What are the pros and cons of dual-booting Android devices? (lemmy.ml)

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With stock and custom ROMs.

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[-] monovergent@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Pro:

do most of what needed two phones on a single phone
avoids charging, carrying, and maintaining two separate phones
I'd personally put a lot more here if dual-booting Android and Linux

Con:

hard to find a phone that supports it
the need to unlock bootloader could still break integrity checks despite using a stock ROM
IMEI still shared between ROMs, most of the isolation is already achievable through user profiles
have to reboot to use anything on the other ROM

this post was submitted on 17 May 2026

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