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Err, I should mention current day status.

I do have a Samsung phone with Replicant. Replicant is quite easy to install. Easy as in commands only, nothing else.
Replicant is quite ideal in that it attempts to build on GNU/Linux-Libre machines and to strip all the crap from AOSP such as firmware blobs.
One fatal flaw is that there is only one person working on the project. Well realistically zero people now. It also lags behind versions and is very slow GPU wise due to missing firmware.
The GPU is so slow that I rather deal with PinePhone crashing all the time.
It was planned to use a newer feature in 4.x or 5.x kernel to boost GPU speed, but as I said, no developers working on it.

Then of course my regular phone, PinePhone, and other HTC phone.
However I am limited to HTC and PinePhone since carriers have started their push forward with 4G/5G/VoLTE so 3G works half the time.

Perhaps I should stop fighting the lost cause battle of phones and chuck then into the ocean...