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Does anyone have more info about the Librem 5's baseband? I know they say it will be separate from the app CPU and have hardware kill switches for all of the co
by philg_jr 8y ago
Does anyone have more info about the Librem 5's baseband? I know they say it will be separate from the app CPU and have hardware kill switches for all of the components/sensors, but I'd love to hear more about the firmware running on it.
- jlgaddis 8y agoI don't know anything at all about it to be honest, but I can assure you it won't be open. It'll almost certainly be the firmware provided by the chip manufacturer. If you're lucky, they'll have some (but likely very limited) ability to slightly modify/tweak it. That is the killer feature I'm waiting for in a mobile phone. Someday, I hope. (Hey, a guy can dream, right!?)
- chupasaurus 8y agoAFAIK modems with open source firmware are banned in 100+ countries including US (I lost the source where I read about the global situation, in US there are FCC restrictions).
- seba_dos1 8y agoWell, at best it could be "open" in a tivoized sense, but nothing more than that.