Thanks everyone for the excellent info. This will help save more $ going
forward and cure more headaches.
The $600/month we're saving my employer is just on useless "support" and
"licensing" fees (aka extortion) for unnecessary software and hardware in
LTO tape backup and firewall / VPN gear. Wi
Checking on eBay I see screens for the 4A (4G) in the range of $136-$145.
The 4A 5G has even screens for $100. Does the fixing cost $160 on top of
that to come out to $299? I'd check other 3rd party repair shops. For a
repair shop which does that on a regular basis I think it takes them ~15
minutes
Pixel 2 I have been using is not unsupported by Google, so I upgraded to a
$150 used Pixel3 recently. Little pain (I hate changing phones). But still
there is the $$. I do run old hardware and am 'cheap', but for me, I think
I get reasonable value for the $$. I know if I had to do a 'broken pho
I have the postmarket OS Convergence Package and calls (using TING sim) are hit
or miss. Texting works but sometimes hangs and requires a reboot.
Long story short I would not stake my life on it, YET. Improvements are
happening almost daily on Ubuntu Touch. The Beta Edition has Manjaro with
Pla
I'd like to know if anyone on this list has had any success with the Pine
phone or another Linux phone, if you're able to make calls, send texts and
emails and do internet searches. Wondering if I can at least use it as a
back up phone.
(If u own a Pixel) I replaced my old (still working) phone w
