PinePhone WIFI: PineCone user installable?
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Rainbow 
Hey folks,
I hope you are all healthy and well.
Since the wifi on the pinephone requires non-free drivers (realtek iirc), I obviously would rather wait for the version with the pinecone included.
But since I am impatient and want to start developing apps (and get rid of my android), I am wondering:
can I, once it has reached usability, change the wifi card? I couldn't find out how the wifi card is connected to the mainboard.
I don't have any skill in soldering, so that's out of the question.

Thank you all for your time!
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@PineUser-1337331 I suspect the PineCone is at least 6 months away fro being usable. People can somewhat put up with a flakey cell modem, flakey camera, etc. But not being able to use the internet at all I think would push most people too far, hence I guess it would need to be mature first.
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(01-21-2021, 06:33 PM)barray Wrote: @PineUser-1337331 I suspect the PineCone is at least 6 months away fro being usable. People can somewhat put up with a flakey cell modem, flakey camera, etc. But not being able to use the internet at all I think would push most people too far, hence I guess it would need to be mature first.
Right, and I wonder whether at this point I would be able to upgrade a pinephone which I bought rn with a PineCone. Meaning, if I can swap one WiFi card (rt) for the other (pinecone).


Because until then I would use a dongle, but I sadly don't have the money to just "rebuy" another one at this point.
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