08-27-2021, 11:10 AM
I wasn't able to use my phone as an actual phone, because my service provider will only register it as a hotspot, and not a phone. I don't know why. Anyway, I use this device for very little. Honestly, the main reason I got it was so that I could use gMusicBrowser on my phone, and keep my music synced with my computer.
The functions I think are essential for my 'phone':
Other, 'nice to have' features:
That's literally all I use my device for. I have these features working, but the device is still pretty slow and it runs down the battery, fast. I had set it to only sleep when there isn't music playing, but it never worked so I gave up on that. Now, it just takes 45 minutes before it goes to sleep. Anyway, I go through 2 batteries a day.
Also, it feels like the phone's modem gets hot, even though the modem is physically switched off using the breakers on the board. I've also disabled the camera, and the microphone.
I don't think I can purge the phone software without losing Phosh, so my question is this: what can I do to disable any and all services or programs not related to the very few functions listed above?
The functions I think are essential for my 'phone':
- Play my music with gmusicbrowser
- Sync my music with nextcloud
Other, 'nice to have' features:
- A browser, proxied through tor so I can look stuff up and have privacy.
That's literally all I use my device for. I have these features working, but the device is still pretty slow and it runs down the battery, fast. I had set it to only sleep when there isn't music playing, but it never worked so I gave up on that. Now, it just takes 45 minutes before it goes to sleep. Anyway, I go through 2 batteries a day.
Also, it feels like the phone's modem gets hot, even though the modem is physically switched off using the breakers on the board. I've also disabled the camera, and the microphone.
I don't think I can purge the phone software without losing Phosh, so my question is this: what can I do to disable any and all services or programs not related to the very few functions listed above?