Hi all! I’m needing to replace my aging Razer Phone 2 (I know lol) and I want to wean off of Google a bit. I’m hoping to buy a mid range phone, no more than 500 Eur and install a custom rom (preferably Lineage). The officially supported phones on the Lineage page are a bit on the older side, but do you guys have any recommendations for which phones to go for? I’m looking for something relatively popular so I can find a pretty case, and hope for a larger community and support, and I kinda need either large storage or an SD card slot.

I’m hoping for high refresh rate and somewhat large battery, but most specs are negotiable.

I was considering the Moto G Stylus or some Poco phone, but I haven´t been able to find a source of Roms for those.

Speaking of which, where do you look for roms nowadays? I used to go to XDA for my Oneplus One, but it doesn’t seem nearly as robust.

Thank you!!!

  • Hellmo_luciferrariEnglish
    7•11 months ago

    I’m going to echo the same sentiment: pixel phones.

    Why would I suggest them?

    Multiple reasons.

    First and foremost (for me) is GrapheneOS. Pixel phones are of the few if not only (don’t have source handy) that allow you to relock the bootloader. From my reading the security chips that pixel phones use are quite robust. Pixels are readily available, and the more people that use them the more support a device typically had. GrapheneOS is enough reason for me, but may not be for everyone.

    I have also used LineageOS on my phone as well, but with the recent stuff that went down with Play Integrity Fix, LSposed, and I believe a few more projects aimed at rooted phones, I can’t rightfully stick with a rooted custom ROM.

    Not only do I like the software support, I would personally say that my Pixel 7 Pro is my favorite android device I have owned.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      5•11 months ago

      yeah, the relocking is honestly a very strong argument and I’ve thought about it. But like 128gb and no other version or expansion? Gurl…

      • Hellmo_luciferrariEnglish
        1•11 months ago

        I have the 7 Pro, which is a bit higher priced than you’re looking for but I do have 256gb of storage. Which initially was saddened by not having expandable storage, but switched from usi lng lossless flac files to using a streaming service.

        Used Pixel 7 Pro or 7 any other variant may be viable depending on where you’re at

        • @[email protected]OPEnglish
          2•11 months ago

          yeah, I guess I was looking at a series that all come with 128, but even a 6 pro with more storage is still out of my budget currently 😭