Is there any device where everything works? Whenever i try to check Linux phones, there’s always trouble like “calls don’t work”, “camera doesn’t work”, “gps won’t fix” and so on… Is there a device with full working support?
Sigh… Thanks. I’m afraid that device was already outdated on release. These days you’ll take the full 3GB of RAM it has just by opening the browser. I don’t think that’s usable anymore by today’s requirements.
It’s partially a moving target issue, from what I see. The oneplus 6 and the pinephone were almost there until countries started mandating volte (daily drove a op6 for a bit pre-volte requirement, with the only thing not working being the camera)
As far as fairphone goes, fairphone 5 is probably your best bet. Audio is almost working, that just leaves camera, VoLTE, and NFC (which I personally don’t use, so I don’t care) Everything else should work
That’s… Quite a long list of deal breakers for me, I’m afraid. I really want a Linux phone, and i wouldn’t mind paying extra for the effort. But i need one that works with all its hardware. Calls, data, gps, camera, sensors and yes, also NFC. My country’s digital ID app uses it to verify your physical ID in order to allow you to login for some paperwork.
Is there any device where everything works? Whenever i try to check Linux phones, there’s always trouble like “calls don’t work”, “camera doesn’t work”, “gps won’t fix” and so on… Is there a device with full working support?
purism librem 5 seems to have everything working https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Purism_Librem5_(purism-librem5)
Sigh… Thanks. I’m afraid that device was already outdated on release. These days you’ll take the full 3GB of RAM it has just by opening the browser. I don’t think that’s usable anymore by today’s requirements.
It’s partially a moving target issue, from what I see. The oneplus 6 and the pinephone were almost there until countries started mandating volte (daily drove a op6 for a bit pre-volte requirement, with the only thing not working being the camera)
qemu vm. I really wanna run this with the first fairphone to become readily available in US (fp6 i assume) but there’s still a ways to go…
As far as fairphone goes, fairphone 5 is probably your best bet. Audio is almost working, that just leaves camera, VoLTE, and NFC (which I personally don’t use, so I don’t care) Everything else should work
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_5_(fairphone-fp5)
Volte is a big deal when carriers are phasing out old tech.
They got camera working on FP3 and FP4. Fairphone employs a guy who basically does work to get their hardware to run Linux.
That’s… Quite a long list of deal breakers for me, I’m afraid. I really want a Linux phone, and i wouldn’t mind paying extra for the effort. But i need one that works with all its hardware. Calls, data, gps, camera, sensors and yes, also NFC. My country’s digital ID app uses it to verify your physical ID in order to allow you to login for some paperwork.