I recently learned that i cannot record with a built in microphone. Is this a common issue or does anyone have microphone working on Pinebook Pro?

I'm slightly curious as to how much non-free software is required to run the PineBook Pro and if it's possible to use it with only libre software, if it's not possible it won't put me off getting one I'd just like to know

Thanks

Hi all,

I just got my brand new PinePhone and I have spent a lot of time searching what distro to start doing development for.

Mobian Project seems to be the best described project in terms of development and how to obtain the source code.
The only thing missing from all distro's is what system requirement is needed to do a proper hardware/VM setup to ensure
enough RAM and Disk space to both host the build source code and to do the software compilation? And what Debian OS version
to use to make sure necessary build tools will be available for the process of building.

So my question is:

Where can I find info on DISK/RAM/OS requirement for physical machine and also for VM/Docker if this is more feasible?

I believe a VM/Docker approach would be the best way to kickstart the development process...
My stationary is a Gentoo box so if any one has a pretty good setup for doing Mobian development on this platform I would like to know whats and hows to this approach too :0)

/666

For a long time we have been looking for the ideal power bank for our geek briefcase (a modded briefcase to keep some SBCs and a 13" hdmi monitor)... with no luck for now: we would like a model that uses standard replaceable 18650 lithium batteries... there are various models on ebay and bought a quite cheap one in the past... but for the moment we have found nothing that support pass through charging, namely the possibility of charging its batteries while powering also the connected devices... we would also like one with more than one output port and maybe a PD USB output port...

After a Pinebook Pro and a Pinecil, a few days ago the PinePower we have ordered has finally arrived and, like the other two, it's simply great... so probably we will order another one for the briefcase... it would be very nice for powering all the stuff in the briefcase when we can connect it to a wall socket... but then I started thinking... would be wonderful if Pine guys would come out some day also with the power bank of my dream... :-) probably it would be the perfect solution for the briefcase... portability... UPS.....  so... I'm just putting it out there :-) 

alessio

There's a text based spotify client that runs in text mode called spotify-tui, which I thought looked nice,
so I took some time to make it run on the pinephone.


Here it is running in the st terminal in sxmo


Prereqs:
You need the following packages installed (there might be some missing from this list though)

• libssl-dev or openssl-dev
  
• cargo
  
• rust
  
• pkg-config
  
• libxcb-dev
  
• xdg-utils
  
• firefox-esr (or chromium), to activate the spotify API, since surf doesn't seem to load the webpage properly
  

While waiting for my pine power to arrive I noticed that the standard barrel tip power supply from all of the Asus laptops we have had from the last ~7-10 years are compatible with my pinecil.
I had noticed we had ripped some probes from a logic analyzer and was excited to get my pinecil hot after finding on arrival that the pinecil would not heat up connected to 5v USB C.
What a great mini soldering iron, it was able to dial up to 20v when connected to the Asus power supply and heated up to 300C in less than ten seconds.
Ergonomics with a right-angle laptop charge cable were not perfect but I consider that backup power option once I have a dedicated USB-C brick.
I will be sure to get another pinecil to put into my laptop bag. it makes me wonder if I got a USB-C-->USB-C cable if the laptop's C port could directly power the pinecil from battery.
When not in a workbench situation are there any neat tricks to safely cool the soldering tip?
I guess I have a cheap spiral soldering iron holder that I keep in my toolbox but I want a solution as advanced and portable as the pinecil.

I recently got my pinephone in the mail and within an hour locked myself out of the device. My model is the "Community edition: KDE plasma mobile" that came with Manjaro installed by default.




After looking it up online, I'm not the only one who realized too late your pin number to unlock your screen had anything to do with the password for the standard user. The only thing I've done so far is through the command line I updated/upgraded with pacman, disabled the SSH daemon (regretfully) and changed the password to the user. This has locked me out of the device.





I have been unsuccessful trying to boot anything from an SD card to resolve the problem above. I have tried 2 different micro SD cards, I have tried to flash from different devices (Desktop and laptop), different software to flash (dd and something called "balena etcher") and different OS images such as Arch, postmarketOS, mobian, sailfish and the phone when booting does the same thing. I was following these instructions...




From the wiki:



To install an image to the microSD card:

1. Download your chosen image from PinePhone Software Releases
   
2. Extract the compressed file
   
3. Write the image to your SD card, see below
   
4. Plug SD card into phone
   
5. Boot phone
   

I have tested several distributions (manjaro/phosh, ~/lorimi, mobian/phosh, ubuntu/lorimi) and observed similar problems with all of them.
With phosh, I can not connect to wifi, while in the setup wizard.
It either loops asking for the password, or refuses instantly to connect to my SSID.
My first run was very frustrating. No wifi! 

I found out, that I can connect to wifi in phosh, when I try again, after the setup wizard completed.
I can select a properties button beside my SSID and select the security settings.
Though my SSID is detected as WPA encrypted, I have to select "WPA2 personal" from the encryption selection. It initially shows: none
After this is selected, I can enter my password and everything is fine in mobian and manjaro/phosh. wifi works.

In january, I was able to initally connect in ubuntu touch without problems.
Now, it loops prompting me for the password, though it shows "connected".
I can select "cancel" and everything is fine. wifi works.

Today, I tried manjaro/lorimi (newest developer).
It loops prompting me for the password. No connection.

Any idea?

My guess would be one of the four:
1. My location is Europe/Germany
2. My wifi router is a AVM Fritz Box (newest firmare)
3. Fritz Box security settings have "WPA2/WPA3" enabled.
4. My SSID is numerical (think of Douglas Adams).

Anyone with similar problems?

So I got a problem with my modem, the phone will not connect to cellular service and it's not detected by the software. This has been an issue from day 1 with the phone and its a Manjaro CE 2GB version (I also have a 3GB version that works just fine). Tried opening an issue with the company but there response has been lack-luster and i have given up with them.
-- carrier is AT&T
-- Yes the switches are are on tried cycling on/off several times and verified the switch is good
-- using the sim card that works in my 3GB phone
-- manually entering in APN does nothing
-- phone has never showed missing sim card icon with or without sim card installed
-- confirmed coaxial cable is plugged in fully, even swapped out for the one on the 3GB phone
-- physically main board and solder pads look good
-- running the auto test it will hang up when testing the modem is i cancel the test then re-launch it the modem says it passes. Going to the debug button will sometimes not show anything, sometimes will be some info always missing IMSI though, it will also never read the sim card. if it does bring up modem info there will barely be a signal.
-- WiFi always work, I have no use for Bluetooth so i never tested but seems to be ok

-- I get this when i run dmesg;

dmesg | grep -i modem
modem-power serial-0: the modem didn't report powerup success in time

forcibly cutting off power, data loss may occur.

power up failed


-- no modem is listed when i run lsusb

-- mmcli -m any
errror: couldn't find modem

-- nmcli c
will list wifi and anbox

-- sudo bash -c “pinephone-modem-stop.sh && pinephone-modem-start.sh && pinephone-modem-setup.sh”
will do nothing and still no modem listed with lsusb, mmcli, etc.

-- can not get into EDL mode to update firmware, after jumping test points on the board no modem is listed with lsusb still! :@ (treied many times with different jumpers)
-- when i run the firmware from @Biktorgj
quectel_eg25_recovery
./qfirehose -f ./
Quectel module not found
qfirehose.c main 324 fail


--I have tried a lot of different distros both from the multi-boot and eMMC install with jumpdrive(manjaro plasma, lomiri, and phosh, Mobian, Arch, Postmarket OS, Sxmo, Sailfish, etc.)

I have been off and on dealing with this issue for months now and have kind of reached my limit with this phone, please any help will be much appreciated. I have not seen this particular issue in the forums either and maybe I have the one dud out there. :( 

Cheers,
al_x

Am I becoming crazy ?
In Armbian, the white led seems blinking like a heart. But it also accelerate according to the load as if it is running ! That’s super cool !