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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?

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

None sadly because fuck samsung

[–] Casmael@u.fail 3 points 2 years ago
[–] TheBaldness@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Locked bootloaders should be illegal if the phone is paid off.

[–] TechnologyClassroom@partizle.com 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

GrapheneOS on a Pixel 5. It is very nice and I would recommend it.

[–] Dsco@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Same setup. Love it.

[–] sibloure@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] b9chomps@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

GrapheneOS on a Pixel 4a, bit I'm looking to upgrade to a 6a vor 7a depending in the next good sale price

[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] SuiXi3D@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use this little niche OS called iOS, made by some fruit company.

[–] TheBaldness@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] Jomn@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

LineageOS on a Fairphone 3. It works well for what I do on my phone.

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[–] Casmael@u.fail 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Man I remember the days of xda and custom Roma holy shit. Nexus 5 was the one, slimrom was the way. Ahh memories.

[–] Casmael@u.fail 2 points 2 years ago

*custom roms oops

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Using GraphineOS on a Pixel 6. It's very nice! I haven't had any problems with it.

[–] monkeysuncle@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] RandomVanGloboii@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago

Pixel Experience

[–] clyde@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

GrapheneOS on a Pixel 7, having a great experience with it.

[–] archwizard@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] serendipitytea@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm using GrapheneOS on a Pixel 6a, it's great.

[–] BuckShot686@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Man, got the 7a in May and the 1080p screen + 64 megapixel camera made me spend the extra $50 to not get the 6a. Blown away with both for the price Regardless, Graphene here too.

[–] H3wastooshort@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

LineageOS so i can use Android11 on pretty old hardware

[–] ozoned@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

CalyxOS on my Pixel 3. Love it. Runs better than the standard Android crap.

Who knew getting rid of all the tracking bullshit helps? This is my surprised face -> :-/

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[–] andr01d@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Pixel 7 with Graphene. I love it. I have sanboxed google play installed, and occasionally dont get a notification (i suspect the apps are just not running in the background, so once I open the app I get the notifs). Would recommend.

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[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] disk1of3@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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.

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[–] TheFrenchGhosty@lemmy.pussthecat.org 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

IodeOS on FairPhone 4.

I'm only running FOSS application on it.

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[–] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

None because blackberry locked the bootloader :(

[–] cyberian_khatru@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I miss LineageOS. My current nokia has next to no scene. The thing I miss the most is holding the volume keys as prev/fwd buttons.

[–] TheBaldness@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It doesn't do that in the stock ROM? That seems like a basic feature to me.

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[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

LineageOS with microg on a s10+. It works great, no issues with apps not working but still have minimal google dipping it's fingers into my life.

I only buy phones now that will support a custom ROM, I can't go back now.

[–] Felix538@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

/e/OS - I bought a cheap Poco X3 pro, that was probably cheap because they show ads inside the OS. So now I got to have a cheap phone that's also private and fast (a friend bought the same phone, no custom ROM, and now complains about it being slow)

[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

I went with good old lineageOS but I would like to pick up a Pixel device so I can give GrapheneOS or CalyxOS a go.

[–] gaael@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

/e/os on a Fairphone 3 for a few months now. It's my first custom ROM, and it's been a breeze so far :)

Some quirks that I don't actually mind : when the phone is turned off and charging, the animation on screen doesn't update the current battery level (but idc, usually the phone charges at night), the phone calls volume is really loud (but I usually plug my headset in for calls) and the integrated vpn is sometimes slow enough to cause websites/apps to timeout (I can live with that).

I still have my old android phone mainly for my bank application.

Edit : typo

[–] probably_a_robot@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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.

[–] ZoeyCutieshy@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

PixelOS on Redmi Note 10 Pro, more stable and less bloated than MIUI tho I didn't try the other pixel roms or stock android roms.

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[–] Ultrawipf@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Havoc on LG G6 (Android 11 + Microg)

Works well but will be pretty much the end of the device

[–] sephger@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

First I tried iode but after a short trip to Ubuntu Mobile I decided to try Calyx. Runs fine on my Fairphone

[–] Tasio@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have CalyxOS on my Pixel 4a; want to try GrapheneOS

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