I was going through Pine64’s page again after I found the latest KDE announcement. With that said, I seem to see a lot of issues with firmware on the Pine, whilst the Librem is just plain out of budget for me. Was interested in how many people here run a Linux mobile as a daily driver, and how has your experience been?

I’m considering purchasing the Pine but I’d like a better screen, more RAM and a better CPU. Don’t know if I should wait for a new model to be released (are they even planning to do that? Is the company active?). I will only really use it to browse the Web, and might even look to desolder a couple of parts that I know I won’t use.

Thanks.

Edit: I am willing to watch content and use banking apps from the browser. Do you think it’ll be fit for me?

Edit 2: overall, I am much saddened about the state of affairs regarding private computing on the go. I desperately hope that Linux on mobile takes off, even though its incubation looks disheartening at the moment. Thank you everyone for your comments.

      • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pub
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        9 months ago

        hmm, that’s strange these apps of yours are heavily dependent on Google play services then, which is really really unnecessary, if I were in your shoes I would try to look for an alternative apps or just buy a cheap pixel to use them specifically

        My friend encounted a similar issue with one of his banking apps using LineageOS, the app refused to even launch, but once I flashed LOS4MG it worked

        I don’t really care about push notifications, but when I used CalyxOS they worked very smoothly, CalyxOS has better MicroG integration, so maybe next time you wanna degoogle, give it a shot, you can always roll back to stock

        • pathief@lemmy.world
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          9 months ago

          I think the apps would work without Google Play services but they refuse to boot without it. Unfortunately since these are banking and finance apps the only alternative is not to use them.

          I own a Poco F2 Pro, ROM support is somewhat limited. CalyxOS is insupported, it seems. When this phones starts dying I’ll probably give GrapheneOS a shot!