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Re: non-smart debian phone

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On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 9:07 PM Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugroups@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 28/8/20 6:23 am, Dan Hitt wrote:
> >
> > So next time i search, i hope to do it more intelligently.
> >
>
> So why not start the search now, while you have time to think about it
> for a bit before you need to jump in?
>
>
Why, indeed?

I suppose that would entail getting a list of carriers and a list of
phones, and then checking the phones against the carriers.

There seem to be sites that do compatibility checks (e.g.,
willmyphonework.net) so i guess this is possible in principle, although i
could not find either 'librem' or 'purism'  on their list.  But they do
have a way of submitting queries for items not on their list, so maybe i'm
not trying hard enough.  (Although i am looking for something more modest
than librem.)

Anyhow, i'm all ears to hear of anybody's experience in choosing a phone
which runs free software (like debian, or some of the others that people
have mentioned) and what carrier they use.  Especially if it is an
out-of-the-box experience, but also if it involves installation on an
existing phone.

And, if you install a new os on an existing phone, do you first have to
activate the phone with some carrier, or can you just plug your phone into
a monitor and keyboard and do the installation of the os just like you
would on your pc, and then go through the activation with a carrier?

And thanks for posting, Keith!

dan

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Re: non-smart debian phone  Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> - 2020-08-07 07:50 +0200
  Re: non-smart debian phone Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com> - 2020-08-27 22:30 +0200
    Re: non-smart debian phone Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugroups@gmail.com> - 2020-08-30 06:10 +0200
      Re: non-smart debian phone Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com> - 2020-08-30 19:10 +0200

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