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User:Chronos

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Searching for viable Linux phone which can be used as my main phone. Also testing my own Linux apps on mobile OS and small screens.

Owns Devices

Device Notes
Fairphone 3 (fairphone-fp3) for testing
OnePlus 6T (oneplus-fajita) for testing
Samsung Galaxy S4 (samsung-jflte) with lineageos



Flashing

OnePlus 6T

  • Enter fastboot mode: Hold Power + Volume Up + Volume Down buttons
  • Flashing image:
fastboot erase dtbo
fastboot flash boot <boot image>
fastboot flash userdata <userdata image>
fastboot reboot

Setup

sudo systemctl start sshd
sudo systemctl enable sshd
  • enable Flatpak (not working due to invalid public key)
sudo flatpak remote-delete --force flathub
sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
  • install apps
sudo apk add mc

Multiple shells

  • switch to GDM to be able to select shell
sudo apk add gdm
sudo rc-update del tinydm
sudo rc-update add gdm
sudo apk add postmarketos-ui-plasma-mobile
sudo apk add postmarketos-ui-gnome-mobile
  • install Xfce4 (can lead to freeze with black screen)
sudo apk add postmarketos-ui-xfce4

Notes