Every single Android device I’ve owned (which was all except for the LG Shine) I’ve rooted and put a custom ROM, recovery, and kernel on. I hard-bricked my Photon Q by doing that. My Note 3 is somewhat bricked because it has a corrupt /data/ partition, so I’ll be replacing that in a few days.
Also I know this will spark a fire for the Android vs iOS war. This isn’t the topic for that, however.
I started with a Sony Ericson T203 and later on a T404
And now i have a “Smartphone” from the Aldi (for who doesnt know the Aldi, here in the netherlands it is like the Walmart in America I thinkreally not sure) so its brand is “Wolfang” like in “Wolfgang amadeus Mozart”
I needed a phone at that moment and didn’t had a lot of money so 100 euros for a smartphone wasn’t much that time
Currently using a Galaxy S5 on Verizon (yes, Android enthusiasts, I know, TouchWiz is the devil, (Praise Duarte, our Lord and Savior, for from his Materials may Happiness be born)), but I’m considering getting a second line on Straight Talk with AT&T service and hooking up a Moto G 2nd Gen or Moto X 2nd Gen and having it added to my Google Voice account.
Rooted Samsung GS4 Sprint with custom rom and recovery. My daily driver is SlimKat and I use TWRP. I like to keep it simple, elegant, and most of all highly functional. Touch Wiz simply is not any of those.
The only reason I regretted switching over to a non-TouchWiz ROM on my Note 2 was the camera. I didn’t use the camera much, but at the time, it was really lacking in features and was extremely unstable. On my Note 3, however, neither is the case.