Resurrect your old Android phone - aggregated list of 1100+ devices and what OS you can install on them
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Thanks for reposting, I subscribed to this community too.
Nice! It is a bit more active than the Lemmy.world one.
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A small project to help out anyone trying to keep their old devices functional.
I wrote a script to scrape pages of some popular alternative OS projects (such as postmarketOS and LineageOS), and put them into a single list. I'll try to automate and keep this up-to-date. Any additional OS suggestions and comments are welcome!
I can see you're missing options for the Sony Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact. I own both of those phones and they are currently being maintained for both iodéOS and LineageOS for microG. Here are some links:
- iodéOS builds for XZ1 through automatic installer
- LineageOS for microG builds for XZ1
- iodéOS builds for XZ1 Compact (unofficial)
- LineageOS for microG builds for XZ1 Compact
Check which regional variant you have first, as I believe some models (such as the Japanese ones) are not supported.
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What about newer phones I just want to decouple from google? Is there anytjing for newer samsungs?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]The problem with newer Samsung (post 2021 is update) is they don't allow you to unlock the bootloader (at least for US phones). This pretty much squashes your ability to put a new OS on it.
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All my old devices become un-chargeable due to USB-C plug wearout. Even with wireless charging I cannot avoid sometimes needing a wired full charge.
I have not heard of USB-C wearing out yet. What devices are those? Have to be new enough to have USB-C.
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I have not heard of USB-C wearing out yet. What devices are those? Have to be new enough to have USB-C.
Samsung and Pixel, but various earlier models with micro-USB also. The plugs on my nightstand chargers have also tended to loosen up over time, but since I don't unplug those as often they don't seem to be the weak link.
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The problem with newer Samsung (post 2021 is update) is they don't allow you to unlock the bootloader (at least for US phones). This pretty much squashes your ability to put a new OS on it.
I'm guessing Pixel is a nonstarter then
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A small project to help out anyone trying to keep their old devices functional.
I wrote a script to scrape pages of some popular alternative OS projects (such as postmarketOS and LineageOS), and put them into a single list. I'll try to automate and keep this up-to-date. Any additional OS suggestions and comments are welcome!
Haha, I knew my device would show up there (Poco F2 Pro) but I still can't believe this is an old phone, even with its 5 years old battery it still gives me more than 6 hrs of SOT.
Also my phone is very much resurrected with the Pixel OS ROM and the latest security update and passing strong integrity even while it is rooted... (with a bunch of KSU modules) Long live custom ROMs!
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A small project to help out anyone trying to keep their old devices functional.
I wrote a script to scrape pages of some popular alternative OS projects (such as postmarketOS and LineageOS), and put them into a single list. I'll try to automate and keep this up-to-date. Any additional OS suggestions and comments are welcome!
Nothing for Xperia 1 VI
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A small project to help out anyone trying to keep their old devices functional.
I wrote a script to scrape pages of some popular alternative OS projects (such as postmarketOS and LineageOS), and put them into a single list. I'll try to automate and keep this up-to-date. Any additional OS suggestions and comments are welcome!
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THE S23 FE
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All my old devices became unusable due to the flash memory chip degrading. Unless they can run off SD card?
what its like when that happens? does it just not power on anymore? fails to boot? boots but works erratically?
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I have not heard of USB-C wearing out yet. What devices are those? Have to be new enough to have USB-C.
My Pixel 3a had to be retired when it could no longer "hold" with plugged in cable (and had to be chargeda day).
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I'm guessing Pixel is a nonstarter then
Actually, GrapheneOS works on new pixels!
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what its like when that happens? does it just not power on anymore? fails to boot? boots but works erratically?
Starts getting slower and slower over months, then yeah starts failing to boot, sometimes works if you pull the battery and retry, and eventually doesn't work at all anymore.
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My Pixel 3a had to be retired when it could no longer "hold" with plugged in cable (and had to be chargeda day).
Did you abuse it heavily? I have an old 3a and the USB-C works fine
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All my old devices became unusable due to the flash memory chip degrading. Unless they can run off SD card?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]What device?
The flash should be rated for something like 100,000 - 1,000,000 writes
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A small project to help out anyone trying to keep their old devices functional.
I wrote a script to scrape pages of some popular alternative OS projects (such as postmarketOS and LineageOS), and put them into a single list. I'll try to automate and keep this up-to-date. Any additional OS suggestions and comments are welcome!
Nothing for the Nokia 7.2, and yet the 4.2 sits there with more than a half-dozen options. WTF??
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I'm guessing Pixel is a nonstarter then
Ironically Pixels are actually the best/easiest because you can easily unlock the bootloader and they have good custom ROM support
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A small project to help out anyone trying to keep their old devices functional.
I wrote a script to scrape pages of some popular alternative OS projects (such as postmarketOS and LineageOS), and put them into a single list. I'll try to automate and keep this up-to-date. Any additional OS suggestions and comments are welcome!
So a good example of an issue here is multi region releases and community maintained.
The Samsung Galaxy S9+ has many ROMs on XDA, but isn't supported at the links. It also has two variants (different CPUs for different regions) which aren't reflected in the list.
Love this idea, but because of those types of things it can be misleading, making a person think their device is useless when it's not.
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I'm guessing Pixel is a nonstarter then
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Like everyone else said, pixels are the best phones for non stock OS. You can unlock them easy and they are quick to release security updates so the open source security nerds who made graphene OS (the best open source OS) love pixel phones.
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Like everyone else said, pixels are the best phones for non stock OS. You can unlock them easy and they are quick to release security updates so the open source security nerds who made graphene OS (the best open source OS) love pixel phones.
That's good to know!
