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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Same setup. Love it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

None sadly because fuck samsung

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Guy who ran a fruit company tried to cure cancer with fruit. It’s like poetry, it rhymes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IodeOS on FairPhone 4.

I'm only running FOSS application on it.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I recently flashed LineageOS on my old Note 4 that had previously ran a few custom ROMs but other than that haven't used one in years since I haven't had a need with my last LG or current Samsung phone.

These days there's more of a need for custom hardware like a headphone jack or SD card slot but unfortunately those can't just be flashed to a phone like a ROM can. The software/firmware side of things has been fine for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

*custom roms oops

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year 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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Pixel Experience

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not getting notifications for something like a chat app is a big deal. Are there ways to allow apps to run in the background?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year 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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

LineageOS so i can use Android11 on pretty old hardware

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I miss custom ROMs. I haven't messed with them since 4.4 KitKat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Back in the days of CyanogenMod!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Evolution X

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year 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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

None because blackberry locked the bootloader :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

CalyxOS on my Pixel 6a. It works well for my needs with very little compromise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I used to run CyanogenMod/LineageOS on my older phones, but since my S8, I've been using stock ROMs. Honestly not even sure a custom ROM exists for the S21. I'd love to make the switch if it does, however I know Google Wallet (Google Pay at the time) had a huge issue with custom firmware/ROMs and I don't imagine it's gotten any better over the years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I used to run HTC phones and the custom ROM scene was LEGIT. Now I'm in the same boat as you - stock Samsung, but I removed as many bullshit stock apps as I could with ADB.

I miss CM and simple boot unlocking.

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