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For Sale / Wanted / Gemini PDA (X27 UK 4G "All In")

« on: May 24, 2018, 11:47:49 am »

Sold.

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For Sale / Wanted / Gemini PDA (X27 UK 4G "All In")

« on: May 23, 2018, 07:59:29 am »

Recieved mine early last week, I've had a good play with it to see if it'll fit into my life but too much has changed since the Indiegogo backing so lets move it on rather than consigning it to a cupboard.

Lightly used, original screen protector still fitted. Keyboard working nicely now (those reviews saying it takes a few days to settle are not kidding - it needs to wear in before everything becomes consistent!). Been carried around in the leather pouch (also now worn in, incredibly tight out of the box!)

1 x Gemini PDA WiFi+4G Region: UK
1 x Gemini USB-C Mains Charger Region: UK
1 x Gemini Leather Pouch
1 x Gemini USB-C Hub
1 x Gemini Power Supply Cable
1 x Gemini HDMI Video Cable

I also have the rear Camera perk ordered and will forward this on for free once it arrives, if the buyer wants it.
Currently flashed with Linux as primary boot. I can flash with whatever the buyer wants pre-shipping if requested.

£400 with insured postage within the UK. I will ship internationally at additional cost, but bear in mind the keyboard and chargers are UK specification.

Seller feedback: I'm on ebay as hordarian, and various arcade game related forums (arcadeotaku.com) as cools.

Important: I have a window of a few days to ship this out right now, once that passes it will be a couple of weeks before I am back from a holiday. If you want this quickly contact me NOW!

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Gemini PDA - General Discussion / First impressions

« on: May 19, 2018, 04:40:37 pm »

First impressions: UGH I NEED TO GET RID OF THIS GOOGLE JUNK

I'll come back when I've rooted and cleaned it up. Sticking with Android for now until Linux has matured a bit.

Or not. Rooting and removing all the Google junk = no more Android booting.

Exceptionally irritating there's no AOSP build from Planet. But since I'm not using it as a phone, I'll see how I get on with Debian instead.

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Gemini PDA - General Discussion / FlashTool for Linux released

« on: May 19, 2018, 03:53:26 pm »

Of course! The FlashTool for flashing Debian won't run on Debian 9 itself due to using some ancient shared libraries not available from apt.

Here's how to cobble together/compile a working version from source. Compiles quickly. My notes - feel free to steal and fix into proper instructions. All as root, because.

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nano -w /etc/udev/rules.d/20-mm-blacklist-mtk.rules
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0e8d", ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}="1"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="6000", ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}="1"
service udev restart

apt-get install libqt4-dev libqtwebkit-dev
git clone https://github.com/dguidipc/SP-Flash-Tool-src
cd SP-Flash-Tool-src
qmake
make
mv flash_tool Lib
cd Lib
./flash_tool.sh

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Gemini PDA - General Discussion / First impressions

« on: May 18, 2018, 05:21:00 am »

First impressions: UGH I NEED TO GET RID OF THIS GOOGLE JUNK

I'll come back when I've rooted and cleaned it up. Sticking with Android for now until Linux has matured a bit.

Hardware is very nice.

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Gemini PDA - Android / Any tips for making the Gemini battery last as long as possible?

« on: April 10, 2018, 06:30:03 am »

Root it.

Uninstall all Google related stuff, reducing your background services running tenfold.

Watch your battery life skyrocket.

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Gemini PDA - Android / [Solved] Recommend a Podcast App for an ex IOS Downcast User?

« on: March 14, 2018, 10:45:18 am »

Podcast Addict is the only good Android one I ever found to replace the stuff I used on WebOS and Maemo.

AntennaPod is also good, but I'm.used to the above now so not switching.

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Gemini PDA - Linux / linux on Gemini

« on: February 02, 2018, 04:54:29 am »

I'm really hoping its a true Linux install and not merely sitting on top of Android.  Time will tell. I'd be happy enough if the bootloader is unlocked, root available and all the Android source too - provided Google services are ENTIRELY optional. If not then I want full Linux end-of.

So I tweeted Planet asking if Single Boot linux only - removing Android was possible. Their answer a succinct "Yes".

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Gemini PDA - General Discussion / Has mass production started?

« on: January 11, 2018, 11:03:10 am »

Great post. There was a temporary restriction but it seemed very confused and more associated with laptops (and tablets?) rather than phones. Meanwhile some Chinese phone makers are really picking up on what some want in a phone - The latest Ulefone has a 6080mAh battery with 6inch screen 13MP camera and 9.9mm thick. £165 + taxes...
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ulefone-po...earbest-2874463

Can't stand gadgets with non-easily-replaceable batteries. Use an LG V20 myself with a ZeroLemon 10000mAh replacement battery. Before that a G4 with the equivalent ZeroLemon for that. Prior to that a Nexus 5 with the "add-on" ZeroLemon case which was generally a horrendous experience all round. And in the distance of time a Samsung Galaxy Nexus (again with a big old extended battery).

Even though I've got an "all-in" perk (and the flipping camera too) I've no desire to carry the Gemini around for the phone functions. It's not quite flexible enough a form factor to handle being a phone 100% of the time for me, whereas the V20 does that fantastically well while being just about usable with one hand, Dual SIM allowing me to get rid of separate work/personal phones too.

(Order number 2620 so fingers crossed I'm in the first wave)

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Gemini PDA - Linux / linux on Gemini

« on: January 10, 2018, 11:47:30 am »

I'm really hoping its a true Linux install and not merely sitting on top of Android.  Time will tell. I'd be happy enough if the bootloader is unlocked, root available and all the Android source too - provided Google services are ENTIRELY optional. If not then I want full Linux end-of.

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Debian / Mod Libdirectfb & Libts Packages

« on: April 14, 2008, 09:16:09 am »

Please tell me you'll be submitting the patches to Debian upstream?  

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Debian / Swap 32gb Cf For Microdrive

« on: April 07, 2008, 03:30:38 pm »

The stuff in /proc you needn't worry about, it's auto generated by the kernel

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Debian / Swap 32gb Cf For Microdrive

« on: April 07, 2008, 11:31:25 am »

Cat gives same results as dd - won't work unless devices are the same or close enough

Use the tar method!

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Debian / A Clean, Fresh, Configured Eabi Rootfs Tarball

« on: April 07, 2008, 11:26:01 am »

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Checking root file system...fsck 1.40.8 (13-Mar-2008)
/dev/hda2 - contains a file system with errors. Check forced.
/dev/hda2: Inodes part of a corrupted orphan linked list found.

I've been getting exactly the same inode errors quite regularly, even when shutting down the machine properly. Not sure what's causing them yet.

In other news, I've had some success with the rather more mature evtouch driver in Debian - http://rogalian.blogspot.com/2008/04/zauru...erver-xorg.html Rotating works with the touch screen driver, but sadly it breaks the framebuffer driver...

The same bug previously occured with a non-rotated screen and evtouch, so I'm hoping the fix is similar.

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Debian / [done] Use Debian Official Xorg And Tslib!

« on: April 03, 2008, 09:45:44 am »

ca1eb: could you please post your xorg.conf or any tip for the Fn key?

henrysviper: could you post your xorg.conf please ?