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Vodafone Finds Brits Keep Mobile Phones for 4 Years Instead of 2 (www.ispreview.co.uk)
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[–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

It's a little more hands on, but when you reach the end of OS updates support, you can switch to a community-supported OS.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Like Linux? I don't know anything about it. I'd definitely try.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Sorta. (Android is technically Linux) What you would want to look into is a custom Android ROM. Something like OmniROM or ArrowOS.

    As a side note though, installing can be a bit technical for some people and some apps don't like to work outside of the "security" of a factory version of Android. If you are interested, I would browse around the custom Android communities here (if there are any yet) and check out sites like https://www.xda-developers.com/

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    Is that where you have to root it and sideload the OS? I've read about it.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Rooting is a slightly separate thing from sideloading a custom rom, rooting gives apps you give permission to access to system files whereas sideloading a rom replaces the system files but doesn't necessarily give you root access. Both involve a similar process of unlocking the bootloader, installing a custom recovery and flashing a file so it is easy to get the two things mixed up.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No, there are unfortunately no truly workable Linux OSs for phones yet AFAIK. But there are plenty of Android-based OSs that work really well, and are usually maintained for quite a while, depending on the popularity of your device. Look into LineageOS, or Pixel Experience, to name a few.

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