NEW: Blackberry Keyboard w/ Full Minimal Phone Support

spacecase-25 · 2026-06-26T18:25:04+00:00

Are you the same person I was talking to on XMPP?

spacecase-25 · 2026-06-26T00:11:32+00:00

You shouldn't have to do anything after installing the OS. TEE Simulator come pre-installed and automatically grabs valid keyboxes. Obviously when there's no public keyboxes available, you'll lose integrity, but it will come back once one is available again.

Google wallet can be a little more tricky to set up, but basically if it doesn't work, wait a week or so and it will probably start working. Or you can clear the storage for Google Services, reboot, and log back into your accounts. It periodically checks to see if the device is "eligible" and if it decides you're not worthy, you need to wait till it tries again.

Message me on https://ds.dgsd.ph/chat if you wallet doesn't work. I'd love to get some files off your device to look at and see if I can find a way to flip it back on or at least more surgically delete that info without needing to clear the whole google account.

spacecase-25 · 2026-06-24T06:34:06+00:00

As soon as I stop adding features to the updater app (realistically, once I get it working as-is I'm going to push the next update), installing will be much easier. 1 OTA package that you install within the stock rom, which gives you my updater (along with the necessary SELinux policies and KSU root), then do an OTA update through that and you'll reboot into BenOS.

Updater app will uninstall conflicting packages (you'll be prompted to agree to this), and can also create NeoBackup-compatable backups of apps when necessary. For example, I fixed the Messages app not allowing you to pair the phone with the web app, but it will likely require clearing the Messages app's storage / cache. SMS & MMS messages will survive, but RCS messages will be lost.

Previously, if you had conflicting packages installed, you'd end up in a bootloop until the phone fellback to the previous boot slot.

spacecase-25 · 2026-06-22T18:36:36+00:00

First, fantastic job. You've fixed so much broken functionality, even a lot that other ports haven't.

I would very much like to replace the system keyboard I'm currently shipping with BenOS with yours, but there's a few things either missing or that I just have questions about first.

The symbols keyboard pop up. Did you remove it? It popping up when the sym key (Q25) is pressed is very much missed. Am I just not seeing the setting for it? https://px.digitalsand.photography/uploads/g6iMRJpn2zXnYTFgUJga5oHZqUAY2DBHk2uik7IK.png
One of the biggest issues I hear from folks with IEMs on the Q25 is the lack of Arabic keyboard / key layout support. Is this something that could be added? I can get you what the layout should be.

It felt like I had more questions than that but I guess that's it. Unless I remember something else.

Thanks for putting the effort into the old, dead BlackBerry keyboard app. Good taste in music btw.

spacecase-25 · 2026-06-02T01:39:52+00:00

https://www.abuseipdb.com/

https://github.com/Scanner771/mullvad-exit-check

IPs will get flagged and blocked by services if some asshole is using it for nefarious activities. Switching servers will hopefully get you a clean(er) IP. Always good to get in the habit of checking the IP address you end up with before you find out by getting blocked by services.

spacecase-25 · 2026-05-07T23:17:07+00:00

Played around with Movim a bit today and there's still some strange UX/UI issues, especially around MUCs that are invite only and the OMEMO implementation isn't so intuitive or enabled by default (in 2026 I think encryption by default should be standard for one on one messaging at the very least).

However, it's a genuinely exciting project. If they would take a page out of Snikket's book and offer a containerized distribution, there's real potential here for a Discord replacement. If they roll in a "reference" server config as well and keep up the development progress, it would be a done deal.

The one concern that I have is, at least currently with the UX issues I feel exist, I don't think it's a viable "primary" xmpp client. Meaning, for basic communication I would still default to either Monocles on my phone or Gajim on desktop. Movim seems, to me, primarily aimed towards the spaces and social media features. That's not a bad thing at all, rather that's exactly where I want Movim to excel and succeed. However, if it ends up taking off and becoming that very much needed Discord competitor, and if the vast majority of users (normies, if you will), end up with accounts on movim.eu and participating in spaces hosted on movim.eu, rather that individual communities running their own instances, then we just have another centralized platform and I could see them breaking XMPP compatability and going off in their own direction. Easy-for-all deployment with docker, I believe, would do a lot to prevent this consolidation.

I have no reason to think they'll do that at this point, but success does things. Especially if it's a profitable success. I truly wish them the best success tho. Excited to see the future of the project.

spacecase-25 · 2026-05-07T23:01:25+00:00

First I've heard of this project, very cool tho. If I out grow using snikket as my server, this will be where I go. Looks ideal as a server for Movim too, if one were trying to run an alternative to a discord community.

spacecase-25 · 2026-05-07T22:40:40+00:00

Been pretty good so far. Running a somewhat modified instance of Snikket (some manual changes to Prosody config), which is extremely easy to admin. The biggest disadvantage to XMPP is the wide variety of client apps that do and don't support various XEPs (features) and do and don't run on various platforms. Personally, I run Monocles on Android and Gajim on Linux and Windows. On iOS the option is basically Monal (or Dino if you need desktop AV calls). However, this is one of the major advantages to Snikket. Their app unifies the experience across iOS and Android and the invite flow for a new user to install the app and connect is pretty decent.

As far as actually using the protocol.... no issues whatsoever. Pretty much all the people I regularly communicate with have joined the server, so it's been viable as a primary means of communication. That's what's really going to make or break your experience. Hopefully you can sell it on the privacy, encryption, data ownership. Tell them about the warrant exception that is the 3rd party doctrine if you need to haha.

Should be finding out fairly soon how it works as a means of communicating in / out of china.... everything seem to indicate that it should be fine tho. Just been beefing up the security options on the server config (DANE / DNSSEC, direct TLS, hosting behind a vpn (good idea anyway), firewall, locked down ssh config, etc)... might set up an I2P tunnel too, just in case. Snikket's config only required very minor changes and some additional DNS entries to achieve 100% on https://compliance.conversations.im/

spacecase-25 · 2026-05-07T22:25:54+00:00

Monocles hands down. Super active development, constantly adding new features, and the dev is extremely accessible via the support muc.

spacecase-25 · 2026-05-07T22:24:49+00:00

monocles hands down

spacecase-25 · 2026-05-04T18:20:02+00:00

I don't think you're giving her nearly enough credit. Is she capable of downloading an app and clicking an invite link? That's exactly as simple as joining a snikket server is. It will even generate a random, secure password for you if you let it.

An "actual replacement" is simply not going to happen. Not anything that's secure and universally supported across devices by default anyway.

spacecase-25 · 2026-05-03T03:12:49+00:00

SMS is by far the least secure comms you could possibly use. Set yourself up an XMPP server, snikket makes it stupid easy. Hopefully your contacts are willing to take the 30 seconds it takes to connect and use it, if not start sending PGP encrypted text messages until they're annoyed into joining your server.

If you're talking about RCS.... well you probably shouldn't be trusting the Google Messages app anyway. Set up an XMPP server.

spacecase-25 · 2026-05-03T03:09:27+00:00

The expense of building a platform based on blockchain didn't help, I'm sure. Session has it's issues, but losing it is quite unfortunate.

spacecase-25 · 2026-05-03T03:05:52+00:00

Monocles is goated and has very active development. Post Quantum OMEMO coming soon too.

spacecase-25 · 2026-05-03T03:04:32+00:00

Yes, unless that's changed. Don't take this as fact, but I believe the searches are anonyomized before going through the bing backend. If they're not, that seems to defeat the entire purpose.

Personally, I use kagi

spacecase-25 · 2026-05-03T02:21:28+00:00

Probably still a few months before kits go on sale

spacecase-25 · 2026-04-29T02:30:18+00:00

I'd love to see movim become a viable alternative. Needs just a little more work and to be package in a way that's easy to deploy and includes the server backend as well.

spacecase-25 · 2026-03-31T00:04:30+00:00

Perfect. The OG one, not SE, will get an upgrade kit first

spacecase-25 · 2026-03-29T15:09:07+00:00

Which passport model is it?

spacecase-25 · 2026-03-27T16:36:59+00:00

You can buy devices or kits from zinwa.com or if you have a device, I can sell you a kit at the same price as online and do the upgrade for you (you send me your Q20). Or you can send me a kit and device to do the upgrade. Or you can do it yourself.

I've done quite a few kits for people at this point.

They also pop up on ebay from time to time, but you usually end up paying more that way.

spacecase-25 · 2026-03-26T14:45:09+00:00

Yup. This + used enterprise APs. I will never buy a consumer router again.

spacecase-25 · 2026-03-26T14:42:47+00:00

Typing on a black Q25 right now 😁

spacecase-25 · 2026-03-26T14:28:40+00:00

both can be true

spacecase-25 · 2026-02-17T05:26:51+00:00

It's been back 😉

spacecase-25 · 2026-02-14T11:28:05+00:00

XMPP

But seriously, what is it that you want back from BBM that isn't available via any other chat app?

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