On Monday 31 August 2020 05:34:08 Marvin Jones via trinity-users wrote: > On Mon, 31 Aug 2020, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > >Anno domini 2020 Mon, 31 Aug 03:05:45 -0700 > > > > William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > >> [cutting out a lot of stuff ..] > >> > >> > > Don't use a smartphone, that's smart. > >> > > > >> > > Anyway ... if the phone is rooted, then I believe that this > >> > > problem is supposed to disappear. This is on my list, but there > >> > > are other things that rank higher or are more immediate concerns. > >> > > >> > Won't spill the fun, but the problem might not disappear. I have > >> > here a Samsng Galaxy note something with linageos. It can't do > >> > usb-masstorage-device. > >> > >> I wonder if something like a PinePhone would be more cooperative -- > >> or a phone with Replicant installed, or other free/libre OS? I've > >> been considering one of those options, because otherwise I believe > >> that I will move back to a landline. > > > > I was thinking about building my own phone from scrap parts. Something > > like the Siemens C55, just with an arduino + Sim800 module + 18650 :) > > OK! Warm up your soldering iron: > > http://skysedge.us/unsmartphones/rotarycellphone_3g/ > > available from the Brookhaven National Lab engineer Justine Haupt > that built the first one. Backstory here: > > http://justine-haupt.com/rotarycellphone/ > > But it seems not to be a _complete_ kit. There's a list of stuff > you need to supply on your own. But, there does not seem to be > any unobtainium in the list. > > It sure would be a WOW! factor at the next cocktail party I go to. > But, WAIT!!! I don't go to cocktail parties.... > > Jonesy Maybe you will have to start, once you have built it. Or if you build it, maybe the cocktail parties will come to you. As a matter of fact, I do have a pretty nice soldering iron, but now it is in my storage unit, which is far, far away from here. It would be a total badass feat, though, to be able to build a phone oneself. You have put the thought in my head. Bill