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« on: March 28, 2021, 05:21:23 am »
1. Yes. You also need it for blobs for linux (hybris)
2 Even with 100% Linux, the Android system will stay. DO NOT EVER WIPE the device in twrp because there is no android image available for download. As in Sailfish OS devices, the base android firmware has to be on the device.
3. There are many apart of what you mentioned. Syncing numbers is one of them. You can use Thunderbird for exchange and dav sync but those numbers will not show up in the phone app.
For a daily driver the phone delivers - in my opinion - not a good user experience. Under Linux even aweful. Too bulky, too heavy, too buggy. Still, there is no alternative on the market in that small size. My needs are as yours, I am happy with Thunderbird with PGP, Firefox, Hexchat and Telegram. But I still have my Sailfish phone with me for calls and as a hotspot for the cosmo, connman does not work as it should. There are downsides with connman AND with the KDE network manager: First is bad for wifi, the latter does not work for 4G.