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Make your phone useless to whoever seizes it

A step-by-step playbook to harden a Pixel with GrapheneOS so a locked device resists forensic data extraction — no guesswork, no theory.

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Chapter 4

Set auto-reboot to 8h so the device returns to Before-First-Unlock encryption while unattended.

Configure a duress PIN that wipes eSIM and profiles on entry.

Disable USB at the hardware level while locked to block extraction cables.

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What "locked" actually leaves exposed

Most people trust the lock screen. Forensic tools don't care about it — they target the gaps below.

30 sec

A cabled extraction tool can start pulling data the moment a stock phone is plugged in while still in an unlocked-memory state.

2 profiles

Everything lives in one user profile on stock Android, so a single unlock exposes messages, photos, and keys at once.

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Standard devices give no auto-reboot and no duress trigger — a seized phone sits in its most-vulnerable state for hours.

42 pages of exact settings, command sequences, and verification checks — written for a real threat model, not a blog listicle.

01Clean GrapheneOS install and verified-boot confirmation on a supported Pixel

02Auto-reboot timers and PIN policy that force Before-First-Unlock encryption

03Duress PIN setup that wipes profiles, eSIM, and keys under coercion

04Hardware USB lockdown to defeat cabled extraction devices

05Compartmentalized user profiles and per-app network isolation

06Sensor, storage-scope, and permission hardening with a verification checklist

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