Throwing in the towel on mobile Linux
Throwing in the towel on mobile Linux
(cross-posted)
I have a pinephone running postmarketos. It certainly isn't a replacement for my smart phone, but I enjoy it as a device for consumption: listening to music, browsing the web, reading news through rss, playing light games, and so forth.
I really enjoy having a device that is in my control, and I look forward to the continued development of these devices.
I guess it depends on how you rank the importance of each of those. For me, I can get an SMS from my bank with a 2FA code to login (I know, less secure), so I don't need a specific app and can use the website. Hotspot isn't very important for me, but it does work(when my modem worked.) I'd also move bluetooth audio lower on importance to me. Can't argue with telephony being on top. I wonder how it is with pmOS on Oneplus 6? I have a pinephone, but the modem is dead/not recognized or something anymore, so now it's just a mini tablet that I always leave at home.
Running pmOS on a oneplus 6 right now- feels painfully close to being daily-drivable, and the performance / battery life makes it much more usable than an OG pinephone.
Calls and SMS aren't fully there yet, and the camera doesn't work. Mobile data is fine, while Waydroid fills in most missing apps, aside from music and video streaming (since audio still stutters on Android apps). So for now I'm also stuck carrying an old Android around for day-to-day basics, and offloading as much as I can onto the OP6.
I'm thinking about getting a Oneplus 6, so I've been curious how it's working for people. I'd get another pinephone, but for now I'd rather wait and see if they release another phone. The Pro is already over a year and half old and I'd like to see if they release something new. Also, I don't have a lot of money to spend, so maybe a used Oneplus is best for now.
I finally got waydroid to run on my pinephone about a month ago and after playing with it for an hour or so I realized I don't really need it for anything and it's a waste of resources/space. So I uninstalled it. Are you using phosh, sxmo or what? I've been playing with gnome shell on pinephone and pinetab recently, but I really like sxmo.
Which UI did you use in pmos? I've been using postmarketOS (stable) for a year with sxmo and it didn't break once with an update. I have experimented with the edge branch and updates are very unreliable.
I've been using only sxmo, I may be a bit biased there though because I'm a developer in that project :)