I ran LineageOS 14.1 on a BlackBerry Passport for three months in early 2026. Here is the honest log:
Morning: I take the phone off the charger (100%). I reply to five emails using the physical keyboard. Typing is euphoric. No touchscreen keyboard comes close. The square screen renders Slack threads perfectly.
Noon: I try to join a Zoom meeting. The app crashes. I join via the browser. The fan on the back of the Passport (yes, it has a cooling pipe) gets warm. blackberry passport custom rom
Afternoon: I order coffee using a Web App wrapper for Starbucks. It works. I take a photo of my dog. The photo has a purple tint; the white balance is broken.
Evening: The phone freezes while scrolling Reddit (Sync for Reddit legacy app). I hold Power + Volume Down for 10 seconds. It reboots. I miss the reliability of BlackBerry 10. I ran LineageOS 14
The takeaway: This is a secondary phone. If you are a writer, a journalist, or a keyboard fetishist, this is a distraction-free writing device (Termux + Vim = bliss). It is not a reliable daily driver.
If you search XDA Developers or GitHub today, three names appear for the BlackBerry Passport (codenamed Ontario). If you search XDA Developers or GitHub today,
Without this, your $400 (in 2014) keyboard is a paperweight.