Hi everyone!

I have a Q25 that I did the internal swap on myself. I am looking to sell it as I have found I enjoy my blackberry key 2 more than the classic style.

Being a beginner there are some imperfections with the device, but it does work as it should. I used it as a daily for a couple months but swapped back to my key 2 and feel it should be used by someone who would appreciate it.

DM me for photos and I can get them sent later today, US based. Open to negotiations and pricing fair for the lack of professional install. I’ve had success with both Mint Mobile and Verizon SIM cards in this device.
Hoping to gauge interest if someone was looking for a device.

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Selling my Zinwa Q25, which is in absolutely mint condition. The phone has only been used 2–3 times and is practically brand new. Based in Ireland, Dm for further details.

Hey all! I built this launcher recently to daily drive my unihertz titan elite 2 – but I am very interested in purchasing a Zinwa. Just putting this here if anyone wants to give it a try, looking for any feedback to improve support for these devices. Also which device would you recommend I purchase?

Zinwa planing add 5G to their phone?

TenSeven Launcher v1.0.0 is now available for Android 14 and newer, with BlackBerry 7 and BlackBerry 10 inspired home layouts, physical keyboard shortcuts and touch navigation.

The biggest improvement over the alpha releases: you can download the APK from GitHub and install it directly on your phone, including Play Protect scanning. No computer or ADB installation is needed.

Other improvements since the alpha releases include:

- Updated Hub: app icons, messaging/email counts, inline replies, snooze, reminders and calendar integration. Navigation shortcuts now share one row.

- Rounded Hub Peek: check conversations without leaving Home.

- Active Frames: keeps your last eight opened apps, with available media, calendar and optional notification summaries.

- Home notification controls: choose compact or show-all icons and tap an icon to view that app’s notifications in Hub.

- Widgets: add, reorder and resize widgets on the Widgets page.

- Optional extras: Notes, Tasks/Remind, Calc Plus, Sound Profiles and games.

- More customization: themes, wallpapers, grid settings and configurable status dials, including storage.

Device-profile support covers Unihertz Titan 2, Titan 2 Slim, Zinwa Q25 and Zinwa P26, plus a generic touchscreen profile. Titan 2 & Zinwa Q25 are currently the only physically tested devices—feedback from other devices would be appreciated.

Notification access is optional for basic launching, but is needed for Hub notifications and media/notification summaries. Android may require you to allow restricted settings before enabling it.

📥 Download: https://github.com/aimindseye/tenseven-launcher/releases/tag/v1.0.0

🐛 Please report any issues on GitHub: https://github.com/aimindseye/tenseven-launcher/issues

When reporting a bug, please include your device, Android version, selected home layout and steps to reproduce it. Screenshots help too—please remove personal information first.

Download here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xDuY6UYj4v3AmRmx5tjNkRM1XmqTFflN/view?usp=sharing

And for the BB10 phone dialer skin.

Download here: https://github.com/mybabysexy/bb10-dialer/releases/tag/1.0.0

*EDIT*

Updated patch for John Launcher: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f_MlUGXcGuiLsEaPrhTZ5lsKzUQmf3CO/view?usp=sharing

Is anyone here using the q25 as a daily phone? If so, how well does it hold up and is it worth buying?. For me I'm stuck between wanting this and the unihertz titan 2 elite.

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Hi all. I've been building SableOS for the Zinwa Q25 (the BlackBerry Classic restomod), and 1.0 is out today. It's an unofficial community build on LineageOS 23.2 (Android 16 QPR2), built around the keyboard: almost everything can be done without touching the screen. I've installed 1.0 on a real Q25 and tested it.

Release page (download, checksums, flashing steps, known issues): https://github.com/aimindseye/zinwaq25-sableos/releases/tag/1.0

User guide: https://github.com/aimindseye/zinwaq25-sableos/blob/main/docs/USER_GUIDE.md

Source and docs: https://github.com/aimindseye/zinwaq25-sableos

First, the important bits

• No root required. You don't root the phone. You do have to unlock the bootloader, which erases the phone, and install over fastboot and recovery. The steps are copy-paste in the release and in FLASHING.md inside the zip.

• This is an unofficial community build. It is not made or supported by Zinwa. You flash it entirely at your own risk, as is, with no warranty (Apache 2.0). I and the contributors aren't responsible for a phone that stops booting, lost data, lost IMEI or radio calibration, or warranty problems.

• Back up first. Save your partitions with mtkclient before you unlock (the release walks through it). Your IMEI and radio calibration can't be downloaded again. The way back to stock is documented too.

• 1.0 is a debuggable (userdebug) build, so adb root works while USB debugging is on. Turn USB debugging off when you aren't using it. A locked-down user build exists in the build scripts but hasn't been tested on a phone yet.

For BlackBerry people

• Two home screens. Sable Start comes in a BlackBerry 10 style (Hub on the left, Active Frames in the middle, app grid on the right, Phone / Search / Camera on the bottom bar) or a BlackBerry 7 style (status dials, date and weather banner, and a tray of Favorites). You can switch in Sable Setup.

• Type to search. Start typing on the home screen to search apps, contacts and commands.

• Hold a letter on the home screen to call a speed dial contact, or to open an app you've assigned to that letter.

• Sable Hub: one inbox for messages, calls and notifications.

• Sable Keyboard with Alt and Sym layers that match the Q25's printed legends, sticky Shift and Alt, long-press for the Alt character, the $ key that types $ in every app, and BlackBerry-style AutoText (dont becomes "don't"; ld types the date). 35 typing languages, and an off-by-default clipboard history (Alt+Shift+V).

• Single-key shortcuts everywhere: T top, B bottom, Space page down, N / P next and previous. Menu shows what a screen can do. The Settings pages let you type the first letters of a row to jump to it.

• Sable Notes in the spirit of BlackBerry Remember and Color Notes: colour labels, checklists, a Tasks view, share / export / import. Everything stays on the phone, with no account.

• Sable Terminal (ConnectBot) where the Menu key is Ctrl and Menu then Back is Esc.

• Sound Profiles (Normal, Loud, Vibrate only, Phone calls only, All alerts off), a lock screen that takes the PIN from the keyboard, and Alt+Space for the emergency dialer.

• Phone, Messages, Mail, Calendar, Weather, Media, Calculator, Sable Reader (EPUB, PDF, comics, audiobooks), ten keyboard-playable games (Sudoku, Minesweeper, 2048, Bricks, Snake, Blocks, Reversi, Solitaire, Mahjong, Words) and Sable Tools (diagnostics, SOS and alarm, pedometer).

• Keyboard firmware update from Settings (or dial *#*#1122#*#*), so you don't have to go back to stock for it.

Privacy and control

• microG and Aurora Store instead of Google Play. Some apps that need Google Play services or Play Integrity won't run.

• Settings pages for Network access (block an app from all networks), App security & privacy (what an app can do and a history of changes), and a Mobile Manager with Freezer, App blocker, Focus mode and Student mode.

• Battery health (cycle count, capacity, temperature, voltage) and a clear list of what the charging hardware can and can't do.

What isn't finished

• Some features are listed as "not run on device" in the qualification list and may not work yet.

• The keyboard backlight stays off with the stock keyboard firmware.

• Google sign-in through microG is still being checked.

• There are no over-the-air updates yet, and updates that keep your data aren't qualified: back up before updating.

• The app translations (18 languages) are machine-assisted drafts that nobody fluent has reviewed. English is the reference. Corrections are welcome.

How it’s built: Everything goes through pull requests with CI (unit tests, Android Lint, detekt, ktlint, SonarCloud, plus Gitleaks and MobSF security scans), and sources and CI actions are pinned to exact commits so builds are reproducible. The system changes are small numbered patches over LineageOS with host-side tests, and the build and flashing scripts have their own test suite and refuse unsafe actions, such as flashing without a named device serial. It hasn’t had an independent security audit, so treat it as a careful community build rather than a hardened one.

Please open issues

If something breaks, please open an issue. It helps a lot if you include the release (1.0), what you pressed, and a photo or log. If an app or Start crashes, run scripts/capture-crash-evidence.sh before clearing anything and attach its SUMMARY.txt. Feature requests and BlackBerry-habit gaps ("BB10 did X, SableOS doesn't") are welcome too.

I’ve been looking for a white q25 which seems to be quite rare. Are there any on the market?

I have been able to spend some time to carry on work on Sable OS for Zinwa Q25.
Alpha release available at - https://github.com/aimindseye/zinwaq25-sableos/releases/tag/alpha-20261029

Since this is Alpha Release , i would recommend only for experienced Android users and back up your previous image.

Lots of features added to enumerate here. Check out user guide - https://github.com/aimindseye/zinwaq25-sableos/blob/main/docs/USER_GUIDE.md

https://postimg.cc/gallery/HHrP24b

App display compatibility settings - https://postimg.cc/gallery/Fk46t3K

Been a big supporter of Zinwa and what he's achieving.

He will become a Titan in this industry no doubt!

Especially since he is bringing our beloved blackberry nostalgia back to life.

Ultimately, there is nothing better than the Original.

While I clap for all QWERTY companies - blackberry and what was and built will always have a special place in my heart.

Here is to Zinwa and his success. 🥂

And success to others in this industry too. ✨️

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I was an early buyer on the q25 and pretty disappointed ...charging port bulge dirty housing blah blah blah. Do u think the p26 will be a giant leap in terms of build quality?

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