Looks like it is partially supported: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Nokia_Lumia_520_(nokia-fame)
I have a Lumia 635 and got tmpfs to start, but then I am lost at “locate your ramdisk” https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Nokia_Lumia_630_(nokia-moneypenny)
IMO you would need a large capacitor between power (after diode) and ground, to provide enough current when device’s power consumption spikes (otherwise, it will shut down)
Here is my version without touching BMS or original battery: https://yaky.dev/2022-09-06-smartphone-without-battery/
Samsung Galaxy S5 was/is a good device for tinkering. Supports many custom ROMs from CyanogenMod to Lineage to Ubuntu and postmarketOS.
Has a removable battery, 3.5mm audio jack, SD card slot. IIRC it worked fine on 3G, but did not support calls on 4G.
IIRC app stores downrank apps that are not regularly updated too, hence the vague “bug-fixes and improvements” updates in many apps. But seriously, how much could a developer update in a calculator, habit/medicine tracker, sky map, or any other app that is a complete feature?
Some projects that kind of do that come to mind:
Beeper, which is a hosted Matrix server (probably Synapse) with bridges to other messengers, and a client (probably derived from Element?). But it’s all called Beeper to be more “normal”.
Snikket is a “rebranded” prosody XMPP server, Conversations client for Android and Siskin IM client for iOS. Also, all are Snikket, no scary abbreviations and different app names.
Average user does not care, as long as it works.
It always seemed like shouting in a room full of people. Any coherent thought instantly became an unreadable mess due to the post character limit. Never understood live-tweeting. You could DM some company’s support person… but why?
And I blame link shorteners’ existence on twitter, too.
So did “Amazon”… :/
PinePhone is $200. But the manufacturer offloaded all development onto the community.
Librem actually pays some developers, but their phones are $700+. And you will find many complaints about refunds.
Cheap prices are possible by economies of scale by manufacturers, but same manufacturers guard their proprietary hardware.
Also, how “pleb” are we talking about? Many people DGAF and just want their calls/text/apps to work.
Does NovaCustom just buy phones and installs iodeOS on them? Or are they involved in development of either?
This is the manufacturer, SHIFT: https://www.shift.eco/en/shiftphone-8/ Hardware does look easy to access, and should support custom OSes.
This is iodeOS: https://iode.tech/iodeos/, which looks like LineageOS + additional features and privacy-as-a-service kind of deal.
The most obnoxious case of needy apps I witnessed was when I disabled Google Play Services on a OnePlus phone. Every default app (including Phone and SMS!) would spam notifications saying something like “Google Play not found, functionality is limited” every minute or two, while the real impact was minimal.
…made by developers with a special student/hobby account, only for a limited number of devices.
Half-assed “solution”.
IMO not as good as The Circle. Although it follows one character, they move between so many departments, it reads more like a collection of short stories.
Did you read The Every yet? It’s a sequel, but instead of anti-privacy, it leans more into greenwashing, and how only the powerful corporations can save us from a climate disaster.
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There’s a widespread movement in design circles to reduce the contrast between text and background
This was the trend circa 2012 too, at least I recall Microsoft’s pages and software becoming less legible. Not sure if I got used to it, screens got better, or it went back to higher contrast.
.kkrieger for those who want to look it up
Ironically, this was the first thing I tried for Matrix deployment circa 2019. Worked like a charm… Until a reboot. Then, since I did not know where anything was installed and how it worked, I had no idea where to even start.
I guess it would make more sense now that I know a bit more.
What will I see? I mean I am seeing some corporatization and incompatibilities as I described.
AFAIK, custom ROMs ask for specific OS to get specific firmware for some peripherals (modem, WiFi, BT, etc).
E.g. installing Ubuntu Touch on Nord N10 5G requires a downgrade to OxygenOS 10 using the official tool, which (i believe) installs original firmwares.