I have been daily driving the PPP for just over a month and most of the issues I initially found have been resolved. However, the audio output when I play music seems to be a persistent issue. (I am running Manjaro-ARM with KDE Plasma Version 5.25.5) The EMMC was flashed with this, so its likely not a factory software issue.

The music is from an SD card and when played on other devices (including the PPP with certain restrictions -see below) works just fine.

Following this thread's advice, https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...ephone+pro  , I chose to change the config file in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf  to have

I've been looking for a laptop to run linux on and the PBP kept popping up in my searches, it seamed like a good option. (im not a newbie to linux, im comfortable setting up different distros and running commands from terminal) I'm not however that comfortable rummaging through git hub compiling builds for every application i want to run. 

I did understand that PBP is ARM based, i got that conceptually, i didn't realize the apparent challenges in support of common-ish apps. Basically I got this to use as a dedicated machine for my crypto needs. my first disappointment was seeing the lack of support for Ledger live, then zoom, skype, and chrome/brave. one after another seeing the workarounds and coding/compiling just is too overwhelming.

So to get to the point, am i missing something? is there a simple solution to this? I dont think installing a different distro then manjaro would make a difference right? if im barking up the wrong tree i would really appreciate someone saving me the time and telling me i need to just get an intel or amd based computer.

I love the look/feel of the PBP btw i feel a ting of sadness of it not being a solution for me, but im a traveler and dont want to lug this around just because its cool for programming. 

Really appreciate any advice.

Hello everybody!

I received my new PinePhone last week. It's running the Manjaro OS from factory and since a few days, I have no display. The screen seems to work, the phone is responding to ssh and I can connect an external screen, it's working okay but the phone's screen stays black-ish.
What can I do?

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?