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For the Passport, Lineage OS serves one purpose: It turns your limited BlackBerry 10 device into a functional, secure Android 10 (or Android 11, depending on the build) smartphone.

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Thanks to a dedicated community of developers—specifically the legendary "BerryLoader" team and maintainers like s0urceror (now part of the Android 10 for Passport project)—the BlackBerry Passport is having a zombie apocalypse renaissance. Here is everything you need to know about running Lineage OS on your BlackBerry Passport. BlackBerry 10 was beautiful. The fluid gestures and the Hub were second to none. But beauty doesn't run banking apps. Lineage OS (a continuation of the legendary CyanogenMod) is a free, open-source operating system based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). It provides a clean, bloatware-free Android experience. For the Passport, Lineage OS serves one purpose:

Standard Android is built for 16:9 or 19:9 rectangles. Lineage OS on the Passport forces a 1440x1440 resolution. You will get black bars on YouTube videos. Instagram Stories will look cropped. However, for reading documents, scrolling Reddit, or using Terminal emulators, the square screen is glorious. The Lineage build for Passport (the immortal build by DroidVoid and Daaav on GitHub) includes a "Display Fix" that forces apps like Chrome to render correctly, but games like Clash of Clans will feel claustrophobic. The fluid gestures and the Hub were second to none

In the graveyard of forgotten smartphone innovations, few devices command the respect and cult fascination of the BlackBerry Passport . Released in 2014, it looked less like a phone and more like a passport from a parallel universe where productivity ruled over media consumption. With its square 1:1 1440x1440 display, a physical QWERTY keyboard that doubled as a touchpad, and the dying gasp of BlackBerry 10 OS, the Passport was a masterpiece of engineering hamstrung by a lack of apps.

If you have a Passport collecting dust, spend three hours this weekend installing Lineage OS . You will either create the best work phone you've ever owned... or you will brick it trying. Either way, it is worth the adventure.