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

[Chris Irwin]

On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 12:55:00PM -0400, Jason wrote:
>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....

GrapheneOS is pretty neat. It has the ability to sandbox apps (and the 
optional play store). It only supports Pixel devices iirc.

https://grapheneos.org/

I flashed it on my old phone, but unfortunately that phone died a few 
weeks later. I don't suspect GrapheneOS itself, but it did end my 
experiment prematurely.

-- 
Chris Irwin

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>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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