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That's an 11 year old phone, it's time to move on, you're not going to be able to run anything modern even with a custom ROM
On top of that, Verizon and Samsung are notorious for locking down the bootloader hard and you need to be able to unlock that to have any sort of custom ROM
Even a cheap Walmart 50$ Android phone will be better than the one you have
I like it. It’s fine if I can’t get any custom rom onto it. It’s not my main phone I don’t even use it as a phone. It’s just a supplemental gadget.
Also, to suggest that its age means it should be replaced is a horrible attitude. This thing can serve so many purposes including even as a main phone if someone didn’t need too much. Your attitude is why the planet is falling apart.
When I had my note 3 I used the cyanogen mod.
I currently use a Note 9. Its the note 3, but updated to today's modern tech (relatively) I no longer get software updates but it does have a lineageOS
What's the Lineage website say?
They don't have the Galaxy Note 3 listed in the devices. However, numerous websites state that 18 works on it. Are they all wrong? I would believe if you told me it simply cannot be done. I don't know what to believe anymore since there are a million sites that are full of shit as it is.
Do you know of a rom that does work on it?
Xda developers will be the place to find it
That site is like an asylum. I tried looking but it’s an absolute mess. It’s fine though this was sort of a if I can I will kind of project. I have plenty more devices to tinker with. Like too many lol.
All verizon phones can't be bootloader unlocked
Really? Damn. Not even via hacking?
nope, verizon doesn't allow it, along with rogers in canada.
Bunch of assholes. Hopefully eventually that will be illegal. We have a long way to go.
Still it’s got to be possible in theory.