisted auto focus; 1.55 μm pixel size. 8 MP front camera with f/2.4 lens
• Battery: 2,770 mAh (Pixel); 3,450 mAh (Pixel XL); both are non-removable and have fast charging
• Materials: Aluminum unibody design with hybrid coating; IP53 water and dust resistance
• Colors: Very Silver, Quite Black or Really Blue (Limited Edition)
• Operating system: Android 7.1 Nougat; upgradable to Android 10

Support

• Pixel Phone Support

ROMs

• LineageOS 17, LineageOS 17.1, and Android 10
• Current builds (currently 16.0)

Installing:

• Skip all the setup options shown at first boot, no google, no wifi, nothing
• Enable developer mode on phone
• Enable USB debugging on phone
• Connect via USB to Linux box
• Use adb to list devices:

jeremy@latitude ~ $ adb devices
List of devices attached
FA6C30301328    device

• Connect to the shell and poke around; here I'm just getting the kernel/cpu info and finding the sdcard directory.

jeremy@latitude ~ $ adb shell
sailfish:/ $ uname -a
Linux localhost 3.18.137-g72a7a64494e #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Sep 27 18:40:34 UTC 2019 aarch64
sailfish:/ $ ls -l /sdcard/
total 80
drwxrwx--x 2 root sdcard_rw 4096 2019-09-29 20:29 Alarms
drwxrwx--x 4 root sdcard_rw 4096 2019-09-29 20:29 Android
drwxrwx--x 2 root sdcard_rw 4096 2019-09-29 20:29 DCIM
drwxrwx--x 2 root sdcard_rw 4096 2019-09-29 20:29 Download
drwxrwx--x 2 root sdcard_rw 4096 2019-09-29 20:29 Movies
drwxrwx--x 2 root sdcard_rw 4096 2019-09-29 20:29 Music
drwxrwx--x 2 root sdcard_rw 4096 2019-09-29 20:29 Notifications
drwxrwx--x 2 root sdcard_rw 4096 2019-09-29 20:29 Pictures
drwxrwx--x 2 root sdcard_rw 4096 2019-09-29 20:29 Podcasts
drwxrwx--x 2 root sdcard_rw 4096 2019-09-29 20:29 Ringtones
sailfish:/ $ ^D
jeremy@latitude ~ $