Try searching for them in Telegram.
For some reason, it seems the custom ROM community prefers them to XDA nowadays, and while I think this migration happened much past the heyday of these devices, maybe someone has a retro ROMs channel
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I can never understand how people source their operation on a communication platform. It’s happening on Discord as well. No ownership or control; such a dumb thing to do.
Have you tried using a wayback machine?
Yeah attachments usually don’t last and they’re often linked on some temporary storage share. I will try some posts on there though. Never know.
You could reach out to the people who created the images to see if they still have them. Or if they posted the source, build it yourself. Or, take it upon yourself to build LineageOS for those devices, and save everyone else from throwing theirs out too.
Although, what do you plan to use that many devices for? You might consider donating them as-is if you don't have a concrete plan.
I usually sell them or if they’re not desirable I either use as a pocket computer (I do tons of stuff) or give away to someone who wants to learn.
I’m not a developer so making my own build is not happening.