- Joined
- Oct 29, 2005
- Location
- Oregon
I thought about getting that exact phone for basically the same reason. Price. It's easily rootable, the global version not the store branded one, and there are 2 OS's I was interested in rooting it for.
grapheneos.org and calyxos.org
One is no google at all, and the other works with google services but only if you enable them. I said f it and decide on the pinephone. It's $200 and I can run debian/mobian on it. The Pinephone is OOS as is the pinebook pro. I can wait.
Problem is I really don't want to spend $350 on a phone. I'm kinda over chasing hardware upgrades. The pinephone has a replaceable battery and works like having a linux desktop in your palm. Plus it comes with a dongle to hook up a keyboard mouse ethernet and a monitor via the usb c port. Way more fun than a disposable google phone. For $200, a pinephone really is disposable as you can rebuild one from available parts easily and cheaply.
The other reason is graphene and calyx only work WITH google phones. I aint chasing google nothing f that.
grapheneos.org and calyxos.org
One is no google at all, and the other works with google services but only if you enable them. I said f it and decide on the pinephone. It's $200 and I can run debian/mobian on it. The Pinephone is OOS as is the pinebook pro. I can wait.
Problem is I really don't want to spend $350 on a phone. I'm kinda over chasing hardware upgrades. The pinephone has a replaceable battery and works like having a linux desktop in your palm. Plus it comes with a dongle to hook up a keyboard mouse ethernet and a monitor via the usb c port. Way more fun than a disposable google phone. For $200, a pinephone really is disposable as you can rebuild one from available parts easily and cheaply.
The other reason is graphene and calyx only work WITH google phones. I aint chasing google nothing f that.
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