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by Endy 1129 days ago
I hate to continue being the lazy end-user on this, but it comes up in my mind every time that Purism or a Librem phone comes up. I don't know how to set it up as an actual phone, and it's expensive for a miniature tablet. I've never seen a thing that says, "do this to get it working on Tracfone".

Until there's an easy guide for end-users to interact with so they can use it on a BYOD plan, it's of little value.

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What kind of guide do you need? I have just put my SIM card into it and it works fine as a phone ever since. I'm certainly a power user though, so maybe I'm missing something obvious.
Well, unless your carrier supports 2G calls (in the USA thats just T-Mobile), this phone won't work for you. Some progress is being made on VoLTE but it didn't work for me.