DeGoogle Yourself

I absolutely despise it when people say "should have known better" when companies mess up. Not everyone is going to spend weeks researching obscure information before buying a phone.

As someone who thinks that "all" phones should have headphone jacks and that sustainability is a precious thing : https://www.sustaphones.com

• And not sure if this suits your needs but Murena sells new and refurbished DeGoogled phones : https://murena.com/products/smartphones/

As someone who has given up, I admire your patience and persistence.

Have you considered https://grapheneos.org/ ? A cursory look has me considering a jump back in to the de-googled world.

Sorry this doesn't directly answer your question, but I start with the supported phone list at Lineage then use www.gsmarena.com and www.phonearena.com to compare specs and release date.

This goes into a spreadsheet so I can sort/filter by specific features (in your case, headphone, SD slot, etc). Makes comparing easier.

From what I've seen, generally the unlockable phones (other than Pixel) come from Motorola, Sony, Xperia (there are others, those just seem to be the most prolific).

I'm currently working with Pixel 5's - I like the price point and size, and the simple flashing. Plus there's an image from DivestOS (a version of Android based on Lineage that's a little more security-minded, kind of between Lineage and Graphene).

How flashing is done could be a useful metric in your spreadsheet - some phones are rather straightforward (e.g. fastboot flashing unlock), while others require a separate app with (looking at you, Samsung).

Why not get a new pixel phone? They all support GrapheneOS

If anyone has other recommendations that don't precisely match OP's needs, I'll also be in the market soon.

IMO pixel phones are still the best for security an degoogling with grepheneOS also you should look into the downsides of having a customOS like linage that unlock your bootloader and can root your phone. They are worse for security then a regular phone.

So I think newest pixel with graphene OS is the best option still as they are the only phones that use the titan chip

5a had an extended warranty because this is a known issue. I got a new replacement 6a for free from Google, when I contacted them about it. If the MB is fried, they should still replace it even though you rooted / degoogled, they won't be able to turn it on to even see anyway. This was roughly a year ago. Might not still be a thing.

You already said you’re willing to give up the headphone jack. That’s a good start, since there’s fewer and fewer models being manufactured with it every year. May I recommend you give up the sd card slot as well?

Straight out the gate: sd cards suck and will betray you at the worst time. It’s not their fault, they’re possibly the only kind of storage you can still buy that doesn’t have a controller. Just raw doggin blocks through a set of spring contacts in a high vibration environment. Into a flash with no over provisioning capability.

But you’re using it as a backup. That’s no good! It’s like using a spinning hard drive as backup but then shaking it around and fucking with the cable while it’s doing its thing (it’s actually worse because the ata standard has a bunch of ways of dealing with that, the drive itself has a cache and the ability to say “woah there, hold up” to the host and is overprovisioned so it can silently automatically deal with bad or damaged blocks.)

If you can, back up to something else instead and verify your backups. If you got a computer you can use it, you could also use a cloud service or something. It still feels weird to call something as simple as sftp a cloud service but whatever.

Good luck.

If you don't mind getting an older used phone, then the Samsung A52s might be a good choice.

Its, OLED, has an SD slot, and has a headphone jack.

Also, apparently Lineage OS supports this device. https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/a52sxq/

The other option is to get another Pixel and install Graphese. Though they don't come with an SD slot.

The Redmi Note 10 Pro has all you are asking for and is supported by custom roms.

I'm using crdroid on it.

Had a similar issue as did one of my friends with pixels, which is unfortunate as grapheneos is one hell of a operating system.

After having 2 different pixels break (planned obsolescence) I ended up settling for a fairphone (which I can easily repair and replace parts myself with e/os - but divestOS also looks promising.

Have you looked at what sony has to offer? They latest xperia had a headphone jack, sd card and I believe lineageOS support.

i installed lineageOS on an xperia 5 ii, so older model, and seems to be going strong. got latest update 1 week ago.

I share your pain... No solutions for you however, sorry

I was going to say the OnePlus Nord N200 because it has official lineage 20, but it's only got an LCD display so that won't work out for you.

Did you attempt to warranty it? That should be covered. Shit does happen when you make a many phones as Google. EVERYONE is going to have occasional issues like this and Google has been exceptionally good to me with hardware in the past.

I'd recommend the Sony Xperia lineup, but it seems as though the IV and V devices aren't supported by LineageOS (maybe just not yet?).

The Sony Xperia 1 III or 5 III might be fitting for you though.

It seems that the motherboard is dead, and that it’s a common issue with the 5a

Where did you get it? Can you ask for warranty and get it replaced?

Frankly speaking if you're looking to de-google and have a secure experience (including re-locking the bootloader and having everything signed and encrypted) then your only option is GrapheneOS + Pixel phones.