08-09-2023, 02:08 PM
(08-09-2023, 11:22 AM)aular Wrote: Thank you, that is what im trying to do is remove firmware without breaking the rest of the phone.
Would removing modem manager remove the whole modem stack and firmware meaning if i try to send calls or texts or event try to set up modem in settings it will be all be void meaning i can do nothing with phone calls or texts at all? I do know that settings is dependent on modem to get settings or vice versa and would like guidence on how to do this so i dont brick the phone and that is why i asked if it is possible to replace the files with blanks or something. thank yoi
My second question is this, would starting from scratch meaning installing the barebones arch not have the modem manager in it so i can avoid the modem manager or the modem in general. Thanks
If you want to remove modem connection from Pinephone just use the killswitch which is located under the back cover.
When you close the modem killswitch you don't have any access to moden even if you want to.
Without modem you can't send SMS, or Call anyone or use mobile network or use GPS.
Read this with thought:
Think Pinephone as a computer. Then think that this Pinephone computer does have USB dongle which is called EG25 modem. This EG25 modem is actually small Android computer and it is connected to Pinephone with some kind of usb. Modem and Pinephone are attached (if you don't use killswitch and kill the connection) but they are separate computers.
What happens when you remove "firmware" (or OS) from your PC? Same thing happens to EG25 if you actually remove firmware from it and because it is not traditional PC changes are quite high that you will brick it completely.
I am not sure what comes "forced" with barebones arch but after installation you can sure remove modemmanager but because of the above this does not affect at all to EG25 firmware because you are removing modemmanager from Pinephone not EG25.
Does this answer to your question?