Throwing in the towel on mobile Linux (drewdevault.com)

submitted 1 year ago by proycon@lemmy.world to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ml

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[-] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I have a pinephone running postmarketos. It certainly isn't a replacement for my smart phone, but I enjoy it as a device for consumption: listening to music, browsing the web, reading news through rss, playing light games, and so forth.

I really enjoy having a device that is in my control, and I look forward to the continued development of these devices.

[-] saba@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I guess it depends on how you rank the importance of each of those. For me, I can get an SMS from my bank with a 2FA code to login (I know, less secure), so I don't need a specific app and can use the website. Hotspot isn't very important for me, but it does work(when my modem worked.) I'd also move bluetooth audio lower on importance to me. Can't argue with telephony being on top. I wonder how it is with pmOS on Oneplus 6? I have a pinephone, but the modem is dead/not recognized or something anymore, so now it's just a mini tablet that I always leave at home.

[-] gzrrt@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Running pmOS on a oneplus 6 right now- feels painfully close to being daily-drivable, and the performance / battery life makes it much more usable than an OG pinephone.

Calls and SMS aren't fully there yet, and the camera doesn't work. Mobile data is fine, while Waydroid fills in most missing apps, aside from music and video streaming (since audio still stutters on Android apps). So for now I'm also stuck carrying an old Android around for day-to-day basics, and offloading as much as I can onto the OP6.

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