2023-06-28 23:10:48 +00:00
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X-Date: 2023-06-28T21:55:18Z
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X-Note-Id: 0de67cae-34c7-4a6e-806f-26cbc5bc317c
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Subject: Daily-Driving OnePlus 6 with PostmarketOS
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X-Slug: daily_driving_oneplus6_postmarketos
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Recently I've purchased a used [OnePlus 6 phone](https://www.oneplus.com/uk/6), which is capable of running
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mainline Linux. Replacing Android with [PostmarketOS](https://postmarketos.org/) took a bit of work, but eventually
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I've got everything working.
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Surprisingly, things like GSM, mobile internet, calls -- all work out of the box. And the
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2023-08-27 11:02:04 +00:00
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[Phosh](https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Phosh) interface is good looking and snappy enough that it compares
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to a 2-3 year old andoid phone.
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If you're a Linux enthusiast and would like to have some freedom on the mobile -- give it a try!
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You can get the phone on Ebay for less than $100.
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If you do this -- note that before erasing Android, you need to apply all updates. It wasn't obvious to me
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when I first started the phone and the "About" page has shown that I'm "up to date". You need to be really
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really sure that it's the case, otherwise you would have old microcode blobs in the screen controller and
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potentially other chips, and you won't be able to start Linux normally.
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I made this mistake, and had to follow a lengthy and convoluted process of using a leaked
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[MSMDownload tool](https://www.thecustomdroid.com/oneplus-6-6t-unbrick-guide/) to unbrick the device,
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and apply fresh updates. If you find yourself in this situation, follow that link. Apparently, this is what
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official service technicians would do to reflash the OS from scratch.
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