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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It seems the things that are most important to me, no one else cares about, because they're always missing from these reviews.

  1. Is the bootloader unlockable so I can keep it working after they discontinue updates next year?
  2. Cell reception
  3. How much bloatware/spyware am I gonna have to deal with?
[–] Robin 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree but in this case an unlocked bootloader is unlikely to help. These niche devices rarely get good roms

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The folks over at XDA have rooted the original Hibreak and are actively working on trying to reverse engineer the display drivers so they can install LineageOS. The person working on it right now has a good track record with other e-ink phones.

I wouldn't pull any triggers until it's released, but worth watching that activity.

ETA: https://xdaforums.com/t/bigme-hibreak-root-mediatek-6765.4697830/page-7

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