[kwlug-disc] Minimal Phone: E-ink screen, qwerty keyboard

[Jason]

Which pure open source Android distribution are you using?  I know the
Pixel phones have an unlocked bootloader, and I previously used LineageOS
but I remember hearing some issues with it from some Louis Rossmann videos.
Always disappointed that Samsung phones have a locked bootloader because
they're so ubiquitous....

On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 12:34 PM Mark Steffen <mark at steffen.ca> wrote:

> Sorry to hijack, is the best way to run degoogled AOSP still to buy a
> pixel and flash something like Calyx onto it?
>
> On 2024-03-22 12:15 p.m., Doug Moen wrote:
> > Cool project. The software isn't open source, and they don't claim
> otherwise. It is "full android" including the Google app store, which is
> closed source.
> >
> > I run a pure open source Android distro on my phone, with no google
> services running, but that means no play store. I use the Fdroid app store
> instead.
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 21, 2024, at 4:17 PM, Steve Izma wrote:
> >> The campaign owners don't claim that this is open hardware, and I
> >> assume many people are skeptical that Android is open source, but
> >> people (like me) may be interested in this phone because of the
> >> e-ink screen and qwerty keyboard:
> >> <
> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-minimal-phone-first-e-ink-qwerty-phone#
> >
> >>
> >> I've put in for one and they've got a crunch on to reach their
> >> funding goal. They've offered a deal if backers share a certain
> >> link that attracts other buyers, but I'm not using that. I just
> >> think it would be unfortunate if they don't reach their goal,
> >> because I think we need alternatives to the mainstream smartphone.
> >> These campaigns are always a risk, obviously.
> >>
> >>      -- Steve
> >>
> >> --
> >> Steve Izma
> >> -
> >> Home: 35 Locust St., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada  N2H 1W6
> >> E-mail: sizma at golden.net  cellphone: 519-998-2684
> >>
> >> ==
> >> The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best – and
> >> therefore never scrutinize or question.
> >>      -- Stephen Jay Gould, *Full House: The Spread of Excellence
> >>         from Plato to Darwin*, 1996
> >>
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