I got my PinePhone a few days ago. I wanted to document my thoughts and findings. I am a huge Arch Linux fan. So, I went with Arch Linux on the PinePhone.

Installing Arch Linux
I used Jumpdrive to expose the eMMC and flashed the latest Arch release. Thank you @Danct12
I then used ssh to log into my phone and updated everything to the latest releases.

• I was told, if you make a phone call and the phone drops to 3G during the call, it will be removed because it is doing Vo3G not VoLTE. The PinePhone stayed at 4G during phone calls. 
  

1. Flashing the OS was easy
   
2. Connecting to Wifi was easy
   
3. Maps and GPS worked
   
4. Camera worked
   
5. I can add software with "sudo pacman -S pcmanfm"
   
6. I can update the whole phone with "sudo pacman -Syyu"
   
7. Syncthing is in the repositories and could be launched via terminal
   
8. Geary works well with gmail
   
9. Gnome-Calendar work well with google calendar
   

1. squeekboard - to have swype/swipe
   
2. squeekboard - to have suggested words pop up (spellchecker)
   
3. Geary - to have some swipe options
   
4. Gnome-Calendar - to have some swipe options 
   
5. Display size to have a 150% option
   
6. Brave Browser to added to the repositories
   

I received my phone over a month ago and on day 2 I removed my Verizon card in order to install my Sprint card.  The cheap plastic part that wraps around the card grabbed the tiny pins that stick up and broke one of them off.  I contacted the guys at pinephone and they informed me I needed to remove the card and send to California which I did that day.

After over a month I finally received a new motherboard for the phone and was excited to finally get it going again.  However, the board is totally dead and after trying to contact them through email they told me to come here and post to see if anyone has any ideas.  I get no lights or any other sign the board is even working at all.  The power cable is working on Android phone so would assume it should be fine on this phone and it was working fine a month ago when I was using it.

I was originally excited about being able to work on my own phone again but am starting to think I've just wasted my time and money.  Anyone have any ideas of what I can try here?

Thanks,

Glenn

Hello,

as the title says, I get no shortcuts on my homescreen after installing packages via 

There are a bunch of new people coming that will be driving Manjaro and Puse-Mobile.
A few questions for myself and on their behalf.

Why do I want to try Phosh or <insert favorite>, why do you like it better, what do you dislike.

Obviously as a small computer the phone should run whatever window manager with some tweaking.  What have you tried and how did it work?  How did it work as a phone at the same time?

Has anybody played with display managers for switching window managers?  What worked and how well?
(because then I can change just that part and keep my contacts, /home, configuration....)

Hi,

I have searched before posting but have not found any answer for this question.

The PinePhone should be charged using a 15W (5V 3A) USB -PD power adapter. Charging at a higher voltage may result in damage to the device.

I can't find USB-PD 15W (5V-3A) charger to buy (Amazon/eBay, ...), so can a USB-PD 18W charger (5V 3A - 9V 2A - 12V 1.5 A) be used for charging a Pinephone ?

Will the power supply negotiation damage the Pinephone ?

Thanks !

Updated the other day and haven't been able to use the modem. When trying to enable it the first time it says unable to detect modem. Further attempts appear to succeed but only show cellular. Trying an outbound call results in emergency calls only error.

Attempted to fix by

I have a lot of music on an SD card but when I reboot the phone with it inserted the Pinephone attempts to boot from it instead of the internal storage. What formats am I able to use with Mobian for external storage? Other than that my experience has been great, everything I use a phone for is working.

I subscribe to a VPN service that supports openvpn.  (pinephone64 CE Mobian & linux novice)

A search using "Software" 3.38.1 pointed me to GADMIN-OPENVPN-Client.  I clicked "Install", and under the "software" app, it is marked as "installed."  Its icon shows on my home screen.  Clicking the icon goes to Terminal's request that to "execute /ser/sbin/gadmin-openvpn-client requies root privileges" (using -su).  But upon entering root password, the phone returns to the home screen with no apparent action; pressing the icon returns to an open Terminal screen, asking again for the root password.  Entry of the correct root password produces "su: Authentication failure" loop.

Suggestions?

https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/calls/-/m...quests/270

Checked out d0194fe53464f3bd97a14f8e32e3ab9a367a3985

Built as per README.md

Setup an account config as per merge request.

Incoming calls work.

Can dial from console (See https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/calls/-/m...ote_150323 for an example of dialing)

Can *Cannot*(edit) dial from UI or return calls from UI. However, this could be a VoIP provider issue as my VoIP provider does not use the standard ports (i.e. 5060).


EDIT (28 April 2021):
Made some changes to plugins/sip/calls-sip-origin.c to ensure that the sip: prefix, VoIP/SIP host and relevant port is included in any numbers submitted. Seems to be working well.
Also made some more changes regarding registration intervals given the requirements of my VoIP provider.
I will test for a good week before submitting the patch upstream.

Written quickstart guide and other resources available on PinePhone Wiki