Actually!! You should unlock the Bootloader first thing. To be honest, I haven't even seen if root is released yet or not. With the first pixel, it took chainfire about a week after the Pixel release before it could be rooted because the pixel had a lot of changes from previous Nexus devices.
I'd imagine the pixel 2 is structurally the same or similar and that root will come quick.
Oh, but my point... Unlock the bootloader first thing because that factory resets the device. So you will lose all the setup you did. I always unlock first. Then root (if available) and setup. If root isn't available yet, you can set it up after unlocking and wait for root, as that shouldn't wipe anything.
villiansv on October 21st, 2017 at 18:05 UTC »
To be on the safe side, I recommend that:
Unless there's an official statement on the official phone page, or in the manual, that confirms it, it makes sense to raise a support ticket yourself and get it in writing that you were told that rooting your phone doesn't void your warranty.
"Some random guy on the internet posted a screenshot" will not hold any weight if they ever change their mind about this, and it was never in official documents.
Additionally, the screenshotted conversation seems to confirm it for any warranty directly from Google. This may not apply to carrier warranty, or any other you may have via e.g. credit cards.
Just trying to point out potential "fine print" issues with this.
SiameseDiaries on October 21st, 2017 at 18:04 UTC »
does flashing 3rd party roms ever go unrecoverably wrong?
gamesbeawesome on October 21st, 2017 at 18:02 UTC »
Code monkeys!