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lack of [...] apps

There is no such lack, but you need to be willing to give up the apps you know from Android (or keep using part of the evil empires products by tinkering with or - android translation layer).

There are other apps to discover. I had to completely start over finding out which apps I want and which ones to use. For E-Mail e.g. I'm using a self-hosted in , because I couldn't find any app I liked.

The only thing I'm still missing is - one of two reasons my tablet is running on . The other reason is that I didn't come across a good tablet hardware made for linux containing an 4G/5G modem.

Or do people still order new ones at $800?

Looking for a OpenPGPcard in FLOSS Shop I came across this offer:

https://www.floss-shop.de/de/elektronik/geraete/78/librem5-mobil-phone

This completely went by me - it's possible to order a in Europe?!

Also would you reveal what bank you use?

Well, I own my own bank - at least partly - a very small part of it actually. @glsbank@ruhr.social offers to use ChipTAN.

I'm using this device as a second factor which together with the needed banking card really offers a second factor and is not just another software running on the same smartphone.

For paying online I use "Lastschrift" if not outsourced to PayPal (which I stopped using years ago), a bank transfer for smaller sums or sometimes the credit card which I have to confirm sometimes using an SMS TAN and some secret phrase. Generally I use my notebook if I do such stuff and only used my Librem5 very few times when my notebook has not been around.

It is the most secure solution beside HBCI which you could use with GLS bank also if you kindly ask them.

Librem5 - Mobil phone FLOSS Shop DE
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Chris Vogel
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Just to mention it:

Updated a Sony Z3c running and upgraded a tablet running . Thanks for all the people who build these systems!

It took me about two hours to

  • get the backup on the Sony working in twrp with a sdcard
  • do full system backups
  • update CarbonROM manually, because the reboot into recovery doesn't work
  • getting a stable usb connection to the tablet by rotating ports, cables and orientations of the plugs
  • install a newer version of recovery.img on the tablet
    • needed to recap how this is done in Linux using heimdall
  • install the newer LineageOS via adb sideload

Looking back at the process I prefer much upgrading my and I need to get back to the idea of getting a to get rid of the dependency on the LineageOS tablet.