I'm in the market for a new Android smartphone.
Currently running a rooted Galaxy S5
Will not go with Galaxy again, since they're so anti-user as to lock the bootloader.
I want a phone with an unlocked/unlockable bootloader,easy removeable battery and a microSD card slot are essential. What are my options these days?
>>61606877
None
>>61607600
God damnit.
What are my options that meet as many of those requirements as possible?
Unlockable bootloader is absolutely required. MicroSD would be very nice, but I suppose with a lot of internal storage I could compromise on that point. Non-removeable batteries piss me off.
>Removable Battery
>MicroSD Slot
>Unlockable Bootloader
Pick one
>>61606877
you killed the thread with that removable battery
your only choice is a Moto G5, that is not even that much better than your S5
>>61606877
HTC 10
HTC U11
I switched form S5 to HTC10, and I am blown away with it's speed and reliability
All I have to say
>>61607827
You're probably right, but I would argue FUCK THEM for this shitshow of non-removable batteries.
>>61606877
>>61607765
You'll have to choose between the removable battery and SD slot or an unlockable bootloader. Go with the unlockable bootloader. Get a Nexus, Pixel, or OnePlus phone. Nexus 6 is good if you want a giant screen. Pixel XL is a nice phone but it's pretty expensive. I'd recommend a OnePlus 3T because it's reasonably priced, has excellent specs, has Lineage OS support, and the OnePlus 5 is shit. The OP 3T has a 5.5 inch OLED display, USB C, a good camera, a 3000mAh battery, and you can get a new one on Amazon that's 128GB for around $500.
>>61606877
Redmi Note 4
I'm using the 3 and its got all that except a removable battery but the battery is huge so even if it starts dying it will still work well
>>61606877
LG G5 new in box is ~200 on ebay has all your qualifications but make sure you get a tmobile version that you can unlock or is unlocked only tmo has unlocked bootloader
>>61606877
Go with Motorola Moto Z play. No removable battery but very good battery life
SD slot and unlockable bootloader.
>>61606877
All you have to do is to throw twrp in odin, reboot in recovery menu and press flash
>>61608158
This is wrong. Go away, retard.
Moto G4 Play has all 3. Install a custom kernel and it'll have no lag.
>>61608158
Depends on the phone, which is the entire point of my starting this thread.
moto /g/ 5+ has everything you want except the removable battery.
It also has god tier battery life, and is really cheap.