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Next step is drivers that allow switching on/off components of the phone through systemd to save battery. Proper drivers are the only major missing piece for Linux phone OS right now.
When Linux phone comes with lasting battery and fast waydroid I'll switch.
And firmware updates haha
Well that's harder
What firmware do you mean?
The firmware of the device components, that needs to be signed by the manifacturer and often has critical bugs.
I see, but which components do you mean specifically?
Modem, wifi/bluetooth chip, many more possibly.
In case of the modem I know it doesn't need to be signed. In fact, there exists an open source firmware for it.
Cool! Thanks for the info