is it possible to install the pamac app manager in Manjaro Lomiri? I would like to have a GUI for softwares.

I want to build a bicycle computer around a phone using the app "IP Bike", with a camera and a custom high powered LED on a rotatable mount, roughly perpendicular to the screen. The form factor / design would be almost entirely unlike a phone, but the phone's components are possibly better suited to this, compared to the available SBCs.

Is this likely to be possible? Either now or in the future?

Okay, so I made this thread, PinePhone replacement board won't stop vibrating, detailing how I basically cut of the vibration motor from the sideboard after it started malfunctioning with the newest version of the PinePhone boards. One thing I didn't make a post about was the fact that I ultimately couldn't flash another OS onto the eMMC because I couldn't detect the device when booting jump drive. I used multiple versions. Furthermore, the latest build of Mobian which I booted off of an sd card didn't indicate that it was charging when the phone was plugged in. And the phone wouldn't charge. 

So, I bought a new sideboard, installed it, and the same issues are still there. No light when plugged in, although, it's been about a year since my Pinephone even worked, so I'm having a hard time remembering what it does when it charges. No vibration issues, though. It's plugged in now, and it doesn't seem to have increased in battery since it was plugged in. Lsblk doesn't return anything when the phone is booted into jumpdrive. I tried this on another laptop with Ubuntu, but no dice. I've flashed the eMMC on this phone plenty of times using this exact cable, so I don't think it's that.

I also bought a replacement screen, so maybe I'll see how that goes. At that point, this is going to be the Theseus' ship of PinePhones. I really hope it manages to float, somehow, at this point. The sunken cost fallacy only stays in effect for so long.

Edit: Nope, nothing changed. I'm not sure why I thought it would. Perhaps the connector from the mainboard to the sideboard is damaged? If that's the case, I don't see any damage. The pins look fine, and the cable itself doesn't seem worn down.

The ribbon of my new sideboard snapped off, somehow, so I'll be using the old sideboard from now on.

It has been a while since I have updated, so I figured I would do that. Unfortunately I was unable to.
After running:
$ sudo apk upgrade
I got
1 error; 1155 MiB in 575 packages

I would really like to avoid reflashing, as I have this installation configured the way I like it and it would be a pita to do it again. Any thoughts on what could be going wrong here?

https://imgur.com/a/kqq1hpP
I noticed this when it was about a year old, I see other people are getting cracks too.  I've had it open a few times, all the screws are back in it.  Dropped it a couple times but it just slid off my lap onto carpet.  Opening the lid causes the crack to open up.

with Manjaro Lomiri, Accounts like Nextcloud or Google are completely missing, also, there is nothing like a software repository accessible. Is it possible to add a software 'store'? Any way to add a Nextcloud account?
Or are these features just missing nor now?

I have set up my nextcloud account, but Manjaro Plasma Mobile allows only for contacts and for storage. Is there a option for calendars and to-do's too, or is this missing in Plasma, for now?

I wanted to find the latest Posmarket release....I found this 03-05 release 

I flashed it and I cannot use apt to update, I cannot change the pin, I cannot search the app store, does anyone know what I am missing?

We just got a Pine64 today and plugged it in.

During the boot and installation process, the power cord got unplugged. The phone was in the middle of extracting files and/or mounting partitions when this happened.

Now the phone starts the install but after entering a PIN, it fails almost immediately with this error:

Installation Failed
Configuration Error
No partitions are defined for mount to use.


Is the Pine64 bricked? If not, how can we reset it back to bare metal and do the install again?

Re:  PinePhone 64 mobian Community Edition ...

Overview illustration at https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/PinePhone is helpful ... but:   Do the cards get inserted "label up" or "contacts up" for the SIM (lower slot) and microSD (upper lot closest to back cover) ?   Illustration at above webpage could benefit from showing this.  Thanks!