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My Pixel 5a just died after 5 months of use. Looking for a new phone I can deGoogle. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 6 months ago by inasaba@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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It seems that the motherboard is dead, and that it's a common issue with the 5a and I "should've known better," despite it being impossible to find decent information on phones these days.

I got it because it was the last Pixel with a headphone jack, and because it had good official LineageOS support. But I compromised: giving up the SD slot was tough for me, and now that I've been burned by not having one (I typically auto-backup my Signal history and other things to the SD card) I don't want to get another phone without it.

But the landscape seems bleak. The vast majority of phones that are officially supported by LineageOS are Pixels. It's impossible to find easy information on which phones have non-official LOS ROMs. Search results are useless these days, and I also keep running into an issue where after researching a phone for half an hour I discover that it has some arcane process to unlock the bootloader that doesn't always work, and the forum posters imply that the purchasers "should've known better." I'm just at my wit's end.

If anyone can suggest something that has decent deGoogled ROM support with the following features, I'd be very grateful:

  • OLED screen (a must-have for my photosensitivity)
  • SD card slot
  • I am willing to give up the headphone jack in order to expand my options
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[–] SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Have you looked at what sony has to offer? They latest xperia had a headphone jack, sd card and I believe lineageOS support.

i installed lineageOS on an xperia 5 ii, so older model, and seems to be going strong. got latest update 1 week ago.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are you talking about phones like the Xperia 5 IV?

They have unlockable bootloaders and AOSP ROM support?

[–] SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Aye, they have unlockable bootloaders and sony also provides instructions and firmware needed to build your own AOSP if that's your pleasure. I just went the lineageOS way.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

That's wonderful to hear. Do they support relockable bootloaders with self signed keys? If so, that makes em possible to use with projects like GrapheneOS, CalyxOS

[–] SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've no idea on the relockable bootloader support with self signed keys. Though I do remember reading at some point from some lad ranting about why it's a bad idea to relock, and seemed to make sense, so I didn't look further into the matter. The post was on the... ehm... other website.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Relocking is ideal for system integrity, you can have full verified boot support on ROMs like graphene

[–] inasaba@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They haven't been sold in Canada for years, and when I went looking for them on eBay the prices were ridiculous, if they were available at all. Most of the time I look for a model, there simply aren't any listings.

[–] SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's a damn shame. I really liked their phones, their only downside, I think, was the crap support - they only give 2 years of updates. But with lineage that is no longer an issue.

[–] inasaba@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

They were the only option for a smaller phone for a long time as well, but sadly not available here... :(