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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (1 child)

And that's after you swim through a hundred forum posts to figure out how the fuck to do it and why the fuck it isn't working.

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

helps if you specifically get a phone model that isn't absolute bullshit, pixels generally don't actively fight you, which is extremely ironic since they're google's flagship.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

True enough. Samsung was a minefield of bullshit. If I'd have started with an old Pixel it'd have been much easier.

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[–] SurpriZe@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Any other great phones for custom OSs?

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[–] ransomwarelettuce@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Motorolas are cool for custom roms and Xiaomi are pretty open for a chinese brand.

However don't go to non snapdragon chips and the latter brand you have to create a Xiaomi account and wait 15 days to unlock the bootloader.

I had to get a new phone recently and since I was on a budget, went with a Motorola.

If got enough money though go for a pixel.

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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Xiaomi are pretty open for a chinese brand.

Be warned, they just restricted their bootloader unlocking even more. Now you can only unlock 1 device a year. The waiting period annoyed me so much at the time, for my Redmi Note 8 Pro I had to wait 168h, 1 week. I'm not doing that anymore.

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[–] ransomwarelettuce@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Fuck them then, always hated the 15 days. Now by chance even more no way I buying or recommending them again.

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