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I'd much prefer a list of phones where people have been able to crack the bootloader open completely and then I can just install Linux on top of it. Not a big
by offtop5 6y ago
I'd much prefer a list of phones where people have been able to crack the bootloader open completely and then I can just install Linux on top of it.
Not a big fan of extremely old hardware which would never be able to keep up with what I can get out of a Raspberry Pi.
In fact, how feasible is it to create a hat for the Raspberry Pi compute module which operates effectively as a mobile phone. Like you would an obviously need a screen as well as some buttons, I've seen several game boy looking cases but nothing shaped like a phone
- nfriedly 6y agoYou might find this interesting: https://learn.adafruit.com/piphone-a-raspberry-pi-based-cellphone https://learn.adafruit.com/piphone-a-raspberry-pi-based-cell... There's also an Arduino one: https://learn.adafruit.com/arduin-o-phone-arduino-powered-diy-cellphone https://learn.adafruit.com/arduin-o-phone-arduino-powered-di...
- sergeykish 6y agohttps://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices > postmarketOS now boots on over 200 phones and tablets (as of 6 May 2020) That, I believe, is about mainline kernel. And only boot. [1] https://tuxphones.com/postmarketos-boots-200-linux-phones-tablets-sbcs/ https://tuxphones.com/postmarketos-boots-200-linux-phones-ta...
- offtop5 6y agoAwesome response, it looks like most of these phones are still rather old though. I know that some cheaper Chinese phones have bootloader as you can completely unlock without going through the OEM process.
- sergeykish 6y agoOnePlus 7 released in 2019, I would not call that old. Table with release year https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/All_devices https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/All_devices I've clicked several pages, each of them contains "How to enter flash mode", usually some combination of the buttons.