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[-] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You're braver than I am, once I got a single letter wrong on the wiki ordered the model and ended up with a $70 useless slut phone that gave me an excuse to keep using play services apps 👹 at least it compartmentalized things

Everyone else w the model had to buy keys from a shady Samsung employee w Monero and there was still.the chance of bricking everything. I just caved and got the pixel :/

[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

yeah my phone is the moto G stylus 5G 2024 (Codename boston) and its funny becuase my previous phone - moto G5 2024 broke (i dropped it) and THAT phone which is not as powerful as the stylus has an OFFICAL linage OS rom and install guide. i should of just gotten the same phone

[-] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Well, we both should have gotten in on it during the era when everything was flourishing and iOS had jailbreaks right? Live and learn. I used to buy into the purist mindset, like "better just to never scroll, desktop is better". I missed out

This kind of consolidation will be good long-term, though, and maybe there will be foreign options. Programming is too western still to wriggle out of device monopolies

[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

i used to flash roms on my phones. i had an android phone all the way back in the froyo days.

[-] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

I did the same thing with my last phone, and this whole sub-model thing drives me crazy.

[-] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Happens naturally as you try and look for dealz as nobody wants ancient unrootable ones lol

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