It's been a while, and now I come back feeling like I missed a bunch of important events.  My own fault for not able to hang around as often.  Am I the only person affected because I'm still on 5.10? I  get an error message is i try to go anywhere beyond the welcome page when I start Firefox-ESR:Your connection is not secure(skipping a bunch).......error code: NS_ERROR_NET_INADEQUATE_SECURITY

As noted at the end of in this topic, Nadia's Arch Linux ARM GitHub repositories are retired:
https://github.com/nadiaholmquist/archiso-pbp
https://github.com/nadiaholmquist/pbp-packages

Since I use Arch Linux ARM intensively, I decided to take up the torch. This new repository contains a root filesystem for installation and installation instructions:

https://github.com/SvenKiljan/archlinuxarm-pbp

Package recipes can be found here:
https://github.com/SvenKiljan/archlinuxarm-pbp-packages

My philosophy and approach is a bit different. This custom Arch Linux ARM repository leans heavily on Manjaro ARM as upstream for all things related to the Pinebook Pro, including the kernel. This ensures that the latest improvements for the Pinebook Pro are incorporated in Arch Linux ARM as quick as possible. Only slight adjustments and some additional packages are used to make everything fit nicely in the Arch Linux ARM ecosystem.

Due to this approach the following works:
- External displays
- Experimental Suspend to RAM support (SD and eMMC installations only)
- Experimental NVMe booting

See the README for a full list of what is supported. Installation instructions are provided. Migration instructions can be found in the FAQ.

Hey Guys, Im going to start making customization's and modifications to my pinephone to more finely adjust it to my liking.  The thing is, if I do something I don't like or brick the OS having an emergency backup would be pretty sweet.  I know that a lot of people use Timeshift in the desktop community but I would prefer something that actually makes an image of the SD card.  (I can do this on my laptop by yanking the SD card each time I want to make a large change but I was hoping there might be something out there that would let the pinephone do it with the tap of a button.  Basically I would make a special partition on the SD card just to store my backups and make an image of the boot/root/home partitions.  Normally I would just install a sweet of programs to take care of these needs but I have been finding that a lot of the programs im used to are not set up for the ARM cpu architecture which has been slowing me down a bit.  Any options for me or is it better to yank the SD card and use my laptop to make the images?

Thanks

Hello there fellow PinePhoners,

I'm a Braveheart owner, who have been playing around with this device here and there whenever I have had the time to do so. At the moment I'm operating on a, boot encrypted, Mobian image from march which is flashed to the eMMC.

To make the USB-C functionality work I have done the VCONN Hardware Fix myself using a soldering iron. After flashing the updated anx7688 firmware everything worked perfectly for a couple of months (testing by connecting mouse and keyboard through a simple USB-C to USB A-hub). Until it suddenly stopped working all of a sudden.

What is even worse, is that the JumpDrive won't work anymore. I have tried different cables and setups, but whatever I do nothing shows up when i run lsblk on my desktop.

Do you guys have any idea what could have gone wrong here? I'd guess it's very possible that I have accidentally bricked the phone by trying to fix the HW issue myself.

Let me know if I should provide with you some specific log outputs or other information?

Cheers!

I just want to say that Mobian is working fine with Shaw mobile in Canada. I change the APN and now I get 4G signal in area that usualy has very poor reception. Sms works, calls work, data works too, no busy signal when try to call my phone and audio is fine. I did remove firefox-esr, anglefish and I'm using Falcon browser. Looks like it's ready for a dally driver to me. Nothing else works for me and I have 2 of the new phones 2G and 3G trying every image and new updates all the time to find the best working one. BTW the Mobian is on 64GB SD and working fine. Just my $0.02.

Tried to update my beta edition phone this morning, using Discover.

There are 623.2MB of updates, held up by libcanberrra=0.30+2+gc0620e4-3 Looks like this is a sound library

Anyone know a way around this?

I compiled GTK4 in my home directory (specifically, in /home/mobian/build) because I want to use the latest version of Megapixels on Mobian. Compilation itself went fine, but for some reason, most icons are missing, and I'm getting strange coloured artefacts.

GTK4 demo application: https://i.imgur.com/MMrO6Qv.png
Megapixels: https://i.imgur.com/K4qRRmL.png

To see if I wasn't missing anything, I followed the same steps to compile GTK4 on my Gentoo desktop, and the demo application there looks normal: https://i.imgur.com/ocFLhbC.png The key difference is that I used the Wayland backend on the PinePhone, and the X11 backend on Gentoo.

The packages I manually compiled are atk-2.36.0, gdk-pixbuf-2.42.6, glib-2.68.2, gobject-introspection-1.68.0, gtk-4.3.0, libepoxy-1.5.8, pango-1.48.5, and wayland-protocols-1.21. Other dependencies are installed systemwide from Mobian's standard repos (total package list here: http://dpaste.com/A3WZZ8Q2N). Environment variables:

Hiya PBP folks,

My new pinebook pro will not give any indication of booting regardless of media. Now before you tell me the PBP isn't brickable, let me say that I've searched the forums here and found lots of answers describing non-booting PBPs, but none of them match the behavior I'm seeing. Let me also run down what I've tried:

- I tried to power on with an SD card flashed with this image: https://github.com/nadiaholmquist/archiso-pbp/releases
(With a nice long hold on the power button.)

- I tried to power on with a USB drive flashed with that same arch linux image (on the opposite-side USB port from the SD card to eliminated the chance that it was something wrong with the mini-board).

- I tried removing the eMMC and disabling with the eMMC switch on the board and powering on with an SD or USB drive.

- I tried  disconnecting the battery and connecting the bypass cables and tried to power on using the eMMC, SD, and USB.

- I tried re-seating the mini-board connector cable.

- I tried pushing the reset button. A lot.

In all cases the only life of any kind the PBP will show is a red light for the battery indicator when the power supply is plugged in. (So _some_ kind of power is going through the system.)

Here's some background that may or may not be relevant:

I got this unit a month or two ago. From the very first time I booted it the keyboard didn't work correctly. It seems it was an unusual hardware problem with the keyboard, see this thread for details: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=11300

The PINE64 folks replaced the keyboard and shipped it back to me. Manjaro booted and the keyboard worked perfectly at that point. The first thing I did was try to boot it off the SD card with that Arch image because I wanted to install Arch. But the SD card would not boot and would not be recognized by Manjaro. _Before_ the keyboard was replaced, I had booted this same SD card with the same Arch Linux image (and when the keyboard didn't work correctly in Arch on the SD I knew it wasn't a software problem with the keyboard.) 

So I pacman -Syu updated Manjaro, including the uboot flash because I was hoping this might fix my SD card not reading. It was after that update that it would never boot again.

My guess:

I suspect there's probably two things going wrong at the same time (the really tricky problems are always compound like that!) I suspect the SD card reader (and possibly the mini board) is not working (hardware). And at the same time I toasted the eMMC with the uboot flash (software). But then why I can't I boot my USB drive? Is there a way to move USB up the boot order so the PBP wants to boot from it first?

I contacted PBP support about this, but since it (initially) sounds so much like the normal toasting of the eMMC, they sent me back to the forum to get your opinions on whether this is purely a software issue.

Let me know if you have any insights! And thanks for reading!

So I got my new Pinephone and obviously started playing with it immediately.  While the phone itself worked, I was running into various issues with the hardware I was sticking in it.  Various non compatible sims, bad micro SD cards, etc.  (The stuff that is frustrating but in no way pinephones fault and all part of the process.)  The micro SD cards im more salty about as I purchased a 3 pack of fast 64gb micro SD's and when they arrived they were labeled as 64gb but they were actually around 8 gig and not fast.  (I had fell victim to one of the fake SD card scams that had been going around lately.)  Basically every time I tried to resize to 64 gig, the SD card would corrupt itself.  I used various tricks in Gparted to resize to just under 8 gig and it booted Mobian.  (Frustrated, I went out to Wallyworld and purchased a new set of 64 gig SD cards and they worked.)  Needless to say, if your new SD card dont work, consider using a different make/model. 

The operating systems I used: Mobian as well as Manjero Phosh,  I played around with the included Plasma and decided it had enough potential I would let it stay....it just needs to mature a bit. 

I learned that patience is a virtue.  When booting your OS for the first time, be prepared for Manjero Phosh to dump you to a terminal login prompt and look like it is hung for a good several minutes. 
(This is OK...dont shut your phone down and screw it up like I did )
Mobian was nice enough to put up a splash screen informing me that it was resizing the SD and thus was going to take a bit......like about an hour and a half......
(Apparently this is also OK...dont shut your phone down and screw it up like I did ) 
Once the OS's are set up, they work pretty well although a bit laggy at times.  The last sytem update for Mobian speed up Mobian a noticeable amout for me.  (Currently Mobian is feeling like it will be my favorite all though Manjero is very similar and has a precompiled Anbox which works well enough. 

The sim experience. 
Me sticking in a verizon sim via Visible: Fail..... Nothing works...proceed to spend 4 hours looking for APN configurations and then finally realize that Visible is listed on the not compatible carrier list generously provided by the PinePhone Wiki.  Lol Should have researched that one ahead of time.

Me then grabbing an old flipphone that has a Verizon sim via Straight Talk:  Success!  I made 2 call and made 1 text before ST shut me down and send me a message informing me to put the sim back in the original phone.  (Well gee thanks ST....wont be doing business with you anytime soon )


I finally got a US Mobile sim and it worked great. I highly recommend them.  Service costs about 16USD after tax and the customer service is decent. 
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Things that work:

All Calls, Text, and data seem to be working well.  Very pleased.
The dock is proving very helpful
The camera is better than expected.
Screen rotation works on all OS's
Anbox works!.....enough.
Most apps work with the occasional cant fit on the screen issue.
The battery lasts longer than anticipated!
Mobian can mount a docked SD card.....eventually


Things that dont work or significant issues.

Apparently im dead.....the GPS says I am currently residing in the Lynn Wood Cemetery.  (At Least I got good reception out here )
Oh....this is an Arm based CPU.....I guess a lot of my linux programs aren't going to like that much very much......
Everything is rather slow.......  The Plasma OS seemed much snappier.  I wonder if it has to do with it being on the EMMC instead of the SD card.  (Does putting the OS on the EMMC speed the OS's up any?)

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Things i haven't tried but am going to.

Hot Spot.
Setting up my VPN
Installing my first successful 3rd party linux app on this thing.  (Just got to find one that will work lol)

 

Overall, this phone is pretty exciting.  I have started carrying it on my person along with my android.  (My pinephone is getting its daily driver training )  I look forward to each update and thank everyone for their hard work on this project!  Its looking good so far!

Good afternoon everyone, about a month ago I tried using the manjaro-arm-installer script to flash the emmc. This completely bricked my device, no booting from emmc or sd card, not even the green LED power light would come on. Finally got around to opening the thing up and hitting the RESET button. This got booting from the sd card working again, but the performance is absolute garbage. I can get to the manjaro KDE desktop but it will freeze if I try to do anything useful. I'm at my wit's end with this thing, any guidance you can offer would be greatly appreciated, Thank You!