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I love my iPhone. But I miss flashing my various Android devices with CyanogenMod. Felt so cool

If you want you can still do it today with LineageOS :)

Still feels just as cool to me!

Unfortunately, remote attestation in the form of SafetyNet (and friends), killed the custom ROM scene for many.

Aren't there ways of getting attestation working even with custom ROMs? (never tried, but I think I've read something about it in the past)

There are hacks, but they're not reliable and break with every major Android version.

I feel like there hasn't been so many viable custom ROMs ever: GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, LineageOS, /e/ OS, DivestOS, ...

I use one of them, my phone came with it, and I never had to do anything special with it. It just works. In my case it's de-Googled so I just have to use alternatives apps for e.g. Google Maps and the likes.

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