Thanks for the clickbait headline. TL;DR - "custom firmware project resurrects the Nokia N8, transforming it from a drawer-dwelling relic into a functional device."
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Meanwhile, Sailfish OS - the successor to Nokia's fully Linux-based mobile OS - is about to release a relatively beefy device that has it preinstalled.
Not for North America.
Skill issue. Should’ve chosen EU as spawn.
^/s^
Haha, well I did choose Europe (Ukraine, technically UkSSR) as spawn, but then had to fuck off due to corruption and bleak future opportunities. Talk about fucking irony.
…if you can find a network to run it on.
i have one in my drawer that still works
wow... how many phones did include a mini hdmi port
yeah yeah there are some with DP over USB C now but still
The battery in mine exploded! By which I mean I found it one day with a big outward bulge in the back. Years after I stopped using it, but still I can't use it for this now. 😭
It's cool to see this happening on non-android devices. I mean, yeah, you could install Android 13 on your 15 year old Galaxy SII right now if you really wanted to, but Android custom ROMS for old devices are rarely worth the trouble IMO; they're often missing basic functionality and don't perform great.
This is more interesting from a usability perspective. Granted, you still can't use it as your main phone, as it doesn't have 4G.
Granted, you still can't use it as your main phone, as it doesn't have 4G.
Most places still have 3G/2G and some people use their Android phone only with Wifi.
Most places? Name one
China, still about half of India, about 2 billion people worth. Though less and less. 3G that is, 2G/GSM has wider share.