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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

None sadly because fuck samsung

[-] TheBaldness@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Casmael@u.fail 3 points 2 years ago
[-] MarionWheeler@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I hate how they blow fuses to permanently disable security features when the bootloader is unlocked.

[-] TechnologyClassroom@partizle.com 7 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Dsco@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Same setup. Love it.

[-] sibloure@beehaw.org 7 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.

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 6 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.

[-] b9chomps@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

GrapheneOS on 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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[-] SuiXi3D@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

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

[-] TheBaldness@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

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

[-] clyde@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Jomn@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

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

[-] 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.

[-] andr01d@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] TheBaldness@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years 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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[-] monkeysuncle@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

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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[-] serendipitytea@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

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

[-] BuckShot686@beehaw.org 3 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.

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 3 points 2 years ago

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 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

None because blackberry locked the bootloader :(

IodeOS on FairPhone 4.

I'm only running FOSS application on it.

[-] Casmael@u.fail 3 points 2 years ago

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

[-] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years 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.

[-] probably_a_robot@lemmy.one 3 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.

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

LineageOS so i can use Android11 on pretty old hardware

also another one with LOS11+MicroG instead of GApps, same reason

[-] RandomVanGloboii@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago

Pixel Experience

[-] edgerunneralexis@dataterm.digital 3 points 2 years ago

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

[-] hernik@le.mnau.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Am using Elixir on my Xiaomi phone, I really like the customization stuff. It would be ideal if it would come in a variant without Google services :/ Otherwise it runs pretty nice.

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[-] gamencode@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've been using CrDroid on my Poco F2 Pro (LMI) for a long time now , have also dabbled with Elixir , Nusantara and a few others which was fun, I love custom roms and tinkering plus MIUI sucks badly.

Also the mire I tinker the deeper I go, I made my first magisk module this year , git pretty good at debugging and root files etc , plus I can restore my phone pretty fast now (I brick it every now and then lol)

This year I also got into battery replacement , I switched out my battery and my camera module, and switched out a samsung s9 plus battery, was pretty fun.

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[-] trash@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Evolution X

[-] 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

[-] Tasio@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] ozoned@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

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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[-] cyberian_khatru@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

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 4 points 2 years ago

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

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