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Been working in IT for decades, Masters and Bachelors in Information Technology Management. I would like to mention that of the 14 people I know who have bought the Pro1 on my recommendation, there are 8 who are NOT in IT and 3 who are rather scared of tech in general.

It was a fake. After 3 imports that the guy at Fry's tried it started deleting the data. Thanks for your suggestions everyone. I ended up with a 512 legit SanDisk one instead; it was the largest one they had in the store.

OK, and now I also see why it's been given the epithet "the Clack"...

Yes. I had bought it at a brick and mortar store and was within my return window so I got a 100% refund. They didn't even charge me a restocking fee because it was not a ME problem. And they went and pulled all of the other cards by that manufacturer off the shelves.

We got the same in Europe, if the returned product can not be sold as new directly. e.g. need some testing and resealing of the package for sealed products. If you return say a fork, it is pretty easy to see if it is undamaged, but if you someone returns a storage medium, it (among other things) needs inspection for virus,

If you return something not because it's defective but because you are unhappy with it as it is supposed to be, stores may charge you a restocking fee if it has been opened. I don't know if this is a practice limited to the US or not.

Yeah, but everybody should know by now that that's what it is when they're backing a crowdfunding campaign. It's not really a secret. And as far as I remember, backing is still voluntary. So noone is forced to go along with those conditions.

@flx is not totally wrong, actually. It is true that crowdfunding pools like IndieGogo provide a kind of smoke-screen protecting small companies from customer rights they would otherwise need to fulfil. That is indeed something that should be discussed politically. The question is: would small start-up companies be able to get a foothold without that kind of protection? After all, they try to compete in a market dominated by players with virtually unlimited funds. So, if crowdfunding in the present form were to be abolished, public interest would probably dictate to find other mechan

I agree. But the Pro1-X backers *chose* to invest in a crowdfunding campaign instead of ordering a phone through the normal Fxtec web shop. Doing so they -- according to IGG rules -- provided money to Fxtec and, to a certain degree at least, freed them from the obligation to finally deliver the product. That is investing in a "common goal". That also direct FxTec orders are cancelled and transferred to Pro1-X's now is a different story. However IGG investors knew (or should have known) they took additional risks from the start.

I really believe that this kind of discussion is fruitless. If we agree on the common goal of keeping keyboard phones alive, there is no choice but to back the (few) companies like Fxtec. However, there being no choice sadly does not mean there is a guarantee of success: not every transfer of money is a purchase whose object can be claimed. Think of it like this: If I donate money to WWF to help them save the Amur leopard, and then the cat goes extinct nonetheless, would I get refunded? No, of course, I wouldn't. And I still donate every year.

Since I dabbled quite a lot in Symbian modding back in the day (mostly widget and theme mods, editing the SVGs and the .000000 hex files), I took an hour off today, disassembled and brought back to life my old Nokia E7-00. 🙂 I love the design and am so happy that the Pro1 continues that line. Truth be told I am a fan of Bauhaus and Dieter Rams 8 degree slant on his audio 308 turntable, so this might have something to do with my fascination with this phone form factor. Nothing important here, just noticing things. 😄

Thanks for the explanation. It's really the first time I hear of that. Apparently I never returned anything where that would be applicable.

This is all very well, and except for the grouping in the middle layer seems a fairly objective description. But it is absurd to categorize something where you expect/hope for something in return as investments or non-investments based on the nature of the return and not the expected value. If you fund something from the good of your heart or to support something (e.g. LineageOS, or Greenpeace) without any clearly priced value of the outcome, it is clearly not an investment. (*) But if you expect/hope to profit by a reward with a value not substantially less than the funded amount, it o

I miss my Sidekick. Still the best keyboard on a phone ever.

Thank you for emphasizing the important word here: "bought" we do not buy anything on IGG we invest. That is the whole point of crowdfuning. It is no different from getting stocks or bonds in that aspect. The difference is that with crowdfunding we expect a material reward of a product cheaper than it could be bought, versus normal financial investment were we home for an economical reward.

From indiegogo.com: "By contributing to a Campaign, Contributors are supporting an idea, project, or cause they care about and want to help make happen. Like anyone getting in on an early-stage project, Contributors accept the risk that the Campaign may experience changes, delays, and unforeseen challenges, or that a Campaign, and its Perks, might not come to fruition." That seems pretty clear and honest to me. What are you complaining about?

Again, being no lawyer, I doubt this. Backers have a well-defined contract with IGG, see here. IGG is a US company, so its contracts with customers are bound to US law only. IGG may choose to cooperate with international partners on a project, including partners from the EU or Britain (Fxtec). However that does not mean that backers have any direct contract with that partner. I think the picture that Fxtec is "selling" the Pro1-X through IGG is wrong. They gather money though IGG in the hope that it will be sufficient to actually build the phone and then (and only then) deliver

I am no lawyer (and am happy about that). However, what you write is the opposite of what IGG promises to their partners. They explicitly state that backer's money does not need to be refunded in case of a project failure. Also, despite of being a proud European myself, I do not see how (or why) EU law should be applicable to a California company.

As you read from others, you will not get any official reponse on this forum. IGG rules (as far as I understand them) allow Fxtec to either choose to refund backers or keep the money nontheless in the case their project (the Pro1-X) fails. Now, they seem pretty serious about not letting the project fail, but modifiy the Pro1-X such that it can still be delivered. So (again, as far as I understand those things) the "project" (the Pro1-X) is still alive and well, and refunding (all) backers is not even in question. As I have previously stated, I believe the Pro1-X will be the best

That's not true :) I Ordered a Pro1 when it was completely new and canceled my order as it was delayed for more than 6 months already. (year or two ago) I got my full refund - Thank you FxTec! You are realy a great company and trustful, but please work on your communication skills! Now I saw a new RAM upgraded version for an realy attractive price and I thought, now I'll wait, no mather how long it will take. But I must say, I'm realy thinking of askung for refund, because the missing hardwase-security features are really painfull for me. Especially because my daily business is

Solved it. It was the car stereo, not the phone. I went through the menus and found a "clear bluetooth settings" option. I did that – and the Pro1 connected without problems afterwards... 🙂 (The pic to prove it is here!)

Nah, i dont think these will worth anything. i just bought them for backup, at one point it was hard to buy them so i started buying them from where i could

Is there any way for people from WTB section to block this kind of threads? 😀

Can I just ask... why? 😂 it looks insane to me, in a way. Are these the new Pokémon cards, that will be worth a lot in the future, you reckon?

And i still have 10 Nokia E7 in original packing and running perfect is brand new confdition

Thats my collection over the years. Starting from right is OQO Model 01 then Fx tec Pro1 then Nokia E7 and finally imate Jasjar

Oh god this was from the time they gave u a free styles with the phone ( and 2 spare's) a charger a docking station earbuds and a protective case just straight from the factory , im telling u back then u recieved allot more bang for youre $ i had a bluetooth dongle for gps and was already using it for navigation with tom tom in 2004 i wrote a custom app so it would display my speed when driving my moppet ( the speedo on the moppet did not work ) this nifty replacement after the qtek died . it had build in gps and back then that was the dream very very good device . until the

Depending on your operating system, you may try F3 or H2testw, they will show you if the card is fake and you may ask a refund and show the result of the test program as proof of being a fake card. I think it will show you most of the data was corrupted which is usual for a fake card.

I'm afraid that's worrying. The Sandisk labeling on that card is for a line that only goes up to 32 Gb. Neither Sandisk, nor Amazon show any Sandisk card commercially available with more than 1TB and they are over $200. Fry's doesn't seem to have many Sandisk cards currently. Here is Sandisk's current listings with their label formts(No 2 TB SDXC cards): https://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22697/~/microsd%2Fmicrosdhc%2Fmicrosdxc-card-support-information-page I'd really love to be wrong, but I wouldn't trust this card. If everything on it is backed up elsewhere, mi

The N950 was the holy grail for me too. Still didn't manage to get my hands on one. I have an N900, an Ngage QD, a 6600, an E6, a BlackBerry Priv and an Asus SL101 tablet in my "collection", all working. I regret not getting an Xperia Play when I came across it at the flea market a couple of years ago. I eventually turned the E6 into a retro-futuristic "PC". https://builds.gg/builds/lina-12641

Here's my small collection of sliders; Nokia N900 on the left, and Xperia Play on the right. I haven't found a cheap E7 yet to score once again. I've always dreamed of the Nokia N950 though. The developer-only phone with - what seemed to be - a decent camera (back when I thought that was entirely dependent on the number of megapixels, and the ability to autofocus). I'm just glad the F(x)tec Pro1 exists to fill the gap in this era.

So... This happened :)))

PSA Updating to Sailfish 3.4 The update to Sailfish 3.4 on the Pro1 is much anticipated. Not only will it bring the great features in 3.4, but it also bring encrypted home partition for added security of your data. While this is a great feature, it is also not straight forward to implement, requiring a completely different style of installation to previous releases. Because of this, it is not possible to upgrade an existing 3.3 release to 3.4. The 3.4 release must be flashed onto the phone, after which it will be possible to restore any backups taken. Trying to force an upgr