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I know that most customizability features that were once exclusive to custom roms are available for use right out of the box these days.

In the case of manufacturers like Samsung, I think,there are still no official builds of lineageOS for the newer phones after the galaxy s10 series.

I'm aware that GSI roms are available. My experience with GSI's have been kinda bad. Most of the time they lack a lot of features which makes the phone not viable anymore. Then there are also the random UI bugs, which frustrate the hell out of the user.

I miss the old days when there were lots of custom roms, even for budget devices. I used to flash them when my phones were out of warranty. I could use my phone however I saw fit.

Is there no way to bring back these good times ? Or will the whole custom ROM community just shrink to the pixels and a select few devices ?

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[-] lemmybenny@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Fairphone, they have instructions even on their site on how to flag your phone with different OS's. Think it's just been released in the states too. Android AOSP, Lineage, Ubuntu Touch, eOS to name a few.

[-] gunpachi@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I considered buying the fairphone and the pixel 7. Unfortunately, the former was not available in my country and the latter had no service centers in my region.

Then I got a good deal on a samsung galaxy s23 and bought it. Now I'm stuck with not being able to tinker with anything.

[-] jacktherippah@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

Samsung is probably the worst offender in that regard. No bootloader unlock on Snapdragon, bootloader unlock trips Knox on Exynos and disables basic features like the camera on Z Fold 3.

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