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Anyone? Anything else?
Hello and thank you all for the explaination. So I'll have to live with what it is now. And have a closer look at SSH.
Kind regards
SSHelper supports interactive Secure Shell (hereafter SSH) sessions and various kinds of transfers including scp, sftp, and rsync, on all common platforms:
* On Windows, SSHelper works with WinSCP, PuTTY and similar programs.
* On Linux, apart from normal SSH shell session activities, SSHelper can be used directly with file browsers for seamless filesystem browsing and transfers by specifying the "sftp:" protocol.
* On the Mac, SSHelper works with Cyberduck and similar programs.
For better or for worse (and whatever Google's fine print says), most people understand the term ‘Android’ to mean the full Google stack, and not just the open-source parts (if they're even aware of the distinction).
Yes, there should probably be a separate name for the latter, but there doesn't yet seem to be a widely-understood one. So if you want to avoid confusion, I can't suggest anything better than ‘Android’ (or, if you want to be really clear, ‘full Android’) for the former, and a phrase like ‘a free Android-based OS’ (or ‘an open-source OS based on the free parts of Android’) for the latter.
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Quote from: sdareKnow this thread has gone quiet, but am bumping because i agree with the goals emphasized in two posts by OP & Jake* a Gemini PDA running close-to AOSP
* more community-generated lessons-learned regarding fundamental gaps (ex: re-flashing, US SIM issues)[/li]
But Planetcom sold the Gemini to Indiegogo backers as a device that would have cellular data, SMS, and calling functionaity in two open-source operating systems: Android and Linux. Not Google OS and Linux. Planetcom never said that support for the Gemini hardware on Android would depend on installing proprietary Google services and apps in addition to open-source Android. There is no need, and no good reason, for Planetcom to force that dependency on Gemini users who (for whatever reason) don't want it. It's not a hardware dependecy, but purely a commercial or political choice by Planetcom. And it goes contrary to how the Gemini was marketed to Indiegogo backers.
As of now, mobile data, SMS, and calling aren't supported in any open-source OS for the Gemini.
I have no objection to Planetcom making available a Google OS distribution for those who want it. But firsn they should deliver the functionality they promised on Android and Linux.
Hi,
I’d just like to inform you that I have (temporarily) changed the #gemini-pda IRC channel’s mode to +r (registered users only) since we are now experiencing a flood of spambots in the channel, making it hard to use it. The situation is now apparently back to normal, but as a side-effect only users with a nick registered to NickServ can now join the channel. The issue with the spambots is btw impacting all the Freenode servers:
https://freenode.net/news/spambot-attack
We hope we’ll be able to find another solution in the meanwhile, to not have to limit the channel to registered users only.
Thank you for your understanding, we’ll keep you updated.
Varti
You have been kicked from #gemini-pda by @appservice-irc:matrix.org.
Reason: IRC error on #gemini-pda: err_needreggednick
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People who do not want to be spied on by google usually install lineage OS without gapps on a supported phone. That does the job, but there is indeed no keyboard on recent phones.
As I already said, I expected the same from gemini, but it did not happen. Alternatively, I would be content if gemini would issue their standard distribution without google apps and libraries.
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Or go to the 'Privacy' settings in your Google account and use the activity controls to disable the spying.
Quote from: ArchiMarkHowever, need to learn how to use Android without needing Google and signing in to apps, etc. If there's a good place online to learn about doing this, please let me know.
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-maps: osmand (or a new one called "Maps" which is even better), and also middleware to use wifi location if you want
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Oooh! I will definitely have to check out Aide. That sounds really cool! Thanks.
- Git integration with Commit/Dicard/Push/Pull/Branch/Merge and SSH support.
@jdcard
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Another issue is that you cannot directly answer a mail in reading mode. The answer function is somehow hidden in landscape display. To answer a mail, you have to leave reading mode and go back to the message list. It somehow works but is a little bit less convenient.
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Joern
did anyone use one of the early HTC Desire phones, which had tiny tiny trackballs? Ideal for scrolling. Android got changed so they became irrelevant. I seem to recall having a Blackberry for a short while, at work, with a similar thing.Yes. My second Android phone, after an HTC Hero. THe trackball worked well. I still have the phone somewhere at home.
maybe a second generation G could have one?
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/9308
Quote from: Dr. WatsonThe only disadvantage is that the OS on the PC has to support MTP. But any sufficiently recent OS does ...
It does? My Mac (with the current macOS) doesn't seem to…
I had to install Android File Transfer, but it's not very good: the window might look like a Finder window, but doesn't behave like one (sorts differently, can't see file info or move files within the drive &c). Quite buggy, too: can't transfer files with characters like question marks, confuses ‘skip’ with ‘abort’, and freezes or crashes quite frequently.
I'm currently running sshd on the Gemini and scp on the Mac, to transfer files over wifi (which is more flexible as well as not requiring a cable) — but the Gemini sometimes can't preserve timestamps, which will cause problems.
What options might there be?
And a related question: although I've used the developer settings to tell the Gemini to connect in MTP mode, it always starts off with just USB charging, and I have to use the notification bar to switch. Every time… Am I doing something wrong?
@Pdajah already answered, but the x25 only has a single sim. If you have 2, then you are using an x27.Thanks. Everything is working properly now
