Geary was removed from Debian Testing some time ago, and so the ability to check email disappeared from the phones of any Mobian users who ran apt-get dist-upgrade. I occasionally look at Debian’s Tracker page for Geary, and I can see that new geary versions have been added to Unstable, but it still hasn’t been reintroduced to Testing. Could someone more familiar with Debian’s development process explain what the delay is?

Has anyone else noticed that Evolution can no longer operate on Arch Phosh? I get an error message "can not pars file" or something to that effect. Regardless of even reflashing thew device the error and message are the same. In Calendar none of my calendars can be accessed. They appear for example 2022 but I can't activate it. I have noticed the build number is 3.44.4 however on my computer (Fedora 36) it states 3.44.4-2 and I wonder if there is a significant difference. No big deal for me as I use Postmarket Plasma with no such issue.
Can't help but notice that Phosh seems to be experiencing some interesting problems.

I'd like to suggest the Developer of Arch consider updating/forking an existing Arch version of Nomadnet to work on Arch Arm as part of the next update:

Arch Linux packages
https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum/discussions/91

The RNS creator is putting his focus on updating Sideband for Android to obviously reach the most people. The benefits have been proven in the recent Florida hurricane and likely will be proven again if power outages take hold in Europe due to energy rationing:

Reticulum was amazing!
https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum/discussions/107

It also solves an existing concern about PP going back to when coverage was dropped by AT&T subsidiary Cingular. What guarantee is there that when PP hits a certain audience size, all the carriers don't come up with a reason to drop coverage rendering PP moot?

Reticulum will allow PP to still work with or without cell coverage, power, etc. (with the help of an inexpensive repeater network of RNodes setup in a mesh net) as a messaging service.

Since Voice over IP exists for Python as a plugin, could this also be modified to do VOIP Reticulum calls to make Arch the undisputed PinePhone OS Champion?

I was recently trying to install Mobian (installer doesn't work) and postmarketOS (pmbootstrap fails). Since I couldn't get them to work, I decided to go back to Manjaro but, unfortunately, Tow-Boot refused to boot into USB mass storage mode. It would just buzz four times, buzz another ten times and then power off. It turns out that Tow-Boot requires a bootable OS in eMMC in order to boot into USB mass storage mode even though Tow-Boot is installed in SPI. I ultimately had to install an OS onto a SD card, boot from that and install to eMMC from there in order to get everything working again.

Just posting this here in case anyone else runs into this issue.

I am not sure if that is the right term, the "power pass through" if I'm looking to buy a dock like the convergence.

I'm aware of the Pinebook dock... but assuming it works for PPP I'm sadly not trying to order from overseas at this time (dealing with DHL in my case is annoying).

Right now for Manjaro/Plasma Mobile I'm using this FlePow 7-in-1 USB-C adapter which works (I get HDMI out) however it is not powered so the PPP quickly dies.

I was looking into providing power through the pogo pins but that might have problems (with USB-C port plugged in at the same time).

I just want to make sure I buy the right thing... but if they're like $30 I guess I can try a couple here and there to find one that works.

I'll scope around other threads to see what people are using.

Interestingly... Manjaro Phosh does not do HDMI out, or as reliably as Plasma Mobile.

edit: USB-C PD input might be a term too

yeah the battery life unpowered is very short, under an hour from full charge

Hi,

Sorry if this a newbie question, but is there a way to get an LTE/4G module on any of pine64 product (except the PinePhone, obviously). I need a single board computer with an LTE/4G connection capability for an IOT project.

Thanks for any help!

Do I have that right, that you can feed power into the pogo pins eg. external battery?

I was thinking about not having a battery in the PPP and just connecting it to a wall charger through the pogo pins.

Reason being, I'm using the USB-C for a dongle (monitor, keyboard, mouse) which does not have power unlike the convergence... I'm still looking for a brand that works where it also charges the PPP.

This was just a temporary solution in the mean time.

Although I am curious about the longevity effects on having the phone plugged in for long periods of time.

So... straight up, if I took a 5V source say 2-3A and connected it to 5V rail/GND of pogo pins, would my PPP survive?

I loved the idea of the keyboard case, but can't get it to type. I have tried most suggestions in https://xnux.eu/pinephone-keyboard/faq.html
 
The fact that it charges the phone makes me believe that the pins are connecting, but there is no typing happening. 
I tried pressing a bit where the pins are, but no difference. Before I try raising the pins on the case, could there be other explanations?

I am running Manjaro KDE Plasma 5.22.4, which I believe should be compatible. If not, how do I get the driver?
I am an enthusiast but not a strong developer, so step-by step commands to use would be immensely appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Extremely confused.  Is there no working image for the Soquartz + Model A baseboard I just purchased?

I see a lot of references to the "CM4 IO" as well as images saying "CM4" but there is nothing about this "Model A Baseboard"

https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/...uartz.dtsi

What is the "CM1" ?  Is that the Soquartz?

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/SOQuartz_Software_Releases <-- no mention of Model A Baseboard

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/SOQuartz#SO...ifications <-- are we expected to build our own DTS for this baseboard from scratch?  I thought the base board was a starting point for our own carrier.

Very, very confused.

Please help, anyone.  Someone.  Please.

Greetings,

linux/tinkering newbie here; assistance from more skilled is appreciated!

Per title: device shuts down immediately without power source; even during boot. It says 100% in SXMO postmarket os.

Reinstalling pmOS on MMC made no difference. dmesg contains no useful entries as far as I know...

Had it for a couple of weeks.

Battery itself's fine (works on other pinephone - ordered convergence too).

The issue appeared after swapping the battery from convergence model. Next morning, device wouldn't boot without power source. Single PineKeyboard had been used with both devices.


Is this an early hardware fault? Any ideas what may the issue be? Charger used should be in range (5V, 1.5A).


Thanks lots!