I realize that yesterday it was exactly four years ago that I started the experiment to use the #Librem5 #Linux #phone as my daily phone.
I have been using it since then, and the software is being improved regularly and in a very transparent way.
Read here about the beginning of this experiment: https://janvlug.org/blog/one-week-librem-5-field-trial-day-1/
#MobileLinux #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #OpenSource #Purism
Would you be interested in a blog with an update of the current state of the Librem 5?
@codo @janvlug If you don't care about what's currently on the phone, you can just reflash it: https://docs.puri.sm/Hardware/Librem_5/Maintenance/Reflashing.html
If you do, there are ways to mount its filesystem over USB and investigate too.
@dos @janvlug Flashing according to those docs does not work at all. The `librem5-flash-image` does not wait until the battery is inserted and proceeds to print 'Failure 1' and still continues to run `SDPV: jump` and `SDP: boot -f u-boot-librem5.imx` 3 times. This is on an up-to date Debian and latest version of the git repo. I've even tried different cables and with and without dock in between.
@codo @janvlug OK, that's the one (the other string shows up in dmesg, I mixed them up). You should be able to flash it, though if the red LED is shining continuously you may want to give it a few minutes to charge up a bit first, as from the previous messages it seemed like it might have been browning out on power.
@dos @janvlug I've already done that a million time. Or should it be done with the battery in? And should the usb cable go in before or after? and start the script before or after? I've done already many permutations of these options.