[conspire] (forw) Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] | | | Android GRIPE ! | | I take it this was a suggestion to load another OS on the smartpho. Could be a good possibility....

[Nick Moffitt]

Daniel Gimpelevich:
> On Wed, 2016-05-25 at 21:50 -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> > Despite the (somewhat false) claim of Ubuntu Phone / Ubuntu Touch
> > being open source, there is zero existing facility for reflashing
> > any phone, even eligible ones, with the OS.  The only way you can
> > presently get it is as a preload on one of the four official
> > devices.
> 
> This is false. It was ported to many existing phones and you can flash
> any of them with it. The reference model was always the Nexus 4, which
> can still run it great. 

I am led to understand the fairphone 2 can run it, as well.