cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35008728
I have a pixel 6, so I have ~1 year of security updates left.
I would like my next phone to use a data-only sim card/esim.
Now I still need my current number, and am okay with paying for it in addition to a data-only plan. What I would like is to leave the pixel 6 at home 24/7, and have a way of forwarding notifications to the new phone.
I am self-hosting many things, including ntfy, so if the phone could send an SMS to ntfy that would be amazing.
Are there any apps that do this? It doesn’t have to just forward SMS, but all notifications would also work.
Should I even bother? Just leave it at home and check the SMS whenever I can? (Benefit of forcing people to use Signal)
You can use MacroDroid for this. Or just continue to use your Pixel with LineageOS
With no security updates to various firmwares?
@Dust0741 Check out jmp.chat (i can provide a referral code if you’d like a free trial). Your number would be ported there, and then SMS would go over XMPP/jabber to any device with a client running. Your phone can stay home, and you’d get SMS messages on your laptop or whatever device you’ve taken with you.
Yep this is what I’m doing currently, with Lineage as the phone OS and Monocles for XMPP on the phone.
I don’t use voice, so I don’t really care about it anyway. If you need voice, the Cheogram XMPP app can do VOIP.
I had a similar setup to this awhile back. You have to port the number to your VoIP provider of choice and then decide on what client you are going to run (no need for SIM card). I was wanting voice service and only needed limited SMS, so I went with linphone (and played around with zoiper too). If you are needing good SMS support, then JMP is probably the best. It supports both SMS and MMS. You won’t get E911 access I believe, but as data only its a good solution.
Free wifi is all over the place and if you wire up a mobile hotspot in your car (yes it somewhat defeats the purpose), you can get some pretty decent coverage.
having a hotspot you can turn on in an emergency is different from just leaving it on all the time, and even then decoupling the baseband system from your device is still worthwhile.
can you use kde connect for this? or if you didn’t want to do that, then pushbullet?
It might be possible with the Modular Android XMPP Service. I have never used it, so cannot help much. Nevertheless, it seems to have modules to notify of received SMS over XMPP. It may even be possible to send instructions to write a SMS.
