From memory, all I did was fill in a warranty replacement form on their website.

From SanDisk on the other side of the planet I once received a box of a similar size, shipped via UPS if I recall, this was nearly 20 years ago, containing a warranty replacement microSD card.

😂

Once you turn 50, not 59.

Which tutorial were you following?

Which version of Ubuntu are you using?

The separation between software and hardware is not nearly as distinct as your comment suggests. Beyond (sometimes replaceable) firmware there’s microcode and embedded systems with their own software inside modules like the modem that allows your phone to actually talk to the network.

Do you see the irony associated with buying hardware from the same company who’s software you actively want to remove?

I’m happy for you to quote me, but it does require that you actually quote what I said rather than what you think I said.

Specifically I said:

As far as I can tell, this post is an advertisement for Graphene OS. In real world terms, in my opinion, it adds nothing of substance to the privacy or security landscape.

I did not state that Graphene OS didn’t add to the security landscape, though that’s how you interpreted it. Using “it adds nothing”, I was referring to the article linked in the OP. Could I have worded this better, sure. Did I say what you think I said, no.

This is helpful.

Only one problem.

Graphene OS only runs on 16 models of phone, Google Pixels. I’ve bought a dozen or so Google hardware devices over the years and I refuse to go through that abysmal experience ever again.

Graphene OS might be amazing for all I know, but only supporting Google hardware makes it a joke in the real world outside of the Google fanboy bubble.

As for deleting all the content of your phone, what makes you think that border security or law enforcement won’t access your data directly from your backup on Google’s cloud?

As far as I can tell, this post is an advertisement for Graphene OS. In real world terms, in my opinion, it adds nothing of substance to the privacy or security landscape.

“accidentally”

Can we do the Epstein files next?

So … become more like the climate deniers and billionaire mafia?

I think that we have plenty of those already … how about an alternative … not moving to the centre.

That may well be true, but in my experience every single scientist asks stupid questions every day. The difference between them and politicians is that they write it down and pursue answers relentlessly, while politicians do neither.

In other words, don’t be afraid of silly questions, everyone is in the same boat.

If this is a new stupid question, perhaps you should make it a separate post.

This seems like a question that you might ask in an askscience or science community.

And you’re basing your comprehensive and systematically argued in depth response on … what exactly?

In other news … Police arrest Aristocrat for wielding deadly pinkie whilst drinking tea in public.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Mosquito bites itch after they bite, not while they bite. The itch is your body responding to the saliva it injected.

They built a land bridge. They even named it. Canada.

300,000?

90,000 according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-04/pro-palestine-large-crowd-perilous-on-bridge-march-police-say/105607802