Hello!

So I got my phone yesterday and the excitement was well y'all know! Anyhow I followed the simple instructions the phone came with to get it started up. All good no problem. Once I got the basic start up completed I pretty much left the phone on the charger for the night (12+ hours) and it indicated it was charging but it never got past 86% charge.

Next the brightness won't stay where I set it and slides up and down until finally it just won't  stay illuminated (screen is black). But if I plug the phone in, it works. So on battery power... its whacky. I got an AT&T SIM installed (seems to work, I was able to call and receive calls) but for the life of myself and the fellow helping, I could not find a way to enter the APN. So I don't have access to the data plan...

Network connection, been trying to find a network connection protocol... not so much luck with that either.

I did manage to get a 600+MB update installed, I had hoped it would have resolved the screen issue. But now it seems to do it even when plugged in!? So I get this is BETA but I am kind of not sure where to go from here. Tips? Advice?

HI all, i just recieved my beta edition of the pinephone, and was very excited to try out the HDMI docking features as i have previously been using a UB Ports edition which does not support the feature.

However i am unable to get the phone to recognize that a HDMI cable is connected, i have tried under factory Manjaro Plasma, Manajaro Phosh Beta 8 and Mobian nightly with no luck. I was under the impression that HDMI out was mostly supported as of now? is there some setup that I'm missing? does it only work on certain distros? is it just broken atm?

Any help is very appreciated, overall i am head over heels with this device, it's exactly what i've been missing form my life!

So, due to some missing parts between UBports and Wayland you cannot setup online accounts on the PinePhone. Bug and Bug.

Here is a way to make it work until the bugs get addressed.

• We need to build a click package of GhostCloud. I setup a minimal Ubuntu 20.04 virtual machine as I use openSUSE and didn't want to try installing the click build environment on it. Then I setup the click build environment as described here. - I used the PIP method.
  
• Then following fredldotme's instructions, I built a click package of GhostCloud version 0.9.6 which does not use UBports online account mechanism.
  
• I transferred the click package to my PinePhone, and then using the UT Tweak Tool available in the Open Store installed GhostCloud.
  
• I was able to enter the URL, username, and password for my NextCloud instance. I now have access to files on my NextCloud server.
  
• For Calendar and Contacts, I setup syncevolution following the instructions on this github page.
  

Hello,

My pinephone just arrived today, but i hadn't realized the pinestore also sells cases for the Pinephone. My question is, If i decide to order a case, Am i going to have to pay import fees on it again? Obviously Shipping would be charged, but I'd  prefer not to have to drop another $25 on customs to get a case.

Thanks in advance for any answers.

Hi,

I received my Pinecil, purchased March 31st, yesterday.

I powered it with an old laptop power supply (21v - I checked it).

I played with the menu for 5 minutes or so, then I tried my first soldering...The temperature barely reached 314C (and oscillated from 310 to 314 during that time)...it lasted 10 seconds or so (just the time to tin the tip and try it on my solder wire...and it died.

Since, not powering up, no USB registration if I plug it into a computer....I think it is dead. 

Any similar experience? Any hint? I opened a ticket early this morning, but no answer so far...
It is really frustrating to wait for 3 weeks...for less than 10 minutes of lifetime...

I need working with the webcamera!

Does anyone know how to enable it? 

Cheese> NO device found

Can anyone at Pine64 give an approximate date for when the PineTab will be back in stock again?
I wouldn't mind a pre-order with a long shipping delay either. Just want to get my hands on one asap :)
From where does Pine64 ship? I live in Germany, do they ship from within the EU or will I have to pay import duty?

Hi everyone! I am new here. What is the easiest way to reset the OS, I have completely forgotten the password and am locked out. Thanks in advance for the help

Hi !

I'm currently trying to build from source a UBTouch image, for the Pinephone and I'm following these instructions :
https://gitlab.com/ubports/community-ports/pinephone

Apparently, the images are built using the tool "debos" : https://gitlab.com/ubports/core/rootfs-builder-debos
But after following the provided instructions (installing Docker, etc) and running the command :

./debos-docker -m 5G pinephone.yaml

I have the following error :
"Action `Pine64 common` failed at stage Run, error : stream error: stream ID 1; INTERNAL_ERROR"
... right after trying to download the UB Touch rootfs.

I'm wondering whether this is some kind of network or proxy problem (I can download the rootfs just fine with a web browser, though), or if anybody else has the same issue ?

Thanks !

A look at PinePhone keyboard prototype

In this month's community update I wrote that once the keyboard molding arrives from the factory I'll make a post about it. I know that many of you are eagerly awaiting news, so now that it is here (well sorta, I'll get to that) I'm happy to oblige with some show-and-tell.

I decided on posting a forum rather than a blog post simply because there isn't enough here for me to write about to warrant a blog entry. I currently don't have an ETA of final molding, store availability date, functionality status report, etc,. Also, if you just found out about the keyboard's existence, then I encourage you to first read this blog post, followed by the March community update.

Let me give you some context for the pictures and video. This pictured molding isn't actually final - there are still a handful of touchups needed. Most notably, the key caps need to be remolded because the tolerances are currently not quite right. This will take some 2 weeks or so I'm told. The final keyboard will also be all black (although I think it looks nice with the white bit), and of course the key caps will have latter and labeling we all decided on a while back.

Lastly, the video and pictures were shot at the factory, and are meant to show progress rather than being promo material. Also, that PinePhone has seen things  

That's all I have for you today, but it is likely I'll have more details to share in the May community update.
Enjoy the pictures and video below.












Video showing the PinePhone + keyboard open, close, hinge position and stiffness