Which is why adding Tailscale to this KVM is a killer solution

Excellent, thanks for the link!

I like your thoughts on runtime and recharge time.

That four hour limit really outs things into perspective for someone just starting out. Most people don’t understand the constraints at first.

I believe mailbox.org is all renewable, and I’m pretty sure it’s solar.

But you need a massive battery bank to run stuff, batteries have a limited lifespan (especially the crap used in a UPS).

It’s not cheap, you generally want to overbuild everything, and there are ongoing costs (hardware failures, batteries, etc).

But it can be done. Just have to do the math for your max power draw, then how much uptime you need determines the size of your battery bank and number of panels (which is influenced by how much sun you get/how consistent it is). You need enough panels to run your system and charge batteries, given the limitations of sun availability.

Wow, install Tailscale or Wireguard and you’ve got a killer remote support solution.

Weird people would downvote this. I usually don’t care (still don’t, lol) but someone downvoted the idea of installing a mesh VPN on this KVM, yet it’s already been done.

“too”

I recently switched my cell service to JMP.chat, which pipes your SMS into XMPP (it’s brilliant, SMS is no longer tied to a physical device or SIM). I still get spam sms, but it’s far less an issue.

Plus I can pop any Sim into my phone and it has no affect on my phone number that’s with JMP. That all remains in XMPP, and the new SIM would just provide a different data connection (and it’s own number with its own voice and SMS).

Have you ever used Yet Another Call Blocker?

I’m curious how it compares to Carrion (I’m not sure they’re directly comparable, looks like Carrion does a little more than YACB).

I’ve used YACB for years, just to keep my phone from ringing for unknown calls, and only allow contacts to ring through.

There’s still Lineage (which is what DivestOS is based on), and Graphene for Pixel.

I’m currently running DivestOS on a 2017 flagship, it’s really good there (I also run it on some Pixels).

I’m really hoping someone (preferably a team) will pickup DivestOS. Makes me wish I had the leadership skills to pull a team together.

Get the Universal Android Debloat Utility, it’s pretty good at letting you know what can be disabled.

Unlocked boot definitely costs more.

There’s also swappa, but I’ve had best luck on ebay. Some sellers are very clear about unlocked bootloader.

Why would manufacturers “stand up” to them?

They sold the phone to them. End of story.

This is old news.

Verizon devices have been bootlocked since about 2011.

The OG Droid was unlocked, everything after that was bootloader locked.

The app has registered for a receiver that’s handled by Google Cloud Messaging/Firebase.

When a message for that app is received by GCM, a broadcast is fired specifically for that app and wakes it up.

Oh, boy, to have my Moto Droid with new hardware inside.

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(Just an FYI, I’m guessing autoincorrect got you).

Great notes too, good point about the device name vs device ID.

Immich is part of FUTO now? Great, congrats!

I look forward to implementing it on my new home box.

Frankly, their asshole attitude sucks.

I had an error flashing it to a Pixel, and dev response was classic “what did you do wrong” instead of addressing the error message, they criticized me. Well, fuck you then.

Mind, I’ve been flashing phones since 2010, I’ve done hundreds of flashes, so I have extensive notes for every phone. My current approach is to use a project management app (MS Project), so I don’t miss anything. I’m meticulous - if a step doesn’t work as expected, I start over from the beginning, including re-flashing the factory image, until my documentation is spot on (I built desktop deployment images in a former life).

I’d read other comments about their behaviour, but thought I’d give it a try anyway. Sorry, if support is like that to me while just setting up, what it like if I had a real problem?

I’ve also seen the same behaviour when they discuss how their approach is different from other people - they don’t seek to clarify how their approach is different, but only to say their way is right, and to denigrate anyone else.

Graphene is useless to me with attitudes like that.

Samsung Galaxy S4.

“distrohoped”?

As in you hoped this next distro would be the one that worked well?

Sounds like S.O.P