Who's the Android manufactured to go to for root / custom roms?
Previously this would be OnePlus, but it looks like their newest phones aren’t rootable. I used to have a Xiaomi phone for this also, are they still good? Ik you can root smartphones from a lot of brands but I’m looking for one that has good ROM support and doesn’t try all kinda of tricks / to prevent you from unlocking the bootloader
I had a similar question few weeks ago, check it out biglemmowski.win/post/267187
If you are looking for just easy root and/or good ROM support then Pixels come out on top.
I have been using xiaomi phones for a long time now, for most of them the (xda) community eventually had great ROMs that (eventually) worked without problems or with very little. Though these days I need a working phone so I didn’t bother with my (Mediatek) Note 8 Pro - last time I looked phones with these chips were a lot harder and more dangerous to flash then the Qualcomms I had before (loved my Xiaomi A1 for that tinkering with Ressurection Remix). So I am looking for an investment - a device I won’t have to replace for another ~6+ years but I really want my device to do mostly what I would expect, without any snooping or other privacy shenannigans - I know xiaomi is probably the worse choice for this but their hardware specs were always the best for the price and were generally easy to flash. I don’t like pixels - they are too expensive for the hardware it offers, at least in my country. Thank you for any tips in advance. Update: iPhone is a no go for me because of the walled garden - I am a software developer by trade and hobbyist, I like to have the possibility of cracking the device open, both HW and SW wise. I am willing to trade the longevity of the device for this.
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