Which is the best phone company in terms of consistently putting out good phone products.

  • Engywuck@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I just buy mid-range Xiaomi phones, unlock them and install LineageOS. So far, so good.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve thought about doing this, but I’m worried about banking, payment, stocks (and other similarly picky) apps flipping the table when they notice it’s a rooted device.

      • The_Pete@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Been having good luck with graphineos but you really need a pixel since they don’t really support anything else.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, this may be a concern. I’ve bee relatively lucky using magisk + microg, but unfortunately YMMV.

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        1 year ago

        Yea, I’ve been through that, banking apps and payment apps definitely don’t like that. When I did that they weren’t that well-used, but now I wouldn’t go that way.

    • i_am_a_cardboard_box@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Oh yes, definitely this. I’ve just done this for the first time ever two weeks ago on a 5 year old xiaomi redmi note 7, and this ancient thing is suddenly a beast again! Everything is suddenly so smooth and fast without all that bloatware and spyware

    • crunchpaste@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Even their old flagships are still quite good. I’m currently daily driving two 7 years old Mi6 phones with Lineage, because you just can’t find a small phone nowadays.