Realistically, the Pinephone is not going to replace my phone until my municipal transit authority releases an open source app, and I expect that to happen sometimes around the heat death of the universe.
So, this device is not a smartphone for me. It’s more like a mobile server + access point. I’m going to embrace it’s weirdness, and Sxmo seems to fit quite well.
I might focus on that as the TUI for an OpenBSD port.
I’ve been looking to get something besides GoogleOS on my phone and Verizon locks a bunch of shit that prevents me from installing Lineage and all that jazz. So I figured what could go wrong with something under $200?
Yeah bootloader is locked. I couldn’t ever get root. I even tried some beyond shady shit (instructions were in Cantonese or some shit my network is FUBAR right now).
So I said F it and bought this thing. Didn’t wanna pay what Librum was asking.