... is what I have to pay now (after receiving the parcel).
just wanted to mention it for documentation

I'm unable to play audio through an HDMI cable connected to an LG TV using a usb-c adapter from QGeeM. Video works fine.
I've tried both pulse audio and pipewire. I'm running Manjaro.

Does anyone else have this issue?

This has been an issue I've noticed for ~1 year: if entering a password to pair with a bluetooth device, the password entry dialog will crash almost as soon as it displays, and the selected device will be lost while the phone scans for available bluetooth devices again.

The fact that this apparent issue hasn't been fixed for so long tells me this may just be something specific to my installation. Is there a fix for this?

Hi all,

Received my first 2 sealed PineTimes today. One I was able to open, sync to, upgrade and is operating happily (it is SO COOL!)

The second however:
Powered on when I placed it into the cradle to charge (from PC USB port). I connected to it, began the upgrade process (Infinitime 1.6 -> Infinitime 1.9), and got called away. Returned hours later, grabbed the cradle+PineTime from the computer and began commute home. But: I cannot wake the screen. The device appears dead - screen is black/no backlighting, and unresponsive (I've tried holding the button for durations ranging from a single click to >60 seconds; no apparent change in state).

Did I somehow break it? Is there a timeout to successfully completing InfiniTime upgrades? Is it a DOA unit?
I tried searching online (although not yet in the Discord chats) but didn't find anything related to this sort of problem.

Any advice please is welcomed, thanks

I have an Airvoice SIM card* I've been trying to get to connect, but it's not working. NetworkManager seems to detect it properly and lists the correct SIM ID and even reports that the carrier is AT&T. I've tried using both "reseller" (no quotes) and "NXTGENPHONE" (no quotes) as the APN, but it never successfully connects. Here is some of my journalctl output matching /modem/i:  

Failure mode 1: roaming-in-location-area-not-allowed

1. Do I need to issue modem commands manually to troubleshoot/fix this? I don't know how to do this, having relied on NM/MM so far; if it is, what's the best way to do this?
   
2. Am I just not in the service area? I somewhat doubt this because I'm in a relatively densely populated area, but what I can understand from searching the reject causes suggests this might be the case. (I'm reluctant to switch to other providers mostly because I haven't found any prepaid plans less than 3x as expensive, but if it can't be avoided...)
   

From the terminal

"The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 951D61F2BC232697 Mobian Project <admin@mobian-project.org>
Reading package lists... Done
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://repo.mobian-project.org bookworm InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 951D61F2BC232697 Mobian Project <admin@mobian-project.org>
W: Failed to fetch http://repo.mobian-project.org/dists/bookworm/InRelease  The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 951D61F2BC232697 Mobian Project <admin@mobian-project.org>
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead."


I remember having similar problems with other repos but cannot find the fix. Where can I find the new key?

since quite a while, I realize my pinephone does not accept the letter Y on the onscreen keyboard. This happens in Manjaro Plasma mobile, and also in Postmarket OS SXMO. The screen is delaminating. Could this be a hardware related problem, or is it a software thing?

Next to

1. the PinePhone keyboard

which is great, which keyboards can be used? There is still an issue that the PinePhone keyboard does not work with all distros. Wibble tested the:

2. iGo Stowaway bluetooth keyboard with the PinePhone:

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=16449

For us, the Go Stowaway bluetooth keyboard is a bit large for mobile use. It exists since  December 28, 2004:

https://the-gadgeteer.com/2004/12/28/thi...rd_review/:

With newer devices:

kugiigi 19 Mar 2022, 05:20 in the Ubuntu Touch forum:

«Bluetooth is a miss and hit in UT unfortunately. In my experience, any BLE or higher than BT 3.0 have issues»

what about:

3. Logitech Dinovo MINI Bluetooth, PC / Mac, Keyboard ?

https://www.amazon.de/Logitech-Fernbedie...B0012AYEHM

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/logitech%20dinovo%20mini

There are some thirt party Logitec GITHUB projects available, which could be tested with the Logitech keyboard:

https://github.com/PixlOne/logiops

https://github.com/libratbag/piper/

Why did Martin Braahms built an own keyboard? Did he not find a BLE keyboard on the market, which works satisfyingly with the PinePhone?

Has anyone opened up their PPKB to add a hardware kill-switch for its battery? This way, the USB port of the phone could be used safely (when the switch is off).

Would this make sense?

Alternatively, a slider-switch could be added to the back of the phone, made accessible from the outside (by drilling), which would slide under the Pogo pins that feed power from the battery, disconnecting them when desired.

No matter how it's done, it really looks like the battery inside the PPKB needs some sort of hardware switch. This way, it will truly behave as what it really is: a powerbank, not just an extra battery. A powerbank which you manually connect and disconnect, and charge separately on its own port.

As of the time of writing this post, the official pinephone lithium battery is out of stock.

The wikipage to which the above page redirects to (namely this one) says:

Quote:The supplied battery is meant to be compatible with Samsung part number EB-BJ700BBC / BBE / CBE from the 2015 J7 phone. The extended life aftermarket BBU does fit, although it is a tight fit.