Today (Feb 07, 2022) 

USA - Faith Wireless a virtual AT&T provider just kicked my PinePhone off their network.

Here is the message I got from the Faith Wireless technician

I have some bad news. Your device came up registered as a Mobile Broadband Device when the Registered IMEI was updated. We do not service Mobile Broadband Devices. The reason you were able to have service before is AT&T had not previously been policing their networks. With the impending 3G Sunset they've begun doing that and you won't be able to use this device with us anymore. You may put your SIM card into another compatible device if you want to continue with us. Here a list of devices you can use: https://www.att.com/idpassets/images/sup...etwork.pdf

My PinePhone (v1.2, 3GB running Mobian testing from eMMC) was low on battery and the red USB C cable was not perfectly plugged so it got unplugged, the PP abruptly turned off and ... it would not boot again . That was the first time ever I got this problem, in 11 months of daily driving (no other phone), and a lot of drained batteries (thats bad, I know...).


tldr: to fix it I flashed Mobian on a micro sd card, then fsck.f2fs was not working but after I mounted / unmounted /dev/mmcblk2p2 I retried fsck.f2fs which then surprisingly worked and apparently fixed any problem left.


More details:

First log I got using the UART cable:

Quote:(initramfs) Begin: Will now check root file system ... fsck from util-linux 2.37.3
[/sbin/fsck.f2fs (1) -- /dev/mmcblk2p2] fsck.f2fs -a /dev/mmcblk2p2
Info: Fix the reported corruption.
Info: Segments per section = 1
Info: Sections per zone = 1
Info: sector size = 512
Info: total sectors = 60022751 (29307 MB)
Info: MKFS version
  "Linux version 5.9.0-5-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc-10 (Debian 10.2.1-1) 10.2.1 20201207, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.1) #1 SMP Debian 5.9.15-1 (2020-12-17)"
Info: FSCK version
  from "Linux version 5.9.0-5-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc-10 (Debian 10.2.1-1) 10.2.1 20201207, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.1) #1 SMP Debian 5.9.15-1 (2020-12-17)"
    to "Linux version 5.15-sunxi64 (salsaci@runner-2v5hjq-3-project-17289439-concurrent-0) (gcc (Debian 11.2.0-14) 11.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.37.50.20220106) #1 SMP Fri Jan 21 03:21:56 UTC 2022"
Info: superblock features = 0 :
Info: superblock encrypt level = 0, salt = 00000000000000000000000000000000
Info: total FS sectors = 60022744 (29307 MB)
Info: CKPT version = 5439e3cc
[f2fs_do_mount:3563] record_fsync_data failed
fsck exited with status code 255
done.
Failure: File system check of the root filesystem failed
The root filesystem on /dev/mmcblk2p2 requires a manual fsck

Quote:fsck /dev/mmcblk2p2
fsck from util-linux 2.37.3
Info: Segments per section = 1
Info: Sections per zone = 1
Info: sector size = 512
Info: total sectors = 60022751 (29307 MB)
Info: MKFS version
  "Linux version 5.9.0-5-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc-10 (Debian 10.2.1-1) 10.2.1 20201207, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.1) #1 SMP Debian 5.9.15-1 (2020-12-17)"
Info: FSCK version
  from "Linux version 5.9.0-5-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc-10 (Debian 10.2.1-1) 10.2.1 20201207, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.1) #1 SMP Debian 5.9.15-1 (2020-12-17)"
    to "Linux version 5.15-sunxi64 (salsaci@runner-2v5hjq-3-project-17289439-concurrent-0) (gcc (Debian 11.2.0-14) 11.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.37.50.20220106) #1 SMP Fri Jan 21 03:21:56 UTC 2022"
Info: superblock features = 0 :
Info: superblock encrypt level = 0, salt = 00000000000000000000000000000000
Info: total FS sectors = 60022744 (29307 MB)
Info: CKPT version = 5439e3cc
[f2fs_do_mount:3563] record_fsync_data failed

Quote:fsck from util-linux 2.37.2
Info: Segments per section = 1
Info: Sections per zone = 1
Info: sector size = 512
Info: total sectors = 60022751 (29307 MB)
Info: MKFS version
  "Linux version 5.9.0-5-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc-10 (Debian 10.2.1-1) 10.2.1 20201207, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.1) #1 SMP Debian 5.9.15-1 (2020-12-17)"
Info: FSCK version
  from "Linux version 5.9.0-5-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc-10 (Debian 10.2.1-1) 10.2.1 20201207, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.1) #1 SMP Debian 5.9.15-1 (2020-12-17)"
    to "Linux version 5.10-sunxi64 (builder@mobian) (gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Aug 7 12:10:38 UTC 2021"
Info: superblock features = 0 :
Info: superblock encrypt level = 0, salt = 00000000000000000000000000000000
Info: total FS sectors = 60022744 (29307 MB)
Info: CKPT version = 5439e436
Info: checkpoint state = 45 :  crc compacted_summary unmount
[FSCK] Unreachable nat entries                        [Ok..] [0x0]
[FSCK] SIT valid block bitmap checking                [Ok..]
[FSCK] Hard link checking for regular file            [Ok..] [0xa]
[FSCK] valid_block_count matching with CP            [Ok..] [0x27997d]
[FSCK] valid_node_count matching with CP (de lookup)  [Ok..] [0x2522a]
[FSCK] valid_node_count matching with CP (nat lookup) [Ok..] [0x2522a]
[FSCK] valid_inode_count matched with CP              [Ok..] [0x24c4d]
[FSCK] free segment_count matched with CP            [Ok..] [0x148d]
[FSCK] next block offset is free                      [Ok..]
[FSCK] fixing SIT types
[FSCK] other corrupted bugs                          [Ok..]

Done: 132.889887 secs

Is the "Jump Drive" image for the 'Pine phone Pro' available yet ?

I understand the original "Jump Drive"  image is only for the original Pine phone.

Anyone know how to check the battery level for the keyboard? In Megi's FAQ it shows you can run the command below but every time I try to run that I get command unknown. I am using Arch and the keyboard/charger are working just fine but I can't get any info on the battery level.

I've been waiting for an order from the Pine Store for nearly a month now, and I'm beginning to get a little concerned. During my last Pine Store order, it took about 10 days between the USPS update "Origin Post is Preparing Shipment" and notice that it had arrived in the US. So far, it's been in the status "Origin Post is Preparing Shipment" (on the USPS side) or "Airlines receive" (on the Chinese shipping side of 17track) since January 12th. My entire last order took 16 days to deliver (same delivery options) but my current shipment has been waiting 26 days in that status alone.

I'm trying to be patient despite my excitement to receive my Pinephone keyboard, but should I be concerned at this point that my order might have been lost in transportation? Of course, my last order was in June, not a few weeks before Chinese New Year, but if things had been operating at the same rate as in June, it would have arrived well before Chinese New Year. Is anyone else encountering really slow shipping for their order?

How can one check if microphone works and if voice
Recorded can be listening

Hello,

Selling my Pinephone braveheart and Pinebook Pro together as one lot.

Pinephone (braveheart) with Mobian and protective screen installed in excellent condition + samsung spare battery, black protective case, transparent protective case.

Pinebook Pro 64gb ISO with Manjaro installed in excellent condition including NVMe SSD Interface Adapter and compatible samsung NVMe 1TB (+ portable case for NVMe), serial console cable and USB-eMMC adapter, standard sharger and USB-C charger with long cable.

Price £330 (€390) and shipping.

Photos: https://imgur.com/a/EuaMICV

Hey folks,

Selling my Pinebook Pro and Pinephone braveheart together as one lot.

Pinebook Pro 64gb ISO with Manjaro installed in excellent condition including NVMe SSD Interface Adapter and compatible samsung NVMe 1TB (+ portable case for NVMe), serial console cable and USB-eMMC adapter, standard sharger and USB-C charger with long cable.

Pinephone (braveheart) with Mobian and protective screen installed in excellent condition + samsung spare battery, black protective case, transparent protective case.

Price £330 (€390) + shipping costs.

Photos: https://imgur.com/a/EuaMICV

My Explorer PPPro  has no boot indicator LED when it is booting.  
   ( It does boot -- just no boot indicator light )

It freezes everytime   it reaches suspend.   
   ( I have to turn it off with a 10+ second press of the power button, then a 2 second press to turn it on)

But while it is up & running,  it does run very well. 

Bookworm on sd card, --  latest release + all updates.

So I have a Mint mobile sim card in my PPP running Manjaro. I can make calls send/receive texts, MMS not working but I am not surprised and can work with that. I downloaded modem manager GUI and it shows my modem but says mint is disconnected even though I can do everything with it. Is there something wrong with it saying im disconnected ?

Also I can reply to texts with spacebar just fine but if I try to send a new text it puts it a group type chat with all my contacts. Are there any other any other sms apps I could try ?

Thanks,
Byron