Hehe, I’ve never NOT used a custom rom since, …well the last Nokia with Symbian-OS.
My first Android phone had CyanogenMod available. With tons of extra features, back in the day the camera would get better, you’d get an equalizer for the headphones, some privacy features like remove permissions from apps, revoke their access to contacts, and extra menu options. It stayed like that for a while. Then we got the times manufacturers dropped updates within 2 years but my phones lasted me 4… So I made sure to always pick something with a good chance of LineageOS support. In order not to constantly throw phones in the bin and buy new ones. They also added tons of crapware to my friends’ phones, while mine were without any bloat… That eventually got removable, they added a somewhat proper permission system to stock Android… I had to rock a ZTE phone with the stock operating system for a while because it took the community quite a while to get LineageOS run smoothly. But that’s mainly it. After that I had two Pixel phones. I made sure to try the Google experience for a day each, without any private data on them. Then flashed GrapheneOS. Can’t complain. It’s stupid easy to install it these days. And while you won’t get a bazillion extra features like back in the day, I think it’s still worth it. Main feature is not to be 100% dependant on one big tech company and continuously send all data to their servers.
It doesn’t help that most modern phones don’t support it well because, as it turns out, companies love controlling the device you purchased with your money. If you use a custom ROM, they lose a revenue stream.
If you do want to try though, you can go with (used) Pixels, Sony Xperia devices (HEADPHONE JACK AND MICROSD CARD SLOTS!!), and Fairphone (repairable and modular, kind of neat if you live in Europe but I’m assuming you’re Aussie from your instance)
Prior to that I had the OG Google Nexus with CyanogenMod.
Never felt a need with newer phones. Basically the point back then was to upgrade your Android version when your manufacturer and/or carrier didn’t support it. At least that’s where I did it.
I haven’t used a custom rom since the Galaxy S4…
Hehe, I’ve never NOT used a custom rom since, …well the last Nokia with Symbian-OS.
My first Android phone had CyanogenMod available. With tons of extra features, back in the day the camera would get better, you’d get an equalizer for the headphones, some privacy features like remove permissions from apps, revoke their access to contacts, and extra menu options. It stayed like that for a while. Then we got the times manufacturers dropped updates within 2 years but my phones lasted me 4… So I made sure to always pick something with a good chance of LineageOS support. In order not to constantly throw phones in the bin and buy new ones. They also added tons of crapware to my friends’ phones, while mine were without any bloat… That eventually got removable, they added a somewhat proper permission system to stock Android… I had to rock a ZTE phone with the stock operating system for a while because it took the community quite a while to get LineageOS run smoothly. But that’s mainly it. After that I had two Pixel phones. I made sure to try the Google experience for a day each, without any private data on them. Then flashed GrapheneOS. Can’t complain. It’s stupid easy to install it these days. And while you won’t get a bazillion extra features like back in the day, I think it’s still worth it. Main feature is not to be 100% dependant on one big tech company and continuously send all data to their servers.
It doesn’t help that most modern phones don’t support it well because, as it turns out, companies love controlling the device you purchased with your money. If you use a custom ROM, they lose a revenue stream.
If you do want to try though, you can go with (used) Pixels, Sony Xperia devices (HEADPHONE JACK AND MICROSD CARD SLOTS!!), and Fairphone (repairable and modular, kind of neat if you live in Europe but I’m assuming you’re Aussie from your instance)
I used xperia on the S4.
Prior to that I had the OG Google Nexus with CyanogenMod.
Never felt a need with newer phones. Basically the point back then was to upgrade your Android version when your manufacturer and/or carrier didn’t support it. At least that’s where I did it.
Very brave to admit you don’t care about your own privacy. Will you share your full name and address with us? You don’t care, right?
You sound deluded. Blocked.