Hi everyone,
Genesis
I have an unused Xiaomi redmi note 6 pro that was standing in a drawer and I wanted to re-use it.
This phone was already running with a custom ROM lineageOS but they do not support it any longer and they’ve also deleted all the ROM files relative to it 🤯 so no way to download again those ROM !
So I tried few other stuff and I landed in bricking my phone. Too bad as it was still in a great shape and condition. What a waste/pollution !!
I’am myself an IT guy, but the unnecessary complexity of the Android phone and what the brands does… etc. make too many steps and I cannot spend ~two weeks to unbrick it.
And additionally to that, when I see what Google planned for us https://keepandroidopen.org/ oh my God. 🤮
So I am looking for a phone[1]:
- around 100-150€/$
- screen ~6.50’
- a mini jack 🎧
- Easy to install/Flash another ROM ! ( let’s dream, maybe the vendor itself guide/help in order to do so )
- Bootloader not locked !?
- Easy to be the root [2]
- Not need to be the newer model
Floss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software ↩︎And by the way, why we should struggle and trick so much just to gain root access? Do are we not the owner of our phones? Why not a simple option that asks to be root? And the user will take its own responsibility for it !? ↩︎
Moto G 5G 2024 is unlockable after connecting to the internet for approximately 7 days and requesting unlock codes on Motorola website (voids warranty), and supported by Lineage OS
Cost like $140 I think when on discount… official retail price is $200
I did the unlock before, I can confirm it works… however I tried a Verison MVNO and the mobile data refuses to work on Lineage…
(carrier versions have different model numbers and will not unlock bootloader, you need the factory unlocked version)