Good phone for a modder?

Hi. I'm looking for a phone that has a good development community and is easily locked, unlocked, rooted, unrooted, etc.

I've been looking into the OnePlus (5, 3T, 3, 2, One and X), Google Pixel, Nexus (5X and 6P), Motorola (X Play, Z Play and G5 Plus) and this don't convince me for a few reasons:

-The OnePlus 5, 3 and 3T and Google's phones are way too expensive for me, so there is no way I would buy them.

-The Nexus line has too many problems with it's processors with the bootloops and...

Good phone for a modder?

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