I put Maemo Leste on the sd card, ran it and it really works on the pinephone. The images are from an older system where QtWebBrowser could not be installed but Chromium worked. When typing on the virtual keyboard, the font didn't show up in Chromium, but it could be highlighted, copied, and pasted.

Phone calls even work, SMS can be sent and received and will appear in conversations. Connection via the operator's mobile data also works, but the APN context must be set after starting the system for the first time. I don't have a physical pinephone keyboard, so I had to turn off PP and modify the sd card in PC.
It is still not comfortable to use, but a significant improvement can be seen.

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I recently bought a PinePhone via your 'EU only' offer, which was a great help in not having to deal with the crazy customs here, thanks!   I made some progress with development, but I am thinking I'd like to work with something a bit more powerful like the new PineTab2.  Are there any plans to release an EU batch of pineTab2 devices?  I can you have US stock, but with $40 shipping, plus probably ~70EUR import processing fees, it makes the device quite expensive.

When we tilt our Smartphone from Portrait to Landscape... How does it know that we're tilting our phone?

That's because of the Accelerometer inside our Smartphone! To understand how it works, let's snoop the raw Accelerometer Data from PinePhone with Apache NuttX RTOS (Real-Time Operating System)...

Inside a Smartphone Accelerometer: PinePhone with NuttX RTOS

i updated today with pacman -Syu and now satellite doesn't work
 
 i get

 

I would like to put together a printable enclosure for the Star64 but cannot find mechanical dimensions for things like holes and connector placement.  Can anyone provide that kind of information?

Thanks
Mike

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Hi,

some time ago I was told to run updates via pacman since Discover isn't trustworthy.
I am doing that for quite a time now.

But even if pacman tells me the system is up to date, Discover keeps informing me about available updates which becomes annoying...

My question is now:
Why is that? I'd think Discover is kind of based on pacman or from where does it retrieve its information?
Is Discover definitely wrong, when pacman claims the system is up to date? Should I run the updates via Discover or should I really permanently ignore it?

Thanks!

Given the unnecessary complications of the pp-keyboard and subsequent disappointing user experience (e.g. it killed my Pinephone docking bar without warning, etc.) I was surprised to find there is still no convenient wiki-advice on the subject of ppkbd battery isolation. Does anyone know:

1) Is it practical to isolate the battery by adding an appropriate switch?
2) Can the keyboard operate without it's internal battery?
3) Would it be safe to use the Pinephone USB-C connector (charging &/or data) with the ppkbd battery disconnected?

Hi!

I bought 16 Mb version of Ox64 (128 Mb one was out of stock) and replaced SPI Flash IC with bigger one (128 Mb) and add MicroSD slot too.
Is there any way to download the initial firmware to Flash and boot as usual to use BLDevCube for further operations?

Many thanks!
With regards,
Maksim

With the release of the Explorer Edition, is there or are there going to plans to update our modem to a 5g modem, or should I just save money to get the newer phone?