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My Pixel 5a just died after 5 months of use. Looking for a new phone I can deGoogle. (lemmy.ml)
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It seems that the motherboard is dead, and that it's a common issue with the 5a and I "should've known better," despite it being impossible to find decent information on phones these days.

I got it because it was the last Pixel with a headphone jack, and because it had good official LineageOS support. But I compromised: giving up the SD slot was tough for me, and now that I've been burned by not having one (I typically auto-backup my Signal history and other things to the SD card) I don't want to get another phone without it.

But the landscape seems bleak. The vast majority of phones that are officially supported by LineageOS are Pixels. It's impossible to find easy information on which phones have non-official LOS ROMs. Search results are useless these days, and I also keep running into an issue where after researching a phone for half an hour I discover that it has some arcane process to unlock the bootloader that doesn't always work, and the forum posters imply that the purchasers "should've known better." I'm just at my wit's end.

If anyone can suggest something that has decent deGoogled ROM support with the following features, I'd be very grateful:

  • OLED screen (a must-have for my photosensitivity)
  • SD card slot
  • I am willing to give up the headphone jack in order to expand my options
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[–] K0W4LSK1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks I will look into those more as well new to reddit and Lemmy. But who are you why should I trust you as well? Just wondering these are your write ups is all

I dont really get your last paragraph and again I didnt quote shit just sent you one fucking article . and I agree madaidian has some very intense views but. I'm not saying use grapheneOS over another customOS. From what I've read of your write up so far. I should just use stock OS because none of this changes the fact of bootloader security and root