hey all,

when I go to install any of the newer images (tried as far back as august) I get no volume on my microphone during calls. I recently came across this, https://github.com/the-modem-distro/pine...ETTINGS.md and found that the setting for the microphone volume was not in the alsa ucm config file at all. I wrote it in there, and it did fix the volume until the next reboot. as the phone was booting up there was an error on the screen saying that the audio file was corrupted or wrong, something like that. while the line I wrote didn't change the phone went back to no volume on the mic. 

is there anyway to get the volume settings to stick? 

if there's no way to fix this currently, does anyone know of an image that doesn't have this issue? I'm supposed to set up two phones this month, and need at least calls and texts to work

any help is greatly appreciated!

Edit: updated the phone today, and now the microphone works. it updated some things with pipewire.

Hi there,

just a short question to the PinePhone Pro owners:

How is the battery life today?

I've often read it is very bad (worse than normal PinePhone) BUT this statements were all from 2021, and I guess things have changed a bit (like they did for the normal PinePhone earlier) - So how it is today?
Is the battery life at least as 'good' as on the normal/classic PinePhone (non-Pro)?
My normal PinePhone today just manages to get me through a work day (which is not great but OK... but shorter battery life would be a problem), would be the Pro be comparable today?
(And please add your operation system in the answer, perhaps it makes a difference.)

Thanks for any reply!! 

Best Regards,
dante404

Hello all,

I'am trying to use a soquartz module on a cm4-io board, with a emmc chip on it (mmcblk1). I'am able to install, manjaro, armbian, pleb. I'am able to boot on the emmc, but the usb port won't work except when I have a sdcard inserted in my cm4io board.

Is there a way to get usb working without sd card?

Here's some informations:
Without sdcard:

Quote:lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Quote:lsusb
Bus 001 Device 013: ID 0424:2514 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Quote:udevadm monitor
monitor will print the received events for:
UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing
KERNEL - the kernel uevent

KERNEL[6269.749066] add      /devices/platform/fe2b0000.mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:aaaa (mmc)
KERNEL[6269.753961] add      /devices/virtual/bdi/179:0 (bdi)
UDEV  [6269.769249] add      /devices/platform/fe2b0000.mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:aaaa (mmc)
KERNEL[6269.771594] add      /devices/platform/fe2b0000.mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:aaaa/block/mmcblk0 (block)
KERNEL[6269.772159] add      /devices/platform/fe2b0000.mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:aaaa/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p1 (block)
UDEV  [6269.772502] add      /devices/virtual/bdi/179:0 (bdi)
KERNEL[6269.772893] bind    /devices/platform/fe2b0000.mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:aaaa (mmc)
UDEV  [6269.901933] add      /devices/platform/fe2b0000.mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:aaaa/block/mmcblk0 (block)
KERNEL[6269.934898] add      /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1 (usb)
KERNEL[6269.969263] change  /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1 (usb)
KERNEL[6269.969411] add      /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[6270.033728] bind    /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[6270.034182] unbind  /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[6270.034503] remove  /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[6270.034771] change  /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1 (usb)
UDEV  [6270.056507] add      /devices/platform/fe2b0000.mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:aaaa/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p1 (block)
UDEV  [6270.059122] bind    /devices/platform/fe2b0000.mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:aaaa (mmc)
KERNEL[6270.129216] change  /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1 (usb)
KERNEL[6270.129397] add      /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[6270.193638] bind    /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[6270.193788] bind    /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1 (usb)
UDEV  [6270.197201] add      /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1 (usb)
UDEV  [6270.201544] change  /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1 (usb)
UDEV  [6270.205151] add      /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 (usb)
UDEV  [6270.208560] bind    /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 (usb)
UDEV  [6270.211622] unbind  /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 (usb)
UDEV  [6270.213159] remove  /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 (usb)
UDEV  [6270.217478] change  /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1 (usb)
UDEV  [6270.221733] change  /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1 (usb)
UDEV  [6270.225214] add      /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 (usb)
UDEV  [6270.228709] bind    /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 (usb)
UDEV  [6270.232849] bind    /devices/platform/fcc00000.usb/xhci-hcd.9.auto/usb1/1-1 (usb)

14" PineBook Pro, purchased in late 2022

I stood up the desktop and had it just starting working
I wanted to upgrade to the latest Manjaro ARM kde Plasma for PBP v22.12 
as I followed the directions, my system only gets to green power LED, no screen, no sound  - I'm stuck.
I do not recall interrupting the process, although at this point I am not ruling it out.
I would like to get the PBP laptop stood up to a desktop environment for Plasma/Manjaro

Hi folks

I think I messed up pretty bad after trying install the latest version of Manjaro to my laptop, I downloaded the latest generic image from the website, I flashed it onto my SD card I did the setup and then flashed the image to emmc with the following command:

Dropped it on the corner and broke the screen.  

Replaced it and the "slide up to unlock" is not working now (will not slide up!).

Any suggestion or recommendations?

Hi

i've had some weirdness with my pinephone keyboard. (might be my fault but just reporting/checking)

and i don't know if its because i did something wrong or something else.

Here is my experience:

with the keyboard attached the battery drains faster then without.

-without the keyboard my pp is still alive after a nights sleep
-with it's usually almost dead, the main battery completely drained and the keyboard battery very low

other things:
-the charging seems very slow through the keyboard
-pp also seems to run hotter more often with the keyboard attached (warmer to the touch then normal)


Now i have to admit, when i got the keyboard i was excited and hooked it to the pp and attached the dock + charger via the pp's usb-c (yup didn't read the manual lol)
Not sure if that is what caused this. but it could be.

has anybody else had this experience? is there a way to verify that i messed up the hardware? or any fixes?

thanks!

Hi

question:

My wifi sometimes just dies, and i was wondering is there a way to reset the hardware/driver or something? like the modem reset command?

thanks!

Dear community,

I really feel stuck with my Pinephone Pro Explorer Edition, purchased last year and abandoned for almost a year, after so may unsuccessful attempts to have it working.

Today, the only way I can have it showing sign of life is connecting it in MASK ROM mode and havind a lsusb command in a terminal on my Linux PC.

All the attempts that I have made to power on my device have failed.

To discard the drained battery issue, I have purchased from Pine64 a battery charging station.

So now what?

Thanks to Staytuned a post that I wrote last year had received a solution that does not work any more.

Since last year, it seems that things have changed, with regards to multi-boot possibilities, using tow-boot or u-boot.

I would be so grateful if someone could describe in detail a working process to bring my Pinephone Pro back to life, whichever the os distribution used.

Looking forward.

Best regards,
Jerome Lioret

[Poll doesn't allow for editing. Add to your comment if your Yes is a "Yes, Now" or "Yes, Later"]

I've been running Arch ARM on a PP as my daily driver coming up on nine months.

It's the best OS so far in my opinion, but there are still glitches that I don't mind because I only need it for phone & text. Others appear to have much more difficulty when using all of its "smart" applications (GPS, Web, etc.).

Given that the PP forums seem overwhelmed with what's not working probably due in part to volunteer developers understandably shifting focus to PPP development, I ask that you create a "Genode OS on PinePhone" forum because their main focus is developing a micro kernel that solves for many of these obstacles (battery life!) currently plaguing the PP.

I've tried out the latest test version of Genode OS and it's great. Boots in 10 seconds, the web browser works well, battery life seems improved, and some of the other test features are really promising.

Best of all, one of the Genode developers (@nfeske) is here on the forum and has been really quick to answer questions regarding their pilot OS.

So if you want to breathe life back into the PP, please create this new forum to help us provide feedback to its developers.

Here are related links to their project:

https://genodians.org/nfeske/2023-02-01-mobile-sculpt

https://depot.genode.org/nfeske/image/

https://genode.org/about/road-map