Before I buy... is PinePhone actually open source?
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(11-13-2020, 10:27 PM)JuniperFury Wrote:
(11-11-2020, 01:14 PM)bcnaz Wrote: The Librem would be the 'next step'  but I believe that sells for $700 - $750 USD.  that has a removable/ replaceable modem.
  and it is not currently as 'usable' as the Pine phone.

Why do you think that Librem 5 is not as usable as PinePhone? I think it is already faster and more stable. Purism works on both software and hardware, so I expect it to become a reliable daily driver faster.


>Can you link me to the modem isolation discussion?

You should be able to find details here: https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/PinePhone or here: https://xnux.eu/devices/feature/modem-pp...-pinephone.


>So most mobile network modems are blackboxes? Is there any way to reverse engineer them or hobble together my own 3G modem for private use?

AFAK no, but see here: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=11815.



>Do you think the PineTab is stable enough to use a voip app?

PineTab is ne less progressed than PinePhone, so I doubt it.


> But I want to be able to quickly throw away the IMEI if I have to without throwing the whole phone away.

Only Librem 5 allows to do this.


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RE: Before I buy... is PinePhone actually open source? - by fsflover - 11-14-2020, 03:10 AM

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