Since we don’t yet have a specific community for custom phone ROMs, let’s discuss them here. Are you running a custom ROM? Which one? On what hardware? How is it?
GrapheneOS. I love it. I migrated from the Apple ecosystem about two years ago into the FOSS and Linux world and haven’t looked back.
None sadly because fuck samsung
Locked bootloaders should be illegal if the phone is paid off.
Rip :(
I hate how they blow fuses to permanently disable security features when the bootloader is unlocked.
GrapheneOS on a Pixel 5. It is very nice and I would recommend it.
Same setup. Love it.
GrapheneOS on a Pixel 4a, bit I’m looking to upgrade to a 6a vor 7a depending in the next good sale price
Are these sales directly from google?
Last time I checked pixel phones the performance and “freshness” Vs price ratio was really bad compared to something like Xiaomi with working xda ROMs.
Usually, yes.
Xiaomi isn’t a thing here, but pixels are usually <$500 USD and get like 5 years of updates, plus I don’t think graphene runs on anything else.
CalyxOS on a Pixel 5. Its nice and micro G works fine in most situations. When I have the time though, I’m probably going to try graphine os with sandboxed google play and see how that works for me.
GrapheneOS on a Pixel 5a5g 👍
Same but on Pixel 6. Though I caved in and installed the sandboxed Google Play to run bank apps, fortunately they do work that way without problems.
What do you use for sanbox?
Is it a solution similar to Island, Shelter, etc or is this something different?I installed it the way the guide on GrapheneOS site explained.
Same but on a Pixel 6a. It’s good for the most part. I don’t use this phone for calls/sms so I wish I could just disable that while retaining mobile data, but I haven’t figured that out yet really.
I read you can delete any stock apps like Phone and SMS Messaging by connecting your phone to a computer and using ADB (does not require root). I haven’t tried it but you can search online about using ADB.
I use this little niche OS called iOS, made by some fruit company.
Oh that. I heard the project leader died of a perfectly curable form of cancer because he was going to heal himself with food or something. Crazy story, but the OS works well.
Guy who ran a fruit company tried to cure cancer with fruit. It’s like poetry, it rhymes.
Pixel Experience
LineageOS on a Fairphone 3. It works well for what I do on my phone.
What do you think about the Fairphone 3? Is it a respectable daily driver?
GrapheneOS on a Pixel 6. Works great! I’ve had to override the custom memory allocator one or two times for banking apps, but that’s just flipping a switch in the app info.
LineageOS on a Moto One 5G Ace. Soon to be replaced with a OnePlus Nord N200 because the charging port of all things is failing.
Also LineageOS. Pixel 3a
It’s going to take a lot for me to want to upgrade when this phone has unlimited photo upload, and a headphone jack.
Unfortunately none. I have an S10e with a locked bootloader. This is the first android phone I’ve owned that I hadn’t used a custom ROM on. The last Samsung phone I owned was an S4 and I hadn’t kept up with the custom ROM scene, so I hadn’t known the locked bootloader nonsense when I got the S10e.
It sucks because there are no note security updates for the phone even though the hardware is still in good condition. I can’t justify replacing a working phone even if I could afford a new one. I’m hoping eventually a vulnerability will be uncovered that allows unlocking the bootloader. There was one a few years ago I think, but it got patched before I even knew about it.
That sucks. I also have never used a stock Android phone. I don’t know that I could. Because I’m in the USA, my choices for phones that will run a custom ROM and still make phone calls is very small. But that’s the subject of a different post.
IodeOS on FairPhone 4.
I’m only running FOSS application on it.
I must use a few apps unfortunately like WhatsApp or spotify
No, you chose to.
OnePlus Nord (the last phones before were OP 1, 3 and 5, great value phones imo), LineageOS. Had to use the unofficial version for a while, but they are official again, now.
I hate modern phones, especially the giant ones that people seem to like nowadays. My 2 favourite phones are my last pre-Android Phones (Nokia E71, blackberry style, with full kb), and my first Android the HTC Desire Z (T-Mobile G2 in the US; fold out full keyboard). I don’t need fancy cameras, and I don’t need a high-powered CPU.
Considering I’ve been using Android for about 13 years, I have probably been on an official ROM for less than a week :D Back then, I experimented a lot, custom kernels, custom roms, (nandroid backup really helped with that, a full phone backup that’s easy to restore, I miss that) I’ve even encountered ROMs that don’t have the mandatory feature of using volume control to move the text cursor, how do people live without that?
Anyway, now I just use LineageOS with no custom kernel. When I get a new phone (and I only get those with LineageOS available, for the Nord it was a bit annoying that they dropped support 2 months after I got it …), I flash it on arrival.
You sound like me. I don’t like large phones. The Nexus 5 was a perfect size. And I don’t use stock ROMs. I flash a phone as soon as I get it.
Hah, never had the 5, but I did really like my Nexus 4, I think it might still be in one of my drawers :D
None because blackberry locked the bootloader :(
It’s a damn shame. My old Blackberry remains one of my favorite devices. It’s a toss up between my Palm Treo 655 and my Blackberry (I forget which one). Having a physical keyboard was great. My favorite soap bar phone was the Nexus 5. Those three were my favorites.
