Phone Case for Librem 5! Who could make a great case?

howil · April 25, 2020, 8:17pm

Looks like hackersgame already has a screenprotector for the L5. Please see e.g. at sec 45 in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_PzGz8dePY or at the beginning of
https://youtu.be/isEir7BodEs
@HackersGame can you please comment on this; whats the extra thickness?

j8m2p6f · April 25, 2020, 9:28pm

https://www.boxwave.com/purism-librem-5-screen-protectors/bwdcd/fvpkg-g/

hackersgame · April 26, 2020, 4:57pm

Both the birch and chestnut came per-installed with a screenprotector.

I made a mistake and removed the tab on the outside of the screenprotector, thinking, look a free screenprotector. Which left the outside a bit messed up.

After weeks of using the phone like this. I really wanted to get a clean shot and removed the damaged screenprotector. To my supersize, I found a clean beautiful screen protector underneath.
So, at the end of the day, read the blue tab that says remove and remove it.

reC · April 26, 2020, 7:48pm

so there’s a hidden level of transparency behind the first transparent level ? why didn’t you say it like that the first time ?

Jt0 · June 1, 2020, 10:32pm

I just thought of this thread and realized this video hasn’t been posted. Injection molded cases can be done at home (the mold is potentially expensive though):

Non-Google/Youtube link: https://web.archive.org/web/20190629183811/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYFoWP-3MYE

ecs · December 15, 2020, 5:06pm

Evidently, @david.hamner has produced a case (cover) for Evergreen. Direct link here:

Be.ing · December 16, 2020, 3:15am

Does this mean that Purism will be selling cases? If so, that’s when I’ll order a Librem 5. I’m not spending $800 on a device without a sturdy case.

ecs · December 16, 2020, 4:06am

I really don’t think so, at least not in the short term. The best option is probably to get one custom made at a 3D print shop, of which there are many online if you don’t have one locally. I think I made suggestions above or in this thread, which also has some fabrication ideas by other users.

veleno · January 10, 2021, 6:55pm

What about Purism partnership with them?

j8m2p6f · January 10, 2021, 7:12pm

You could send Purism an email and ask them.

amarok · January 10, 2021, 11:17pm

Yeah, no… I’m gonna need something more like this:

veleno · January 10, 2021, 11:29pm

Amarok

reC · January 11, 2021, 12:01am

is that the robo-prostetic that kicks the Alien’s butt ? is it open-hardware ?

kieran · January 11, 2021, 11:29pm

Probably. Power Loader.

Pacific Rim franchise FTW though. Makes the ones in Aliens look positively weedy.

Maybe soon in real life? https://exoskeletonreport.com/2015/10/panasonic-activelink-company-profile/

How did we get here? How about a case for the L5 then?

amarok · January 11, 2021, 11:31pm

Looks pretty open to me.

JR-Fi · January 12, 2021, 9:13am

Surely you can but an L5 in one of those Jäegermonsters. Maybe even let it take over. What could go wrong…?

A tad more seriously though, that adaptive case looks like a personification, with arms and legs. So why not having L5 as the brains and add a robotic case? It doesn’t have to humanoid - more like, maybe a quad copter capability on the case to move and one appendix…?

A personal helper “satellite”? Or… get a swarm of them? (What could go wrong?)

reC · January 12, 2021, 10:30pm

as a side-note … you need two people to pilot the ‘robot’ in Pacific Rim … not that there is such a thing in our sub-reality … is there ? maybe one of the newest U.S carriers is secretly a Decepticon patiently waiting to strike in the South China Sea …

Quarnero · January 3, 2023, 1:55pm

For those that need quick and robust storage/protection pouch for their Librem 5, I found one on Aliexpress that is almost as perfect as it can actually be (Style3 in size: 17.5×10.5×4.5cm).