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Volla phone (is back and) will be a new UT phone in 2020

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      libremax
      last edited by 3 Feb 2020, 12:49

      Volla is back on kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/volla/volla-phone-designed-with-simplicity-and-security-in-mind?ref=3sdaga

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        Pookie
        last edited by 3 Feb 2020, 12:57

        Oh well this time it looks much more reasonnable.

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          Fla
          last edited by 4 Feb 2020, 16:54

          6.3 inch screen? Dammit when will this stop, 5 is already too big for me...

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            libremax
            last edited by 5 Feb 2020, 15:00

            Volla has "have reached the financing [low] target": https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/volla/volla-phone-designed-with-simplicity-and-security-in-mind/posts/2745852

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              AppLee @libremax
              last edited by 5 Feb 2020, 16:33

              @libremax Thanks for the update : that's great news. :bottle_with_popping_cork: :party_popper:

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                DansLeRuSH
                last edited by 10 Feb 2020, 08:38

                Hi everybody, I have a small and maybe tricky (sorry about that) question about Volla Phone : It seems that is based on Gigaset GS290 (same specs and look). Is the UB's Volla Phone image could be used on the Gigaset ?

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                  flohack @DansLeRuSH
                  last edited by 10 Feb 2020, 08:42

                  @DansLeRuSH You have to ask Volla, we have not participated in their experiments so far and we do not have either the image nor the device ^^

                  My languages: πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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                    DansLeRuSH @flohack
                    last edited by 10 Feb 2020, 08:45

                    @Flohack Ah ah OK, will I dare ? :grinning_face_with_sweat: (thank you for the answer by the way)

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                      makeixo
                      last edited by makeixo 2 Oct 2020, 13:14 10 Feb 2020, 13:10

                      It it possible to unlock the bootloader of Gigaset devices?

                      If you get answer to your questition from volla phone, feel free to share it with us. :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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                        DansLeRuSH @makeixo
                        last edited by 10 Feb 2020, 13:16

                        @makeixo It seems (for a majority of models anyway, even if I didn't find the CS290 in the list) πŸ€” https://www.gigaset.com/en_en/cms/lp/open-source.html

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                          makeixo @DansLeRuSH
                          last edited by 10 Feb 2020, 13:25

                          @DansLeRuSH Maybe it isnt added yet.

                          It would be nice having an port for the GS290. Chinese smartphones may be better but having the option to buy one which isnt build on inhuman working conditions, would be nice - at least in my opinion.

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                            DansLeRuSH @makeixo
                            last edited by 10 Feb 2020, 13:54

                            @makeixo Probably (for GS290). And yes it's another subject but I totally agree, I don't know Gigaset especially but I take the decision to systematically ask the manufacturer about the production conditions before purchase.

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                              makeixo @DansLeRuSH
                              last edited by 12 Feb 2020, 11:14

                              @DansLeRuSH Well, thats acutally known. Gigasets manufactures in Germany with a high degree of automation. ~ 60% automation. ~ 40 % manual labour without typical assembly lines.

                              Smartphones made in Germany! Gigaset Factory Tour in Bocholt

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                                DansLeRuSH @makeixo
                                last edited by 12 Feb 2020, 11:31

                                @makeixo OK, I definitively put Gigaset in the whitelist (and thank you for the video) :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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                                  makeixo @DansLeRuSH
                                  last edited by 12 Feb 2020, 12:29

                                  @DansLeRuSH They may not play in the same league with the fairphone and shiftphone guys but in my opinion its better than nothing.

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                                    DansLeRuSH @makeixo
                                    last edited by 12 Feb 2020, 15:13

                                    @makeixo I didn't even know Shiftphones (thanks) and yes, for hardware, the origin of the raw materials, the manufacturing conditions and the reparability ... or AT LEAST one of the three must be taken into account :thumbs_up:

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                                      makeixo @DansLeRuSH
                                      last edited by 15 Feb 2020, 08:16

                                      @DansLeRuSH well, they are a quite small startup.

                                      In my opinion they would be still a perfect fit for UT or SFOS, but I don't think we will see UT on a shiftphone soon. The shiftphone devices are still rare, therefore I dont think someone will port them for UT

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                                        L-00393 Banned
                                        last edited by L-00393 25 Feb 2020, 14:19

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                                          libremax
                                          last edited by 28 Feb 2020, 23:12

                                          Last news from Volla: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/volla/volla-phone-designed-with-simplicity-and-security-in-mind/posts/2769732

                                          Donate anonymously 1€/$ by year to UBports, all Ubuntu Touch users can do it ! Demonstration:
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                                            poVoq
                                            last edited by 29 Feb 2020, 00:55

                                            Nice, official UT support.

                                            Anyone knows if this is indeed using Halium9 as previously indicated?

                                            Might this open easy porting to other recent Gigaset mobiles with similar hardware?

                                            Fairphone 5 (waiting for port)

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