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		sterlind 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GrapheneOS and forensic extraction of data (2024) You can enable root on GrapheneOS. It will erase your data, however, so make a backup before you do. But if you really want root you can save your data, root, restore, and leave root on.

lc5G 23 days ago [–]

How can I enable root?

sterlind 22 days ago | [–]

sorry, I was mistaken. it looks like you'll have to build a userdebug build in order to gain root.

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