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Should I install Linux on my smartphone?
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Ok I'd cut through all of this and focus on your needs: phone with no spying, can't find rom. I assume you mean your phone isn't supported for graphene, lineage, or calyxos, or any others I missed?
Easiest way: buy a phone that is supported for the privacy minded os you want.
Hardest way: buy a PinePhone Pro Explorer edition with all the accessories. Then miss several calls and texts, and brick it 4 times.
I'd be impressed if the battery lasted long enough for that!