For a short time after installing Biktorgj's firmware I was able to sometimes make and receive calls though audio was poor and they often terminated.
However after some upgrades (one of which included modemmanager) that ended.  The modemmanager log now produces

  <info>  [modem1] simple connect state (8/8): all done
  <info>  [modem1] 3GPP registration state changed (home -> searching)
  <warn>  [modem1] couldn't load operator code: Current operator MCC/MNC is still unknown 
  <warn>  [modem1] couldn't load operator name: Current operator id is still unknown
  <info>  [modem1] state changed (connected -> disconnecting)
  <info>  [modem1] state changed (disconnecting -> searching)

and then loops forever with

  <info>  [modem1] 3GPP registration state changed (searching -> idle)
  <info>  [modem1] state changed (searching -> enabled)
  <info>  [modem1] simple connect started...
  <info>  [modem1] simple connect state (4/8): wait to get fully enabled
  <info>  [modem1] simple connect state (5/8): register
  <info>  [modem1] 3GPP registration state changed (idle -> searching)
  <info>  [modem1] state changed (enabled -> searching)

With frequent interjections of

  <warn>  [modem1] couldn't load operator code: Current operator MCC/MNC is still unknown
  <warn>  [modem1] couldn't load operator name: Current operator id is still unknown

Evidently this problem is unique to my Pinephone.  I guess it's going to have to become a PDA.
Perhaps someday an upgrade will happen to fix it.

Welcome to the PINE64 community and to the PinePhone Pro section! The following list is a selection of helpful links and starting points:


Documentation

The documentation of the PinePhone Pro can be found under https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_Pro, including tutorials what to do in case of common issues (phone not booting, battery being drained) and how to flash the microSD card or eMMC.


Software releases

Software releases for the PinePhone Pro can be found in the wiki: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_P...e_Releases

Note: Releases for the regular PinePhone are not compatible with the PinePhone Pro!


Contributions

For ideas about how to contribute to community projects please see https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/How_to_Contribute.


Bug Reporting

For a list of where to report bugs please have a look at: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Where_to_Re...ePhone_Pro


Support

Any issues or open question? Join us at the bridged community channel and ask us, the friendly community is happy to help!

- Discord: channel #pinephone under https://discord.gg/pine64
- IRC: #pinephone on irc.pine64.org. Note: please consider Matrix, Discord or Telegram due to the volatile nature of IRC
- Matrix: https://app.element.io/#/room/#pinephone:matrix.org
- Telegram: https://t.me/pinephone

Hi Members,

I landed finally (and let me add "late") to a brand new Pine A64+ (I know, discontinued).
I'm in trouble installing a GUI Linux OS.
I come from Windows experience, so I need to "flash" an SD card with a pretty operating OS image, doesn't matter which one, I need a GUI one to install Python (it should be natively available), MySql (or MariaDB).
It seems no OS images work at all. Only Arch Linux seems to be operative but in such a way it breaks.
Could someone help me, please?
Help

Welcome to the PINE64 community and to the PinePhone Pro Accessories section! The following list is a selection of helpful links and starting points:


Documentation

The documentation and common questions and issues with the PinePhone (Pro) Accessories can be found under:

• PinePhone (Pro) Add-ons
  
• PinePhone (Pro) Keyboard
  

Welcome to the PINE64 community and to the PinePhone Pro section! The following list is a selection of helpful links and starting points:


Documentation

The documentation of the PinePhone Pro can be found under https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_Pro, including tutorials what to do in case of common issues (phone not booting, battery being drained) and how to flash the microSD card or eMMC.


Software releases

Software releases for the PinePhone Pro can be found in the wiki: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_P...e_Releases

Note: Releases for the regular PinePhone are not compatible with the PinePhone Pro!


Contributions

For ideas about how to contribute to community projects please see https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/How_to_Contribute.


Bug Reporting

For a list of where to report bugs please have a look at: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Where_to_Re...ePhone_Pro


Support

Any issues or open question? Join us at the bridged community channel and ask us, the friendly community is happy to help!

- Discord: channel #pinephone under https://discord.gg/pine64
- IRC: #pinephone on irc.pine64.org. Note: please consider Matrix, Discord or Telegram due to the volatile nature of IRC
- Matrix: https://app.element.io/#/room/#pinephone:matrix.org
- Telegram: https://t.me/pinephone

Greetings
Firstly I should explain I have decades of experience building, modding and repairing x86, but almost none with non-x86 so though I've read quite a bit, I have yet to see deep fundamentals that help me troubleshoot my problem.

Problem - Upon PSU Power On the RockPro's green LED and (a bit oddly) both ethernet LEDs light up with no ethernet cable connected.  The RockPro power switch does zero, no matter what is connected or disconnected down to power cable.  The White LED never lights and the CPU Fan never spins.

Possible issues - I'm using a gutted CoolGear dual 3.5" eSATA drive bay enclsurtewhich apparently has a PSU capable of 40-50 watts, so well above the 3A @ 12V required.  Not only did I check docs for proper polarity (+ on center, - on barrel, right?) but no LEDs should light up if polarity is a problem.

I bought the board, hs/fan,  and PCIe > SATA (not yet mounted) from respectech on ebay.  The company seems fine but have others had any difficulties with DOA replacement?

Am I correct in assuming that the board should at least attempt to power up with nothing connected but power? What can I research and check?

I'm a rank newb at SOC/SBC so any help is greatly appreciated.  I'm completely committed to exploring Pine 64 RockPro64

I can't figure out how to boot from a microSD card. Looking online, most of the relevant information I can find says that the PinePhone Pro's default settings are to boot from the microSD card, and only boot from the eMMC is not microSD card is present.



I've copied a postmarketOS image on the microSD card, putting it on the phone (yes, I checked it's the right slot!), and then turned it on. It just boots to the factory KDE OS.



I've been told to hold the up button when the phone vibrates during boot, but the phone does not vibrate at any point when starting up. The top LED flashes white very briefly, moments later a mouse pointer appears briefly, then the speakers make a light "thud", and finally I see the lock screen of the OS on the MMC.



I tried holding the up key (and also with down key), but the results never vary. I grabbed the `-installer` image from here: https://images.postmarketos.org/bpo/v21....0406-1001/



Here's what the partitions looks like on the mSD:

I have had some success getting Delta Chat running on Pinephone as a messaging app. I used the kDeltachat native (Kirigami-based) client that is under development at https://git.sr.ht/~link2xt/kdeltachat While not fully finished, it has most features working, to make a usable application.

For those not familiar with Delta Chat, it uses email (and Autocrypt end-to-end encryption) with a user interface not dissimilar to Whatsapp, Signal etc. There is no 'central server'. See https://delta.chat for details.

I found account setup using the Android app running on another phone, then making a backup of the account and importing into kDeltachat on the PP is the best way to get started. The resulting library and header files were copied manually to the phone. Performance is quite reasonable even on chats with many hundreds of messages.

The Delta Chat core library (written in Rust) is best cross-compiled on a laptop to get a sane compilation time. On the PP itself, compilation takes multiple hours and needs a large swapfile configured on emmc or SDcard. The kDeltachat application can be compiled directly on the phone. I can post more details if anyone's interested.

I perceive a marked dropoff in activity regarding new threads and replies in this forum over last week or so.  I think that people are losing interest in trying to solve seemingly unsolvable problems that just go on and on and are losing interest.  Or, it could be that people have solved all the multitudinous issues and are happily using their phones.  I am interested to know which it is?

Personally, my PPP does not now make calls.  It did for a while.  If it can't make calls, I don't consider it a cell phone.  My problem is either with the sim/sd card holder or the modem hardware or software as far as I can diagnose.  I can take the sim card out of my PPP and put it in PP and that phone makes calls fine.  I tend to think the problem is with the sim/sd holder and not the modem.  I've changed OS/desktop software so much I don't think it is modem software causing the issue.  Modem hardware I have no information regarding diagnosis.  Also, I can't get a replacement part for the sim/sd card holder to examine that as a solution to not making calls.

Chime in with your experience.  Have you put PPP aside, with discouragement, until problems get sorted out and straight forward solutions are available or are you using it?

tom kosvic

I thought it might be nice for Pinetime users to share some pics of us rocking our Pinetimes "in the wild". I'm tired of seeing pics of them on people's desks!

Here's mine via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CcIfZ4YBnH6/