I am thinking of trying a new OS on my Pixel 8 pro, and I’m wondering if switching will require me to inform or update my cell service provider, Verizon, in any way to stay connected. When I just moved my SIM card from one device to another, I learned that it activates an anti theft feature after a couple of days of working normally. This was easily fixed with Verizon support, but it was a hassle since I’m still on my parents’ phone plan. Am I likely to have this or a similar issue after installing a new OS, or should my cell service and data continue to work?
It’s most likely that the anti theft feature is based on a hardware identifier (IMEI) and won’t be triggered by installing a different OS.
Unless something changed, I’m fairly certain you can’t unlock the bootloaders of Verizon devices
It is an unlocked phone with a Verizon SIM card if that helps. I’ll update this thread if I try it out and it ends up working.
It’ll work, I’ve been doing it since 2010 on Verizon
Your IMEI shouldn’t change when you install a different OS (if it does, you’ve probably accidentally committed a crime).
There are ways for your carrier to notice the difference, but I don’t think they’ll monitor your phone that closely. Pattern analysis and packet inspection is hard, IMEI+SIM card matching is quite easy for a carrier.
Shouldn’t be any problem. I’ve been doing open source ROMs since android v2 and it works fine on AT&T and Verizon.
One caveat is to make sure you have VoLTE working on stock android before you flash a new ROM. Sometimes that must be activated on the carrier with stock android to work on LineageOS or GrapheneOS