Intentionally non-standard hardware does not get a real custom rom. It’s just a mod of Android which Google can render intentionally incompatible any time they want
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kepix@lemmy.world 2 months agodude. you can just install a custom rom.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
kepix@lemmy.world 2 months ago
not like linux phones are super compatible
ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 months ago
As long as your phone model is supported by any custom mod. I have checked compatibility for almost all smartphones I owned, some 7 or 8 through the years.
Not a single one of them was ever supported by a custom mod.
kepix@lemmy.world 2 months ago
but you did not check custom rom aupport before you bought tgem, cause did not want freedom and moddability. its on you.
ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 months ago
I consider price and technical specifications. I don’t have 200€ to spend on a phone. Most phones I bought were less than 100€ new. What I care about a phone is that it supports two SIM cards.
With such constraints, choice is quite limited unfortunately.
Is it worth having a free device? Indeed. Is it worth spending 4 times the price just for that? Not to me.