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So I ended up building my own phone. Backstory: A few of you know me for my hardware modding adventures. I've replaced the broken USB port with a new port. I've then removed the fingerprint sensor to replace it with a secondary USB port for a more comfortable landscape mode. I filed away some parts of the display mount to make it more durable and I was about to replace the battery while reusing the old BMS. I did all of that to make my Pro1 work as I wouldn't want to live without a keyboard phone. Sadly, the issues didn't stop. The camera quality is bad, it's horr

A lot of times, stuff gets produced and is sold by different companies. I don't think that FxTec is clickstec but I could imagine they work with the same supplier. And who knows, maybe one company copied the idea of the other when they heard what they are doing. I mean to remember that FxTec failed with the Moto Case since they didn't launch the phone like they meant to (click-on external hardware connected to te phone). I don't remember the details but I'm quite sure it wasn't FxTec's fault. FxTec also succeeded in building a great phone. The mass production just never worked out. I

Lineage-21-20240311-NIGHTLY-pro1x with Feb 5th security patch installed smoothly via OTA. MindTheGapps14, and root was maintained.

I had similar approach many years ago when I bought iPhone 6 bluetooth case for Xiaomi Mi4c. I had to make some modifications for the case but it was quite ok. See more below. It seems that you wre still able to buy those cases: https://www.boxwave.com/apple-iphone-6-cases-and-covers/keyboard-buddy-apple-iphone-6-case/bwpdd/pkz-pkgw/ https://community.fxtec.com/topic/2127-i-built-my-own-keyboard-phone-here039s-what-i-learned/?tab=comments#comment-33164 BTW have you guys seen https://www.clicks.tech/? New Blackberry style keyboard case for iPhone.

Thank you guys! If anybody wants to rebuild this setup, feel free to ask any questions here or via PM. I'll report how it works as a daily driver in a few months but right now I'm very optimistic. The keyboard feels better than my Pro1 which is already quite worn out. I personally also like that you don't always hit the display when using the top row of the keyboard and you have actual F1-F12 keys.

I notice Minimal has now reversed themselves. They say the phone will be done even if they don't reach their goal. Which would worry me if I were a backer because it sounds like a way not to have to do refunds. They also say they are planning on doing a lot of marketing in the next couple of weeks. That should have all been done just before the campaign. They are also doing the Planet Computers thing. "Only 4 left" they keep telling me in emails, but, of course, they add a few every time they get down to 1. And being barely over 50%, you know there are going to be many many more, but

This was my rig. I pulled the custom shell for S5 to substitute a Pixel 4a, and the fishing line is my own primitive workaround to keep it from flipping over. The type on the handle are my key remappings for em dashes, etc.

I think that we can't say only based on address if clicks tech people are F(x)tech. According to the Verge, clicks tech company is founded by MrMobile (Michael Fisher) and CrackBerry Kevin (Kevin Michaluk). To my knowledge these guys are not working at F(x)tec. But sure it is interesting that the building is the same. - https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/4/24024957/clicks-iphone-keyboard-case-iphone-14-15-lightning-usb-c

I like the approach you had there. The mechanism seems very stable, exactly like the Droid 4. Was this a bluetooth keyboard included in a case or did you build that yourself?

For LOS 20, I initially installed Magisk the recommended way, but I would lose root with every OTA while watching you post "I upgraded and kept root and GApps." That was annoying! After I did the sideload trick, I no longer lost root with the OTAs. I didn't uninstall Magisk, just sideloaded it over the existing installation. So I hope that works on v.21 for me now too.

Brilliant! And, maybe, our future.

Hi, I have a Pro1 X (Blue/8gb/256gb) that I received in August 2022. I have never used it really. I have had it on, perhaps for a week or so in total. Using it to set up, but not taking it out and about. I installed Sailfish OS for a while, but then moved back to the userdebug beta android firmware to record some logs for Fxtec, and then haven’t used it since. I was waiting to further assist fxtec with logs, but well, they went missing - as we all know. I will reflash it with the shipped firmware prior to sending it. I have charged the battery every couple of months, and i

AT&T are pretty much out of the question. They are now the most aggressive white-listers and they will boot you. As I said before, people have gotten Verizon working, but, yes it has to be a SIM muled in a Verizon phone approved for ViLTE on their network, and then moved to the Pro1x. T-Mobile and their MVNOs are the only ones in the US that just work, Moving to Lineage still gets you the play store, using MineTheGapps 14 (see the begining of this thread). Other security intensive apps, I don't know. Depends on if they detect the unlocked boor-loader state (chances are, your boot