Hey, I've been following the PinePhone, PineBook and some accessories for a while now.


My questions:

• What do I do if I don't get my product for a long time?
  
• Will I notified for changes like the next delivery to Germany or if it takes a lot of time to deliver it?
  
• When will be the next delivery to Cologne, Germany for the PinePhone?
  
• What happens if something goes wrong, e.g. the wrong place for the packet
  
• What do I have to do if the parcel is broken?
  

Hi, just a quick question, on my mobian installation (using the installer with the encryption feature), I tried typing su  into kings cross, and was asked for the root password, and tried several things, like my encryption password or user pin, but it did not accept it.

Is there actually a root password?

I saw older videos of Phosh where you had the ability to close windows using the X button on the top right of each application.
Then they moved it to just the app launcher.
Then they replaced the X button for swipe to close (for people coming from iOS or Android, it makes sense).

Now I did an update, and the home screen is no longer accessible.
You can now only see it for a few seconds between launching an app, and the app being launched.
You can't do much on the home screen, but it's still nice eye candy.
Even Android and iOS let you see the home screen while having apps open!
Why can't Phosh do that?

It's a bit frustrating if you're buying a PC-grade phone, only for it to move towards the smartphone crowds.
Is there a way to re-enable the ability to see the home screen? (gsettings or something?)

Never used Mandrake/Mandriva/OpenMandriva, but maybe we have some fans here.

Read the article here: https://9to5linux.com/openmandriva-lx-4-...nebook-pro

Hi

Been a while since I've tried any distro for the PinePhone.
Wondering if any of the current distributions out there today have good/working modem and audio support? Last time I tried, sound was just to bad and the modem silently stopped working mid day several times excluding my from both calls and messages without notifications. Would love to start using my PinePhone on a daily basis. All I personally need really, is audio and cell-connection to be working.

I am not real sure where to send this request. In late 2019, probably between late November and mid December, I ordered a PineBook Pro. This laptop was selected for a few reasons: Mainly the initial cost of the unit, and also the operating system. I did not, and still do not, know that much about the Manjaro programming language but understand that it is either a subset of Linux or is based on Linux. And I am trying to learn the Linux programming language. My use of the PineBook Pro would be as a study aid to use with a desktop computer that has Linux as the operating system. I plan to have a lesson or problem on the screen of the desktop and work on the solution on the PineBook Pro.


Not very long after my order was placed the first word about the corona virus came out in the news media and the factories in China started shutting down. Then other companies around the world started cutting back on their production because many of the parts that were needed were manufactured in China and were subject to the general shut down. Thus, all shipments of PineBook Pros became delayed. My order was finally shipped sometime between mid April and early May. It was delivered about the middle of May 2020.


The first time I turned the PineBook Pro on, I was able to go completely through the initial setup process. However, that was the only time that laptop even got past the login screen. Since that time, and I have attempted to turn it on and try to use it at least once almost every other week, the PineBook Pro only gets to a state where the power LED shows green and the three security switches (the microphone, the WiFi, and the camera switches) would show any indication of being pressed. The display would be black and would not respond in any way to any keyboard input or command. It seems to me that there is some hardware malfunction or problem that is preventing the PineBook Pro from powering on and becoming fully operational. I am requesting a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) so that this PineBook Pro can be returned to the distribution location and thoroughly checked out for any and all problems with the hardware inside this laptop. As it is right now, this laptop is and has not been usable for anything.


My email address as shown in the user profile is watched more than the forum so any answers and/or suggestions would be seen quicker if sent in an email than in a forum post.
Thank you,
James Good

When running Kali 2020.4 form an SD it does not detect the EMMC.

It should be displayed as `mmcblk2` when running command `lsblk`but it only displays the sd card which is `mmcblk1`

Any ideas?

I'm preparing an upper-division engineering course in which we will be studying the hardware and full-stack software of the pinephone. I have found the schematics available on the pinephone wiki, but I'm curious whether the actual PCB layout files are available anywhere?

Thanks!

Currently only if I insert an SD Card with JumpDrive installed PinePhone gets detected on my PC, but without it I cannot transfer any files to or from via USB. I have tried both Plasma Mobile and Phosh versions and in both of them USB file transferring didn't work.

How to make USB file transferring work?
Will it be enabled by default in feature?

I've decided to sell my Pinebook Pro. It comes with:

• 128GB EMMC
  
• Two power adaptors (USB & AC)
  
• Extra ISO keyboard (this was the original, I upgraded to an ANSI)
  
• Fresh install of Manjaro/KDE