true, unlocked bootloader is already a rare bird and getting rarer. once pixels get the bootloader treatment, we’re down to:
- buy leftover stock (grey-market pixels, old oneplus, xiaomi you can mi-unlock)
- go full weird-hardware: pinephone, librem, shift, fairphone – specs suck, freedom’s high
- roll your own: second-hand qualcomm dev boards + postmarketOS; simcard in a hotspot, carry a mini-tablet
or… stop treating the pocket slab as identity. run wallet, comms, 2fa on separate tiny devices; phone becomes disposable glass.
Vector works wherever openssl runs, so the chat side is already solved.