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Catching up on a couple days here... Yes, I'm working with @Digital_Toxin to resolve the locked boot loader. @acrux @schmittlauch I've never installed SailfishOS, so I'm not sure how that would affect the phone. But I can tell you that Lineage uses a different format for userdata (FBE instead of FDE) and modifies boot, vendor, and system partitions. I also suspect that AVB may have something to do with this. Are either of you currently stuck in a place where you are not able to use your preferred OS? @SchattengestaIt the kernel keymap location has been me

Well not exactly, it is based on WebView. For users: no. For developers: while I have not looked at it I seriously doubt it. Fulguris comes with a built-in ad-blocker.

Curious, since this is based on Chromium: Is there any way to get the extensions available for desktop Chromium to work on this? That has long been an issue for me with Android, that I can't seem to install any extensions on neither Chrome nor Firefox, which makes both of them equally useless due to being susceptible to ad-infested websites and thus drive-by virus infections.

The snapdragon camera does show thumbnails, but only if you have logged in, not if invoked when the phone is locked. With the phone locked, all you can do is shoot a pic. I suspect they did it as a security measure and, yes, it is annoying, but that is how it's supposed to work.

Quite right. I only meant that they were encouraging to those who want to do it, providing links, resources and a user forum to document experiences and promoting alternative OSes in their official tweets.

Yes, this is a nice example of the dillema a manufacturer has here. A user complaining about a product being 'faulty' is bad PR even if the fault is actually in the (mis)use and not the product - the last part seldom reaches all those that heard there was a problem... So I do understand that many manufacturers keep things locked being scared of this. I'm glad that F(x)tec give us the options. 🙂

Right, they are not pushing it but they allow the use of other OS (or don't really care). As the hardware has high potential, it would be a wrong decision to limit it to only run stock Android. However, it may also gain more work on helpdesk side, but this possibility is also a selling point (so it is also not black and white). It is right that an 'ordinary' user should not do it as it may cause false use of warranty service - we also saw it on this forum when somebody sent the device back to Dragonbox, while only its software was messed up.

I would say that "encourage" is pushing it a bit. I would rather say that they in no way are opposed to it, And openly tell people of the options, But I doubt that they will encourage the 'ordinary' users to do so, as it might limit them from running apps they would want, and increases the security risk, especially for the 'ordinary' users.

It doesn't if you open it using the camera button, locked or unlocked. Clearly stated on the spreadsheet the only workaround is to open it from the launcher.

I think no. The seat belt is not limit the use of the car at all. It is more like the car manufacturer or authority would physically limit the maximum speed of the car (I mean by software, which as far as I remember they started to speaking about). Basically the idea is good but there are circumstances (for example to avoid an accident) where you may also need higher speed to escape from such a situation... and here come the exceptions anyway. ...or a better example is later, when self-driven cars are widely available, an authority will not allow you to drive your own car just the