Shatur @ Shatur @lemmy.ml

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That's strange - they said they finished shipping. Maybe try reaching out to them.

Ah, you have the antenna issue 😢

I read that it's possible to fix with a hardware modification, but it's very difficult.

I find the Pro1 X to be too large for my hands; a phone around 4.5–5" would be ideal.

That's unfortunate - there aren't many modern alternatives. Even the F(x)tec is a bit outdated by today’s standards.

What keyboards have you tried?

I'm aware of musl/Linux, uClibc/Linux and other variants - I just wanted to distinguish them from Android since they all use the Linux kernel 🙂

GNU/Linux is just the most common.

I’m guessing cases for this are hard to come by?

Never looked for a case. But it's a rare beast, I don't think there is any case for it in the wild 😅

And what about lint/dust/sand

I think it closes quite firmly. So dust doesn't get inside.

Good point! Another issue is that only FUTO and FlorisBoard currently offer FOSS swipe implementations, both of which are in alpha. The AOSP keyboard doesn't have this feature - it's exclusive to Google Keyboard.

You can still buy one from backers. Since deliveries only recently finished, many units are still in near mint condition.

I bought it from someone on the unofficial Discord server. They have a dedicated channel for that. It felt a bit shady, but at least the prices are fair.

Ah, I thought it's about Valve's Proton 😅

How do the buttons feel?

That's sad 😢

I heard that the antenna issue can be fixed manually, but it's not an easy fix.

This is weird. I saw an announcement on Discord that they finished shipping all devices in November 2024.

Yes, this managed to ship all devices in November 2024.

You can run Droidian, which is galium-based (special Android compatibility layer to talk to hardware).

Running on mainline is also possible, but the support is not great. Here is the PMOS page.

Yeah, I heard that many units have antenna issue. Before buying I asked the seller to test it for me. My unit was unaffected by the issue.

Yeah, the situation with the company is not great.

Big thanks to the guy keeping lineage working on it!

There actually 4 maintainers for this device! It was a surprise for me. Usually it's 1 guy.

I considered their Astra or Communicator, but they don’t support LineageOS, which is important to me.

True 😥 Did you broke yours?

Yeah...

I wish companies produce more phones like this.

Try looking at their unofficial Discord server. It's usually cheaper then on eBay. But ask to test the antenna, some units have issues with that.

Same. But recently I managed to buy almost new for 300 EUR.

I only recently started using it, so maybe later I will make a post about it :)