Pixel with GrapheneOS for me.
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I personally don't care for Graphene but the Pixel does have good support from Lineage OS
And the hardware is great IMO. Pixel 6 was my first Pixel after only buying iPhones, and I swear the thing survives so much abuse. (Although I heard the 6 in particular had many issues, I love mine)
Sidenote…I loved my LG G5. The modules you could get for it were so cool. I had three batteries just because I could lol. I was sad when they went away from the removable battery.
Why did you stop using the G5?
I upgraded to the G6. I honestly don’t remember what my reason at the time was.
Lineage supports the phone not the phone Lineage. Okay, not the important thing.
What is cheap? For me, the Fairphone is the cheapest because the /e/OS support is announced at least for five year (FP 5: 8 years). So the device is not the cheapest but buying a new one whenever firmware updates run out is more expensive.
I'm using LineageOS 17 on a used Samsung S8, which I bought ~1 year ago specifically because it was listed as having first class support for the OS on their page
Lineage17 on Samsung j3 2016. This 8 year old smartphone still works flawlessly.
LG phones tend to lack good support for roms. That is probably not true for every device but I personally would avoid them along with Samsung. However, if the device is listed on Lineage OS wiki it has maintainers and support so it should work decent at the minimum.
From a brand perspective I would look at the device page and find the manufacturers with the most devices. Companies like Google and Motorola Mobility are good examples.
There used to be a really good website that allowed you to filter Lineage OS devices to find devices but I forgot the URL
Its going be very hard to move away from my One plus 6T. Has been the best phone for trying out custom Roms, currently running /e/os on it. Just make sure you get an unlocked version
I flashed Calyx to a refurbished Pixel 6a recently. It was quite straightforward and I love it so far.
Check out some of the LineageOS forks like iodéOS and LineageOS for microG too. They have builds for devices that are no longer being maintained by LineageOS, like the Sony Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact.
Lg no longer gives out bootloader unlock codes, so lg phones are essentially useless unless you can get one that's already unlocked.