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expand explanation of carrier devices

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<a href="#prerequisites">Prerequisites</a> <a href="#prerequisites">Prerequisites</a>
</h2> </h2>
<p>You should have at least 2GB of free memory available.</p> <p>You should have at least 2GB of free memory available.</p>
<p>You need the unlocked variant of one of the supported devices, not a locked carrier <p>You need one of the officially supported devices. To make sure that the device can
specific variant.</p> be unlocked to install GrapheneOS, avoid carrier variants of the devices. Carrier
variants of Pixels use the same stock OS and firmware with a non-zero carrier id
flashed onto the persist partition in the factory. The carrier id activates
carrier-specific configuration in the stock OS including disabling carrier and
bootloader unlocking. The carrier may be able to remotely disable this, but their
support staff may not be aware and they probably won't do it. Get a carrier agnostic
device to avoid the risk and potential hassle. If you CAN figure out a way to unlock a
carrier device, it isn't a problem as GrapheneOS can just ignore the carrier id and
it's otherwise the same.</p>
<p>It's best practice to update the stock OS on the device to make sure it's running <p>It's best practice to update the stock OS on the device to make sure it's running
the latest firmware before proceeding with these instructions. This avoids running the latest firmware before proceeding with these instructions. This avoids running
into bugs, missing features or other differences in older firmware versions. Early into bugs, missing features or other differences in older firmware versions. Early