I researched a phone which should work with lineageOS.
When I received it, I had to find some archaic website and _ask permission_ from a vendor to have the phone unlocked.
From there, I tried to image it from adb and using "guides" (ie, forum posts) and nothing that worked for everyone else ever worked for me.
On paper, installing an aftermarket OS on a phone is not much more difficult than installing an aftermarket OS on a computer. In practice, it's incredibly frustrating and a bit of a crap shoot.
It's a small computer that I don't really control with a horrible UI, horrible privacy, and nothing but perverse incentives. ("download the app!")
There’s no going back unfortunately. There’s no world where smartphones go away barring a new tech as significant and useful as a smartphone.
Why are you so sure? Have a look at Librem 5 and Pinephone.
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You need LineageOS or GrapheneOS
I went down this path once.
I researched a phone which should work with lineageOS.
When I received it, I had to find some archaic website and _ask permission_ from a vendor to have the phone unlocked.
From there, I tried to image it from adb and using "guides" (ie, forum posts) and nothing that worked for everyone else ever worked for me.
On paper, installing an aftermarket OS on a phone is not much more difficult than installing an aftermarket OS on a computer. In practice, it's incredibly frustrating and a bit of a crap shoot.
Or Mobian, or PureOS, or postmarketOS.
Sounds like Windows
And Mac