Post AYOffLWSf0d36oqksq by etam@im-in.space
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 (DIR) Post #AYOff3bpGKDzYFDmkK by etam@im-in.space
       2023-08-03T19:38:27Z
       
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       After almost 2 years of daily driving #librem5 as my main phone I gave up.Initially the battery lasted for a very short time (like few hours). But I could live with that. Recently this was greatly improved (it could last whole day), but still I kept it connected to a cable out of habit.For a very long time I didn't try to use the sdcard slot, because I had no need for it. But when I finally tried, it turned out it doesn't work (purism forums has a bunch of topics on that, it's not an uncommon issue). But I could live with that.The GPS receiver also does not work (see https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-gps-location-tracking/14153/285). But I could live with that.The tiny metal swing thingy you press with a needle to push out the sdcard and sim card tray broke off. But I could live with that.Hard to tell exactly when, but my phone started to behave weirdly with cellular connection. I didn't receive SMS and calls. And there was no indication on the phone that something is wrong. And I could not live with that.1/*
       
 (DIR) Post #AYOff6fTtBvn2RxFMO by goatwildernesscollective@social.librem.one
       2023-08-04T19:34:03Z
       
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       @etam using jumpdrive i have been able to create whole disk images from the build in L5 memory, so when things have gone wrong the last few times software wise, a complete restore took only an hour or so (with all apps, settings, and data). The SDCard i always thought as a good feature to have for backup, but with jumpdrive that is obsoleted. Still essential for music, image, video storage. The notification for calls always have been hit or miss for me regarding audible alerts.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYOff7u3IVBGrvmOi8 by etam@im-in.space
       2023-08-03T19:46:19Z
       
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       I got myself a #fairphone 4 and flashed it with #lineageos with #microg (https://lineage.microg.org/). I have quite a lot of experience with using this combo, because I usually took phones that were too_old/broken/not_good_enough from my wife and using them as a secondary devices. I had to use unofficial compilations where not everything worked. Now I had a pleasure of using a fully working image for fully supported device. And it works fast, has plenty of internal storage and currently phone claims battery can last for almost 1,5 days (real measurement pending).2/*
       
 (DIR) Post #AYOffLWSf0d36oqksq by etam@im-in.space
       2023-08-03T19:53:36Z
       
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       Back to #librem5: I used before other Linux phones. First Nokia N900, then Jolla. They had their ups and downs. Both had user interfaces and apps written for them and almost never used again anywhere else. But at least the basic functionality of them being a phone was working properly.Purism tries to make their software more openly and in cooperation with GNOME project and they deserve applause for that. Librem 5 is fine as a mobile computer. But it's a bad phone.3/3