I loved how my xiaomi went EOL after a major update that broke receiving calls, also the battery saver thing.
Never buying anything off them again, especially after GDPR notifications on everything, like why the fuck do you need this data (I know. Xi Jinping wants to know the good furry fetish porn)
/rant
just don’t use the official ROMs? this applies for every device btw, OEMs are not to be trusted
Unfortunately not all features are always available on those ROMs.
One example is GrapheneOS and Google Wallet which I cannot use due to GrapheneOS not being considered “certified software” by the app and therefore not being trusted.
some phones just dont have custom roms, e.g. A32 5G, or have broken custom roms, e.g. Calls dont work on the A42 5G.
Don’t buy such phones. Personally though I’m never again buying a phone where I can’t install GNU/Linux.
Sounds like my Moto G5s Plus. I updated it to Android 8.1 and it started having issues like lagging, completely freezing up, randomly restarting, battery drain, overheating, etc.
Oh, well. It ran PixelExperience 11 just fine. It also allowed me to use the notification LED that Motorola disabled in software for reasons unknown.
Edit: I just like this part from bootloader unlock license agreement on what doing so may cause:
Cause the Device to overheat, explode and/or catch fire, exceed SAR values, exceed safe volume settings, and otherwise be unsafe, including creating the potential to cause serious bodily injury, including death
