UBports Edition USA buyer

[bcnaz]

Thank you this is good news. I do hope it expands beyond just developers and the Linux crowd. I'm really sick of the gatekeeping done by Apple and Google. I got a buddy interested after I mentioned this phone breaking us away from the dictated enslavement from those two. Hope you guys can spread the word as well.

Sunday April 19,  2020

Obviously,
   Being Linux/Tech savy is a huge plus when playing/using a Pinephone.

That said,  I am mostly a GUI user myself,  and I have been trying several of the Distro's that are currently being released and as most are still in heavy development, there can be problems that I cannot solve.

But I have a large assortment of SD cards, When I find an OS I can work with, I try to save that SD card in particular.

  The most recent releases are not always the most GUI friendly...
Though I do try to at least sample most of the most recent releases.

     One of my favorites at this moment being Debian/Posh,
     "but for me",
             The April 13th release does not work as well   'for me'   as the April 06th version...
                                         (though I have done all the updates through today)

  So having plenty of SD cards to use and some to save various distro's and various releases is helpful for me.

   The SD cards should be of decent quality, but they do not need to be extremely expensive....
      I do look for cards on special, but the price ranges from $5 to $9 USD has been very usable in my experience.
       Most of mine are San Disk Ultra, but GSkill works as well, all of these are 'class 10'
     But you should check the Forum, as there have been some very informative chats about SD cards.
 I CANNOT push any single brand, as I am not qualified for that,
             but I have had satisfactory results with all the Brands "I have tried" I do not think the Brave Heart is picky on SD cards.

 You will find  "MOST"  of the Forum Members are glad to answer any questions you can ask.

  I can currently make and receive phone calls (even speaker phone), send and receive text messages, wifi works great,
   *  I do have a problem with cellular data, I can 'Connect' but att says I do not have a data plan. (I DO) 
   so I cannot actually use cell data at the moment.  ( I do not know if that is a software or a carrier fault.)

   Since the Factory Default is to boot from SD card, it is very easy to distro-hop, just swap your SD card.

         I am currently using my Brave Heart phone on AT&T in Arizona, USA,   on a PrePaid plan.

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