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And that's after you swim through a hundred forum posts to figure out how the fuck to do it and why the fuck it isn't working.
helps if you specifically get a phone model that isn't absolute bullshit, pixels generally don't actively fight you, which is extremely ironic since they're google's flagship.
True enough. Samsung was a minefield of bullshit. If I'd have started with an old Pixel it'd have been much easier.
Any other great phones for custom OSs?
Motorolas are cool for custom roms and Xiaomi are pretty open for a chinese brand.
However don't go to non snapdragon chips and the latter brand you have to create a Xiaomi account and wait 15 days to unlock the bootloader.
I had to get a new phone recently and since I was on a budget, went with a Motorola.
If got enough money though go for a pixel.
Xiaomi are pretty open for a chinese brand.
Be warned, they just restricted their bootloader unlocking even more. Now you can only unlock 1 device a year. The waiting period annoyed me so much at the time, for my Redmi Note 8 Pro I had to wait 168h, 1 week. I'm not doing that anymore.
Fuck them then, always hated the 15 days. Now by chance even more no way I buying or recommending them again.