[ale] Possible move afoot...

[Charles Shapiro]

Hmm.  The OnePlus 8 -- in fact, everything after and including the OnePlus
6 -- lacks a 2.5 mm headphone jack. That's a Deal Killer for me.

I am still very fond of my LG V20 running LineageOS 14.  A little dated now
but the replaceable batteries are still available, so you won't be forced
to replace it just because the battery poops out.  If you buy one already
locked to a provider you'll have to use an Exploit to root it in order to
install Lineage.  The Lineage build I have on it now works flawlessly
except for Speaker Mode, which won't un-mute the microphone. Good to Mint
models run $100-$150 on Swappa ( https://swappa.com ).

My current daily driver is a Teracube One ( https://myteracube.com/ ). Easy
to find on Amazon and relatively cheap at $300 new. Comes with Android 9
although 10 is promised later. So far it lacks Lineage support.  Rooting it
with MagickSK is easy, although you will have to re-Root ( and
factory-reset ) if you apply an OTA update. GSM only, so it won't work with
CDMA networks like Verizon. I don't like the permanent battery nor the
glass back. Except for those caveats it is a decent phone. The next model
allegedly will have a removable battery.

Other phones I looked at:

Librem 5 ( https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ )  This one uses a
non-Android kernel. Very intriguing. Not really in production yet though.
Fairphone 3 ( https://shop.fairphone.com/en/ )  Not easily available in the
USA.  May not be compatible with US carriers.  Hardware is really easy to
fix or upgrade. Removable battery.

-- CHS


On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 11:33 AM James Taylor via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> I don't know of any pure linux phones that I would consider practical, but
> any phone withe Lineage OS support would be  very securable. You can load
> linux as a shell on with a number of distributions.
> I like the onePlus phones because they are unlock ready and can be easily
> rooted and reloaded.
> I would consider the onePluse 6t up to be powerful enough for most
> purposes.
> My current phone is the 8Pro, which is way overkill, bit I got some nice
> 8k video of some fireworks the other night.
> I use the onePlus OS, but I can disable everything Google on it without
> much effort.
> -jt
>
>
>
> James Taylor
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> james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
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>
>
> >>> Jerald Sheets via Ale <ale at ale.org> 9/7/2020 9:18 AM >>>
>
>
> Folks, I need the most powerful, least encumbered Linux-based phone
> available.
>
> What say you all?
>
> Jerald Sheets
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