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- Embed this notice@raccoon >I try to only get phones that would let me change Roms
"change Read Only Memories" - now that's an incredible oxymoron for my collection.
Most Android mobile use R/W NAND flash that software is installed onto.
@mangeurdenuage >It should have been mandatory for brand to let users do that.
As per the GPLv2, each supplier of Android devices need to provide a written offer (or one of the other options) for the source code and installation information of the kernel, Linux - otherwise such manufacturers have no license to distribute Linux.
Once you can change the version of Linux installed, porting LineageOS or better Replicant is possible.