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Google Pixel 4

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Google Pixel 4

Phone · Google
Partial Bootloader unlock + custom ROM
Difficulty
Moderate
Brick risk
Medium
Legal risk
Low

Not stock root. Needs an unlocked bootloader and a custom ROM.

Carrier-locked Pixels, including Verizon models, can't unlock the bootloader.

How-to

How to

Unlock the bootloader (fastboot flashing unlock) and install a custom OS (LineageOS; GrapheneOS supported it in the past).

Follow the specialist sources linked on this page. If this path is a jailbreak, unlock, or flash, the specialist wiki is the how-to — we do not copy those steps here.

Notes

GrapheneOS support is historical (end-of-life, no current builds); LineageOS is the live route.

SourcesLast verified Oct 30, 2026

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