Hi.. Why is my wifi adapter not found?

My pinephone (postmarketOS edition) was on, and working normally when it immediately turned off. It can be that the battery is flat.

When plugging in the power, the red light turns on, and the phone immediately starts vibrating without stopping. Screen remains black.

Same behavior without battery.

What can I try to resolve the issue?

I can't see how to search the forum, so had to ask the question,

How do I reset my Pinefone 64 beat to "as shipped"/"factory" condition.   I need to erase all user/password stuff and start again.

Tks..... Steve J

Hello everyone, first time poster (long time lurker).

I wanted to share a experiment I've been working on. Maybe someone can find useful, or help me improve on the ideas described below. I purchased my Pinephone BE some while ago and I've been slowly working on it with hopes that I'll be able to turn it into my main phone. I'm using Archlinux with SXMO (flashed to eMMC) and I'm really happy with the level of customization and tinkering that's possible (it feels I'm still just scratching the surface). SXMO feels light and snappy, gestures are easy to remember (once you get accustomed). Calls, SMSs, mobile data (and even the mobile hotspot functionality) work excellently. Battery drains fast while in use, but lasts about 24+ hours while in suspend mode (I think I can live with that).

Detaching from Android has been difficult due to some services (like my home alarm system) only being controllable through an Android or IOS app. This has been a huge bummer, as it has kept me needing to carry my Android phone with me whenever I leave home (to arm/unarm and check on the system). If only there was a way to control my Android phone remotely, I'd be able to leave it at home most (if not all) of the time.

I've thus been looking into ways to achieve this. Ideally, I wanted to be able to control the droid phone through SSH. I've used scrcpy before to control my phone with my PC by plugging it to an USB port. Once I realized scrcpy could be SSH-forwarded I knew I was on to something!

The scrcpy utility is not available as an ARM package on the Archlinux repositories, but I was able to build it on the Pinephone easily by following instructions here:
https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blo...r/BUILD.md
Most dependencies were already installed on Arch by default (I think only exceptions where wget and meson). I think the android utilities (android-tools package on Arch) where also needed on the Pinephone as well.

I have an old laptop running 24/7 as a home server, so I installed the android-tools package there as well. This allows launching an ADB server on the background that can run continuously. I created a simple systemd service to achieve this and started/enabled it on the home-server:

Hello,

for quite a while I used pacman and updated my system in the terminal using:

I have had my PBP since early May 2021 and have loved it dearly. It was perfect for experimenting with software, the battery life was great, etc.



However, a few days ago, my enjoyment of it came to a halt, with a bad software installation that crippled the system (Manjaro, updated from the original installation). I tried to re-install the OS onto the 64Gb eMMC, but I kept getting told that the file system on the eMMC was corrupt. Eventually, one of the attempts, always ending with a restart, failed to bring the computer back to life. No lights came on at all. Since then, the only sign of electrical life has been a little red light next to where the power supply cable goes in (the barrel port/jack?)



I suspect the motherboard is dead. Perhaps the eMMC, too. I admit, I am a software guy, so I need guidance on diagnosing the electronics/electricals of my PBP. I would really appreciate any suggestions. It would be a shame to have to scrap a computer after six months.





P.S.



I have written to support@pinemicrosystemsinc.zohosupport.com, but they tell me to try the forums.



There was one case I have seen in the forums that also referred to a dead PBP and the answer was "Conctact sales" [for motherboard, and other parts].

Phone does not report modem to end user making it inaccessible. Kill switch was toggled, tested on Arch Linux and Mobian, powered down and left overnight, and not sure what else to do from here. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated (and if there is a better place for this, please advise).

Output of sudo systemctl status ModemManager:

ModemManager.service - Modem Manager
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ModemManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
    Active: active (running) since Sat 2021-11-27 22:45:08 CET; 2min 40s ago
  Main PID: 3098 (ModemManager)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 3275)
    Memory: 8.9M
        CPU: 526ms
    CGroup: /system.slice/ModemManager.service
            └─3098 /usr/bin/ModemManager --test-quick-suspend-resume

Nov 27 22:45:07 arch systemd[1]: Starting Modem Manager...
Nov 27 22:45:08 arch ModemManager[3098]: <info>  ModemManager (version 1.18.4) starting in system bus...
Nov 27 22:45:08 arch systemd[1]: Started Modem Manager.
Nov 27 22:45:11 arch ModemManager[3098]: <info>  [base-manager] couldn't check support for device '/sys/devices/platform/soc/1c10000.mmc/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:0001/mmc1:0001:1': not supported by any plugin

Could anyone tell me which is most secure, openvpn or wireguard?

And could anyone please link a step-by-step guide to set it up on a pinephone please? Or maybe write one here?
Thanks!

If you look in the software repositories of your Pinephone compatible distro the FOSS app Kodi is probably found if installing desktop apps are enabled.
Kodi is more a framework for plugins from commercial subscription streaming to game emulation and many others, it comes with with a built in multimedia playback capability which can play most media files.
The one difficulty I have found with using Kodi for playback vs any other media player including the stock one in Mobian is that the Kodi mobile skins I have tried to use expect an android home key or something else emulating a backspace.
Is there anyone who has found an easy to use skin for Kodi which provides the missing [back] signal somehow?
Any other Kodi related ideas especially reducing the battery usage for video playback(better utilizing hardware decoding?) would be appreciated!

When is Pine64 planning on releasing the pinephone pro to the public?