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> The capabilities were wild back then and I can only imagine all the undocumented capabilities now.

I hope this can be eventually reverse-engineered. Pinephone's modem has some progress.

My daily driver, Librem 5, is as close to such device as possible. It runs an FSF-endorsed OS and has hardware kill switches for wireless and mic/camera. Can't recommend it enough.

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I've seriously considered the Librem. At the moment I have an ulefone armor with a really big battery and a very big bright LED flashlight for being in the wilderness though carrying a phone in the hills is not very practical. It's rugged but runs a carrier maintained version of Android. To have physical switches for wireless, mic and camera would be great. I am curious if you have run into any issues with RCS using a different OS and also curious if the Librem line will ever have a very rugged phone for extreme weather and with a really big battery for weirdo's like me.

Purism is probably too small to create a rugged phone for extreme weather. I never used RCS, and it looks like it's not supported even on the original OS, https://docs.puri.sm/Hardware/Librem_5/Cellular_Networks/iss....

> with a really big battery

Instead of a really big battery, I take a couple of backup batteries with me. Replacing the battery takes 30 seconds.

> Can't recommend it enough.

See, I think you can.

I'm glad I now have a personal HN hater coming to every comment of mine with a snark or (far-fetched) dismissal. Makes me feel important (not really, just funny).

It's amazing what endless shilling can accomplish!

When you put in the effort to make a substantive comment, and forego the empty one-liners teaching us nothing, nobody is happier than I am to not respond.

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