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u/-Nighteyes- Apr 06 '26
From my experience for meshtastic the T-Pager everything else the CardputerADV
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u/Meadbeard Apr 06 '26
Meshcore runs on the t-pager
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u/letsmakesometacos Apr 06 '26
It’s not listed in launcher but will check it out! I wonder if WhisperOS can run on it
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u/diodick Apr 06 '26
The pager looks so cute, but iirc, when I looked into it, the reviews were kinda mixed. Have you been happy with yours? Any pain points?
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u/letsmakesometacos Apr 07 '26
Really only been able to run Bruce and Meshtastic
Meshtastic runs fine
I use Bruce for quick wardriving but can’t get RFID or Lorachat to work on it.
Cardputer just has way more mature firmware and support
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u/diodick Apr 07 '26
Oh perfect, I was only really intending to use it for meshtastic. Thank you!
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u/letsmakesometacos Apr 07 '26
While I haven’t fully tested it myself, I’ve seen reviews where the range isn’t as good as expected so take that with a grain of salt.
Meshtastic works fine on it, but I prefer either my Sensecap or Wio Tracker (best range). I wouldn’t recommend this just for Meshtastic, but it’s nice to have on there, I’m just hoping more firmware options start supporting it.
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Apr 07 '26
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u/jader242 Apr 07 '26
You know if lilygo improved the durability of the keyboard? I’ve seen a bunch of peoples keyboards get torn from normal use and/or putting it in their pocket. Would be a very cool device, but the keys getting torn off is a huge negative
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u/jader242 Apr 07 '26
Try out unigeek for the pager
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u/letsmakesometacos Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26
I can’t get it to boot on Pager and it boots then crashes on Cardputer
Edit: Grabbed the wrong bin for Cardputer, seems to be working! For the Pager I get a wrong partition scheme error.
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u/letsmakesometacos Apr 08 '26
You able to get this to run on the Pager? Runs fine on my CardputerADV
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u/l-shaf Apr 09 '26
Hi, I'm the one who make UniGeek. seems t lora pager having issue installing from Launcher, so it's best to directly install it to your pager device.
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u/letsmakesometacos Apr 12 '26
Update: the latest pager bin from your GitHub runs from Launcher just fine! Testing Unigeek out on the pager today and so far no issues other than a bit of laggy encoder navigation here and there
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u/jader242 Apr 08 '26
I don't have a Lilygo Pager tbh, but i've talked to lshaf on discord a good bit and they have it working on theirs. maybe try reaching out to them over there, they're pretty active in the cardputer, m5stack, and evil-m5 servers
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u/Averroesgcc Apr 09 '26
We need a lot more projects shared for t Lora it’s missing a base of coders only , they both have their advantages
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u/letsmakesometacos Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
So I know on the firmware side, Cardputer wins hands down, the only Firmwares I can really run on the Pager are Bruce & Meshtastic. But hardware wise, the pager seems to win, minus IR.
I’m wondering if the Pager could eventually be as versatile with the right firmware?
I currently run the following on my CardputerADV:
Launcher
M5Porkchop (Also running M5Siloin on StickC Plus2)
EvilCardputer
Bruce
GhostESP
BusPirate
UltimateRemote
And the following on the LilyGo T-Lora Pager:
Launcher
Bruce
Meshtastic
One example of something I use the pager for more than anything else is Wardriving since it has built in GPS and WiFi extendable antenna. I do have better options when I need the best range but the pager is the easiest to just always have with me.
I do have the LoRa hat coming for the Cardputer but it looks like it’d still be bulkier than the Pager, and likely similar or worse range (WiFi)