Why do you think you need approval? You've got a modem that speaks GSM/3G/LTE and the towers speak the same - no approval necessary.
Am I able to register a phone number and have others call it from other carriers?
I would love to use a phone in that manner. in the same way I built my own desktop to connect to the internet.
Re:50 days of postmarketOS
by ollieparanoid on Saturday July 15, 2017 @07:00AM
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Actually, to port a device all you need is some Linux knowledge. Check out the guide:
https://github.com/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/wiki/Porting-to-...
I guess you also need a device that is already supported by LineageOS, right? I have a damaged Huawei Ascend P7 Mini that I would love to try postmarketOS on, but having to port LineageOS first makes it seem like more of a long-term effort than a weekend hack.
Re:50 days of postmarketOS
by ollieparanoid on Saturday July 15, 2017 @02:49PM
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No, all you need is the source code to a kernel that works on the phone. This could be from LineageOS, AOSP, TWRP, CyanogenMOD (if they didn't transfer it to LineageOS yet), or any other random repository on github with "kernel" and your device's codename in the repositories name. There are lots of those actually.
Even if you can spend "only" one weekend on it, it would hep porting to your phone immensely. As we document our progress in a device specific page, someone else can pick it up from there and advance your port!
https://github.com/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/wiki/Devices
Get started here: https://github.com/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/wiki/Porting-to-...
This is really exciting!
If there is a way for a laymen to help please provide some guidance, I'm comfortable tinkering around with Linux and breaking and fixing things but this looks a bit over my head.
Keep up the great work!