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What to do with my old board? - gizmuth - 11-01-2020
I have the ubports edition of the phone and I ordered the new board with the deal they are giving but now I wonder what to do with the old board when the new one arrives? Any interesting ideas?
RE: What to do with my old board? - rocket2nfinity - 11-01-2020
(11-01-2020, 10:48 PM)gizmuth Wrote: I have the ubports edition of the phone and I ordered the new board with the deal they are giving but now I wonder what to do with the old board when the new one arrives? Any interesting ideas?I'm going to try and swap the Quectel modem for the EC25-AF version. Been waiting on a dead board to practice. But no one seems to have broken theirs.
RE: What to do with my old board? - desca - 11-02-2020
(11-01-2020, 11:37 PM)rocket2nfinity Wrote: I'm going to try and swap the Quectel modem for the EC25-AF version.
How do they differ? I tried to look it up quickly out of curiosity, but with limited understanding. Is the EC25-AF more or less the same thing but with better North America-specific bands?
RE: What to do with my old board? - rocket2nfinity - 11-02-2020
(11-02-2020, 12:21 AM)desca Wrote:Yes, that is the difference. Otherwise drop in compatible according to the Quectel engineers I talked to.(11-01-2020, 11:37 PM)rocket2nfinity Wrote: I'm going to try and swap the Quectel modem for the EC25-AF version.
How do they differ? I tried to look it up quickly out of curiosity, but with limited understanding. Is the EC25-AF more or less the same thing but with better North America-specific bands?
RE: What to do with my old board? - dcinoz - 11-19-2020
(11-01-2020, 10:48 PM)gizmuth Wrote: I have the ubports edition of the phone and I ordered the new board with the deal they are giving but now I wonder what to do with the old board when the new one arrives? Any interesting ideas?
Not exactly original, but you could buy all the missing parts and use them and the 'old' motherboard to assemble a second (new) phone.
The motherboard is the most expensive part of the Pinephone ,after all.