[BlackBerry Priv] Debate_Haver57:
Similar to what Kyle M did, I’m wanting to build a device ostensibly on the back of a blackberry priv (not quite as crude as that, like I’ll print an enclosure and see what hardware I can get/design breakout boards for, but it will be a non-priv device that, from the front, looks like a priv, and is probably about as thick as a gbc)

I’ve had so many questions in so many different places, and just about every time I think I figure something out, there’s another bizarre element of this phone that throws me for a loop (or sometimes a component I’ve chosen turns out to have a fundamental flaw that makes it unusable for this project. Latest to go was the sbc I was gonna use. My choice is use a single proprietary battery, or face the ports inwards and use the usb c power, and like, no thanks, I’ll keep my phone with an actual Ethernet port thank you).

Anyways, my burning questions that seem unanswerable, and trust me, I’ve been all over the web looking for these, there is NOTHING.

1) what are the actual dimensions of the screen. I know, 5.4”. OR is it 5.43”. Now, I know this measures the visible screen diagonally, but I want to know the width and height of the flat portion of the screen. (But also, if we can record the total width and height too, obviously the height not being different, that’d be swell). It’s wild to me that even in forums where doing this has been mentioned (someone mentioned it once on cranberry, and I think I actually cried, as it was never answered, they just carried on with the thread), nobody has ever, in the history of the internet, slapped a damn ruler on the thing and posted a picture

2) does anyone know literally any details about the screen beyond the resolution, the fact that it’s amoled, uses an extra long flex connector, and it has a slight curve? I’m asking because ideally, I want to reuse the screen. It’s perfectly decent, and fits the upper frame perfectly, and it’d be one less thing to replace. However, do one Google into reusing phone displays on SBCs (look up mipi dsi drivers for the uninitiated), and you’ll find that it’s a non starter for all but the insane and the masochistic. If you’ve read this far, you might have figured out I’m both, so reverse engineering won’t stop me if I find the time and the equipment and read some guides, but like, if you can find me model numbers or pin counts or port labels (which of course the motherboard doesn’t have). Even just seeing what the two different connectors do when unplugged would be grand

3) I did see in Kyle M’s priv like device thread that he had issues reusing the keyboard as it’s a 20 pin connector, and you’ve got the synaptic chip to deal with too. Did anyone ever get anywhere with that (I did ask on his thread too, but I need some more info)? I’m assuming at the very least, if I follow the process involved in creating the original bb q10 keyboard breakout board (look up the feather stuff), it should be roughly similar, and preferable to previous generation BBs (look up the USB-ification of a bb curve keyboard), but I don’t want to go re-invent the wheel if I don’t have to.

4) camera connector? I collect cameras anyway, so it’s hardly as if a Linux based gameboy sized slidey phone will be my go to picture snapper, but waste not want not. (I’m assuming mipi csi, but again, drivers model numbers, any info you have, please I’m begging, even just very small letters that don’t show up in pictures usually or appear on aftermarket parts.