[General Questions and Answers] polygonjuggler:
Hello guys, I hope this is the right place to ask, I think it might be, since it has to do with the "NEED" to buy a "new" very cheap phone.

Intro so you understand my dilemma:

I was recently trying to fix my Android 3, which started being unstable and behaving weirdly after rooting it with Magisk and adding a couple of modules so YouTube could work without the green screen it was showing.

After I did everything I could The phone ended up being bricked, or at least I suppose so because it cannot be turned on anymore and even being fully charged it only shows a Black screen (even though it shows in the device manager as connected, but that could be due to the USB connection having enough electricity to show up, even though the phone itself is dead, I guess)

I was receiving very kind help on the following thread, after I tried everything I could by myself:

Nokia 3 stuck on this android logo

So i tried booting into recovery doesn't work after 10 seconds it reboots and tries to boot up but fails windows doesn't recognize what can i do?

xdaforums.com

Clarification:

(I've rooted phones for over 10 years, and feel comfortable with basic programming in Python and javascript, but I'm no "real" programmer, by no means. Nor an Android expert, just a guy who installs, uninstalls, roots his phones, and builds his own PCs and such, just like I suppose most XDA members do)

Now to the point:

After ending up with what seems to be a dead phone, having a very tight budget atm, and without too many options because of that tight budget, I am a little overwhelmed by the bad reviews of every single option I can afford right now. And after reading a lot last night I think that I have mainly 2 options:

1) Buy a new but very basic phone (that would be no problem if I could root it because I don't use my device to play games at all and I couldn't care less for the camera)

2) Buy a refurbished phone originally released some years ago, but that was not that bad when it went out.

my total budget right now is 150 Euros, yes I know it is silly. So I am tempted to buy (asap) one of these options but very unsure of which one to choose:

1) Buy new from a local store near home, and have it today (I live in Spain and these are the options I find new at

a couple of local stores)

- Xiaomi Redmi A2 3 GB RAM + 64Gb internal 104,90 €

- Xiaomi Redmi A3 4 GB RAM + 128GB internal 129,90 €

- Xiaomi Redmi 12C 4 GB RAM + 128GB internal 113,94 €

- Xiaomi Redmi 12 4 GB RAM + 128GB internal 139,00 €

2) Buy a refurbished one from Backmarkt.es (the Spanish domain for

https://www.backmarket.com/ from which I've bought in the past) and have it in 4 to 7 days.

- Google Pixel 2 3 GB RAM + 64Gb internal 117 €

- Google Pixel 2 3 GB RAM + 64Gb internal 149 €

Both new and refurbished "promise" a 2-year warranty and are bootloader-unlocked

I know there are hundreds of other options and brands, even in my local stores, and on the refurbished site, but I've read that the easiest (and more reliable phones to root are Pixels and XIaomis.

However I don't see any of these Xiaomi models from my local stores with a category here on XDA, so I'm a bit scared I could buy a phone that is not rootable right now.

And, on the other hand, these two Pixel phone options were released several years ago, which I don't care too much about, but being refurbished makes me think of higher possibilities of something going wrong while rooting (even with Magisk alone, and without any custom ROM nor TWRP recovery)

So being very doubtful and confused with the hundreds of options I've found, and not being quite happy nor sure about any of these options I "preselected" I would appreciate any help, ideas, and thoughts, especially taking into account that I want/need to root them.

I'm not looking for the phone of my life. I don't need anything fancy, I don't care about the looks, nor the camera, nor any other bells and whistles. I just need something to get me up and running, as fast as possible. I'll be able to change it in a year or two but I definitely need one that can be rooted.

Any ideas?

https://www.carrefour.es/xiaomi-red...ade-black-dual-sim-23076rn8dy/6941812733295/p​