I would like to use the Pine Phone auxiliary microSD slot with a memory card as external storage for data files. I would like to access the auxiliary microSD card from a laptop to transfer and manage files. Is there an easy way to do this with the card in the phone? I can take the card out and use a card reader, but from a typical user perspective that is not good workflow. When i use the tow-boot like functionality in Mobian at boot i only see the internal eMMC memory as a storage device from a Mac or Windows laptop, the auxiliary microSD is not shown. The Mobian Phosh Portfolio app can see the auxiliary microSD which is formatted as FAT to be compatible with Mac and Windows. I am unable to connect the phone to a Linux virtual machine so cannot evaluate things using Linux. Any help is appreciated.

Hi folks,

I'm using the latest 1.2 version of the Plasma distro provided by Fishwaldo.
I'm finding that many applications crash within a few seconds of launching them, or simply do not work.

- The web browser, maybe called something fishAngel? I forget the name. It crashes within seconds of visiting any web page.
- The web browser Konqueror is unable to bring up any web page. It just remains a blank page.
- The Settings app frequently crashes within 1 minute of launch.
- The "unicode" terminal app (not Konsole, the other one), has extreme graphics corruption and is unusable.
- After some hours of running, the window manager completely crashed, leaving only the Konsole running.

Is this just me (which might indicate a bad board) or is everyone seeing these problems?

Thanks.

Hello,

I am looking for information about developing applications for the pinephone.

As far as I understand, from the software layer point of view,
the Pinephone should behave like any multipurpose desktop computer.

But I wonder if there is a development kit for accessing the pinephone's devices:
cameras, microphone, gravity sensor, etc.

Thanks for any information,
Lagrang3

Hi,

I am trying to reproduce coresight-trace, a CoreSight ETMv4 trace decoder utility, on RockPro64 running vanilla 6.3.1 Linux kernel and dtbs (https://github.com/RICSecLab/coresight-trace).

The utility depends on a library called CSAL (upstream: https://github.com/arm-software/CSAL, fork: https://github.com/RICSecLab/CSAL/tree/f...dd5e7a744e) which is used to configure CoreSight registers.

I found that the helper script, csscan.py (https://github.com/ARM-software/CSAL/blo.../csscan.py), is supposed to print the topology of CoreSignt components given the address of the ROM table, but it ends up halting the whole machine when trying to access CoreSight components within Big core cluster. Here are the failing output:

So I have this very basic question:

Is it kind of "blasphemy" to run KDE apps in a GNOME environment and vice versa? Is there something like an unwritten law that says KDE apps belong to KDE only and GNOME apps to GNOME only?

I understand this is possible since everything ends up at the X server (or Wayland), but since I have to install large packages like e.g. "org.gnome.Platform" etc. to use GNOME apps in a KDE environment, I just wonder, if that is legit...?

Thanks for clarification for a non pro

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, maybe it's the KDE subforum or the developer site.
On my Pinephone (KDE Community Edition) I installed Watchmate to manage and update my Pinetime.
The Pinetime is found by the app but when I try to connect it I get the error "device rejected by app".
I had Watchmate running on other distros on the Pinephone without any problems. What could be the reason for this behaviour?

Thanks!

What's the latest update on getting a tip to install threaded inserts?

They're commonly used in 3d printing and the off-the-shelf tip adapters for other irons do not fit the Pinecil.

Example:    

https://au.rs-online.com/web/p/threaded-inserts/0278534

The most common size the 3D printing community uses is M3, followed by M2 then M4.

The tips could be made in several ways but I think the second option of the two I've sketched up below makes the most sense:
   


If there was a tip with element that simply had a m3 screw thread I suspect someone with a welder could pretty easily whip up the varying heads and sell them cheaply online.

next pinephone model, maybe "pinephone handheld".

this is a discussion to start possible features of next pinephone. i don't think there is going to be new model any time soon, maybe next year (2024) as earliest. i put my proposed features list here.

absolute priority:
generic bootloader and partitioning, which can be controlled. no fastboot, no android partitioning.

high priority:
bigger battery.

medium priority:
one battery integrated into one unit. edit: no two batteries, but battery is replaceable.
one unit with integrated keyboard, or dual screen.
horizontal flip.
full hd screen.
faster modem chip.
3.5mm audio jack.
usb port works if dual piece.
cpu, ram and gpu comparable to pp pro.

low priority:
nr5g modem chip.
all the keys should be inside the device, not accessible when (flip is) closed.
easy access to memory card slot.
possible gpio pins, these could be in difficult place.

this is a picture of keyboard accessory and pinephone. i would propose something little more bulkier and integrated. edit: battery and unit as one, but parts replaceable.

Does Pine64 shares how many pinephones are already sold? I am curiois about those numbers

Hi all, probably this has been mentioned somewhere and i missed it but when are the pinetab2 expected to be shipped. 
I remember reading somewhere it would be mid may, but i can't find it anymore and there seems to be no info anywhere.
Someone knows?