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Fortunately, Pinephone and Librem 5 still exist and work quite well, despite being relatively slow. Sent from my daily driver Librem 5.

alchemist1e9 1y ago
Anyone have thoughts on Purism’s Liberty Phone? Looks like it’s an upgraded Librem 5 of sorts.
- woodrowbarlow 1y ago
  what you're really paying for is a difference in manufacturing; the spec bump is just to make the very high price hurt less. $2k instead of $800. they designed an elaborate process which theoretically guarantees that your phone was not tampered with at the factory or in transport. it was sort of a reaction to Bloomberg's "The Big Hack" article, which claimed Apple devices were compromised en masse at the factory in China by state actors (and the story was later retracted due to lack of evidence). i do think it's a cool effort, even if the threat is only hypothetical. but it's a lot to pay unless you're operating under an extreme threat model.
canadiantim 1y ago
Do you use WhatsApp, signal or Uber from your Librem 5? Is that possible?
- jolmg 1y ago
  I haven't tried Whatsapp or Signal. The problem I've had with Uber is feeding it GPS coordinates. Talking about Waydroid, for some reason, while I can get Google Maps to see my coordinates, Uber seems to try to get the coordinates some different way. IIRC, you can still use it, you just need to be more explicit about where you want it to pick you up.
- fsflover 1y ago
  I don't use them, but some people do. You can use Waydroid to run Android apps. Also, concerning Signal: https://forums.puri.sm/t/building-and-running-signal-desktop-on-the-librem-5/14999 https://forums.puri.sm/t/building-and-running-signal-desktop... https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/3410 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/3410 Concerning Whatsapp: https://forums.puri.sm/t/how-to-install-whatsapp-and-discord-on-librem-5/28433 https://forums.puri.sm/t/how-to-install-whatsapp-and-discord...
  - canadiantim 1y ago
    Ah you’re a legend thank you. That’s great to know. See if I’m able to use Waydroid to run signal/WhatsApp and Uber then that’s all I need. Much appreciated!
mixmastamyk 1y ago
I had the original Pine Phone and it never worked well and was too limited/slow five years ago.
- fsflover 1y ago
  You should have tried to run SXMo on it.

alchemist1e9 1y ago

Anyone have thoughts on Purism’s Liberty Phone? Looks like it’s an upgraded Librem 5 of sorts.

woodrowbarlow 1y ago
what you're really paying for is a difference in manufacturing; the spec bump is just to make the very high price hurt less. $2k instead of $800. they designed an elaborate process which theoretically guarantees that your phone was not tampered with at the factory or in transport. it was sort of a reaction to Bloomberg's "The Big Hack" article, which claimed Apple devices were compromised en masse at the factory in China by state actors (and the story was later retracted due to lack of evidence). i do think it's a cool effort, even if the threat is only hypothetical. but it's a lot to pay unless you're operating under an extreme threat model.

canadiantim 1y ago

Do you use WhatsApp, signal or Uber from your Librem 5? Is that possible?

jolmg 1y ago
I haven't tried Whatsapp or Signal. The problem I've had with Uber is feeding it GPS coordinates. Talking about Waydroid, for some reason, while I can get Google Maps to see my coordinates, Uber seems to try to get the coordinates some different way. IIRC, you can still use it, you just need to be more explicit about where you want it to pick you up.
fsflover 1y ago
I don't use them, but some people do. You can use Waydroid to run Android apps. Also, concerning Signal: https://forums.puri.sm/t/building-and-running-signal-desktop-on-the-librem-5/14999 https://forums.puri.sm/t/building-and-running-signal-desktop... https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/3410 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/3410 Concerning Whatsapp: https://forums.puri.sm/t/how-to-install-whatsapp-and-discord-on-librem-5/28433 https://forums.puri.sm/t/how-to-install-whatsapp-and-discord...
- canadiantim 1y ago
  Ah you’re a legend thank you. That’s great to know. See if I’m able to use Waydroid to run signal/WhatsApp and Uber then that’s all I need. Much appreciated!

mixmastamyk 1y ago

I had the original Pine Phone and it never worked well and was too limited/slow five years ago.

fsflover 1y ago
You should have tried to run SXMo on it.