08-11-2020, 03:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-11-2020, 05:39 PM by bcnaz.
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Hi Tommaso,
It is possible to use the Pine phone now with limited skills, but it may involve some fiddling with the phone.
They have had some complaints from a few customers about the usability of the current operating systems,
so it is safer to tell you to wait.
You will need to be able to download operating systems from the internet and flash these downloads onto SD cards, and swap the sd card inside the Pine phone.
If you study the information in this forum a whole lot, it is "possible to have a working Linux phone", even with very limited skills.
but it is also very possible to get into a position where you need a developers skills.
The poster plainenough has some helpful information on the currently popular operating systems.
The talk and text features are "semi-reliable" on some of the current operating systems.
If you want instant "Plug and Play" everything just "works" it would be better to wait.
BUT, if you do not mind fiddling around with your phone a bit, and accept that not every function works 'yet' ? ?
You may actually find the Pine phone "acceptable" at this stage.
I did pick up a cheap new message phone on Ebay ($20.USD incl.shipping)
I use for testing calls and texts with my Brave Heart phone.
I have had to use that a few times when the Linux phone did not work.
but I have been able to use my Linux phone about 98% of the time.
Good Luck, BC
It is possible to use the Pine phone now with limited skills, but it may involve some fiddling with the phone.
They have had some complaints from a few customers about the usability of the current operating systems,
so it is safer to tell you to wait.
You will need to be able to download operating systems from the internet and flash these downloads onto SD cards, and swap the sd card inside the Pine phone.
If you study the information in this forum a whole lot, it is "possible to have a working Linux phone", even with very limited skills.
but it is also very possible to get into a position where you need a developers skills.
The poster plainenough has some helpful information on the currently popular operating systems.
The talk and text features are "semi-reliable" on some of the current operating systems.
If you want instant "Plug and Play" everything just "works" it would be better to wait.
BUT, if you do not mind fiddling around with your phone a bit, and accept that not every function works 'yet' ? ?
You may actually find the Pine phone "acceptable" at this stage.
I did pick up a cheap new message phone on Ebay ($20.USD incl.shipping)
I use for testing calls and texts with my Brave Heart phone.
I have had to use that a few times when the Linux phone did not work.
but I have been able to use my Linux phone about 98% of the time.
Good Luck, BC