Greeting to all,
I'm a newbie at this forum stuff.
I suggest for Arch Linux ARM on PinePhone for the community to create a slider for scaling.
The slider could be located under the volume-brightness sliders. I see that a 100% / 200% scaling has been created in settings / Display which is great but if there were graduations at least of say 10% that would be perfect. This could solve several issues with apps in the software community as each app can be custom set and thereby much easier to use.

I just want to know how to check or authenticate that the discover app is accessing the latest software available. Have done one update via discover when recieved the phone but nothing has been available since.
it appears the github stable branch has newer releases than what discover is showing https://github.com/manjaro-pinephone/pla...2105051237

Operating System: Manjaro-ARM
KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.81.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.11.16-1-MANJARO-ARM
OS-Type: 64
Processor: 4 ×
Memory: 2.9 GiB


sent this from my PP

Just got my Pinebook Pro. Used it for a while and now won't finish booting in to Monjaro. Just a cursor in the top left. I can ctrl-f4 and it kicks to a command line prompt. Is there a way to just reset the system back to initial factory?

I tried to do a sudo pacman -Syu and chose no for most of the update questions. Any issues with accepting the defaults of this with a new system?

This may sound like a silly question, but I can't figure out how to turn the pine phone beta off!

A short press on the power button blanks the screen but doesn't seem to be a proper sleep mode, in that battery drain continues apace - flat from fully charged in 6 hours, same as if it was on and being used. (as an aside is 6 hrs battery life typical?)

A (very) long press on the power button does seem to force an immediate shut-down (like disconnecting the battery would), but it is not a graceful power down, more of a crash and when you turn it on again it seems to take at least three or four soft reboots before it is stable - it self reboots continuously every few seconds after the screen wakes up and eventually might wake up or you might have to do another forced shut-down.

I haven't added anything to mine yet, so it is the default factory config, except it did propose a system update, which I accepted, when first powered on.

Does this sound like something is wrong? (it does to me). How can I get it (back?) into a more usable state?

What is the correct procedure for sleep and power off?

The top- bare gives a no- cellular icon
Settings do not have the "mobile" icon

From a terminal:

Hi,
I have PinePhone Plasma and I like the potential of this device and I would like to do more to help it grow.
I have some experience Debian on desk top machines and raspberry pi. I have been trying Mobian and I like it over all. but there are a few apps would like to have.
My only programming experience was in Basic and that was more than 30 years ago, but I think I could learn how.
Is there something I can do to help?

As a kid my family had an OSBORNE EXECUTIVE Computer. A portable computer the size of a suit case with 2 floppy disks and a 7 inch CRT.
My plan is to build a portable computer using a Quartz64 or a RockPro64 in a case with 7 to 10 inch display. I am interested in the E-ink display but I am not sure if it would work well for my needs. So at this point I would like to get an LCD screen to connect to the DSI port so I can use the HDMI port for a big display.
I get confused trying to understand what screens would work.
Thank you,

Greetings Earthman,
I got my Pinephone today. 
My first actions:
1. Pulled it straight from box and it started up like a good soldier.
2. Battery out of box was 35%.
3. The phone immediaty recognized wifi and I was able to log in with password.
4. The phone immediately connected to internet and it showed Updates available.
5. Turned off phone and plugged in charger.
6. Turned on phone and accepted All updates to load and install, didnt take more than15 min to download all updates.
7. After updates i powered down and charged for >8 hrs, battery at 60%.
8. After 30 min use battery at 16% and case is warm
Damn nice so far.
Thanks guys

Am I correct in my perception that SBC's built upon either of the RK3566 and RK3568 CPU's will not yield speed benchmarks quite as fast as the RK3399 CPU or the OP1 CPU, and that it will only be with the release of SBC's built upon the delayed RK3588 CPU that the benchmarks set by the RK3399/OP1 CPU based SBC's will be exceeded (and hopefully well exceeded)?

Hey all (anyone)

I've put off the smartphone and stuck with fliphones as all I really want from a phone is to make and receive calls, I hate bloat 

I've minimal Linux experience, use putty for some basic operations

Anyhow I'm game to report on this experience as it relates too novice use and willing to create and push videos for those like myself

Is there a consensus on which software to install for noobs?

Thanks in advance

Robert