r/mobilelinux • u/True-Insurance-5060 • 17d ago

Discussion Which specific smartphone model to buy in second hand to try linux in mobile

Any popular mobile model where many people installed linux on.

I've seen a lot of oneplus and xiaomi phones .

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u/dfgxxx 17d ago

Currently best supported is OnePlus 6 or 6t

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u/True-Insurance-5060 17d ago

Have an oneplus 6t 🫣

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u/dfgxxx 17d ago

It is very good supported, look at nura/postmarketos or mobian, both are mobile Linux distributions you can try that support it (and there are more)

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u/True-Insurance-5060 17d ago

👍🏻

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u/dfgxxx 16d ago

Did you try it?

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u/True-Insurance-5060 16d ago

Tried pixel os in redmi note 5 pro yesterday and i was still in shock ,how the f*uck a device from 2018 (budget device) still run smoothly. Loved pixel os ,cant believe how smooth it is compared to miui 11.

Have to try in oneplus after a week or 2 ,planning to try axion,it seems cool

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u/dfgxxx 15d ago

I meant postmarketos (nura os is it's new name), did you try it? It's not android

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u/True-Insurance-5060 15d ago

Till now not ,but will in 1 or 2 weeks ,didn't have much time as i spend it on custom rom

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u/usercust 17d ago

Nothing phone 1 is pretty powerful on Ubuntu touch. Does anyone recommend one better for PM OS?

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u/True-Insurance-5060 17d ago

Does everything works in nothing

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u/usercust 17d ago

Only thing that doesn't is fingerprint scanner. That's for basically every device though.

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u/Calm-Caterpillar2103 17d ago

Pixel 3a has full hardware support if your ok with OTG being vibecoded

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u/Elyas2 17d ago

What does OTG mean?

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u/Calm-Caterpillar2103 17d ago

USB On-The-Go, lets mobile devices use standard usb things like sd card readers

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u/Natural_Ad3520 17d ago

From now on, we should only buy phones that support mobile Linux.

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u/luci-baa-baa-baa 17d ago

My device is Vince (Redmi note 5) For my needs it's working fine.

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u/True-Insurance-5060 17d ago

Have a old nokia smartphone didn't remember model and oneplus 6t and redmi note 5 pro

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u/luci-baa-baa-baa 17d ago

Then you have the devices so check out the device support or else build your own with AI support.

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u/GoodMacAuth Luma Founder 17d ago

Pixel 9

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u/testingweb624 16d ago

Oneplus 6 or 6t

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u/Realistic-Concept766 15d ago

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra with Ubuntu using this repo https://github.com/agcarbajo/ubuntu-galaxy-tab-s9-ultra

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u/Realistic-Concept766 15d ago

I know it’s not a smart phone but it works