Not only that if you toggle the dipswitch it cuts ALL the radios incl. the gps. Take google's FUSE nonsense into account and the 'modem' aoparently can't tell the difference between wifi, bt, and gps (only the software/gui can from a user's standpoint). Therein lies the issue. The control over who has the code to your modem/bt/gps abilities. Until google's nonsense stops it's just FUSEd nonsense endlessly. The cellular radio should be COMPLETELY separate from everything else PERIOD. The fact that it's not is a problem that won't just go away with an update. Need new hardware that separates that BS apart.
FFS my rooted one+3 can disable data but still make calls and texts (not so this). The dipswitches inside the phone are cute but in reality are worthless if all the radios are fused together in one module. The pinephone once you put a sim in that also has data, you can't switch data off without disabling the entire sim card. So my point stands. Fusing all the radios onto one switch is just plain bad engineering all around and does not make for "security" (theatre) whatsoever. From a security aspect the phone has holes big enough to drive buses through. A 4 (or6) digit numeric passcode? lmfao
When these pinephone images are capable of full encryption using a proper password AND the cellular modem is not frkn fused to the other radios, then we can talk security. Dipswiches are for dip*****. Pull the sim out and turn it off, DUHH
Not to rant but I'm not going to sugar coat the truth. Hopefully in a year or so we can replace the mainboard with something that is actually secure and works the way it should. This one is slow and weak. ATM, it can just barely make and recv calls and do texts. And that's BECAUSE of the crappy hardware. Not the code and not the networks. I wouldn't have bought it if I didn't believe it could work believe that. Google is done with spoonfeeding me their absolute garbage FUSED to **** rom's. That's a fact. I don't care if I go back to a gen1 flipphone. I still have a brand new sonim xp5, no aps, but it uses a droid5 fused OS, so from a security standpoint the pinephone is still way more secure. ANYTHING to get google the hell away from me.
FFS my rooted one+3 can disable data but still make calls and texts (not so this). The dipswitches inside the phone are cute but in reality are worthless if all the radios are fused together in one module. The pinephone once you put a sim in that also has data, you can't switch data off without disabling the entire sim card. So my point stands. Fusing all the radios onto one switch is just plain bad engineering all around and does not make for "security" (theatre) whatsoever. From a security aspect the phone has holes big enough to drive buses through. A 4 (or6) digit numeric passcode? lmfao
When these pinephone images are capable of full encryption using a proper password AND the cellular modem is not frkn fused to the other radios, then we can talk security. Dipswiches are for dip*****. Pull the sim out and turn it off, DUHH
Not to rant but I'm not going to sugar coat the truth. Hopefully in a year or so we can replace the mainboard with something that is actually secure and works the way it should. This one is slow and weak. ATM, it can just barely make and recv calls and do texts. And that's BECAUSE of the crappy hardware. Not the code and not the networks. I wouldn't have bought it if I didn't believe it could work believe that. Google is done with spoonfeeding me their absolute garbage FUSED to **** rom's. That's a fact. I don't care if I go back to a gen1 flipphone. I still have a brand new sonim xp5, no aps, but it uses a droid5 fused OS, so from a security standpoint the pinephone is still way more secure. ANYTHING to get google the hell away from me.