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That's an 11 year old phone, it's time to move on, you're not going to be able to run anything modern even with a custom ROM
On top of that, Verizon and Samsung are notorious for locking down the bootloader hard and you need to be able to unlock that to have any sort of custom ROM
Even a cheap Walmart 50$ Android phone will be better than the one you have
I like it. It’s fine if I can’t get any custom rom onto it. It’s not my main phone I don’t even use it as a phone. It’s just a supplemental gadget.
Also, to suggest that its age means it should be replaced is a horrible attitude. This thing can serve so many purposes including even as a main phone if someone didn’t need too much. Your attitude is why the planet is falling apart.
When I had my note 3 I used the cyanogen mod.
I currently use a Note 9. Its the note 3, but updated to today's modern tech (relatively) I no longer get software updates but it does have a lineageOS