Have "inherited" a Braveheart from a roomie. They said they could never get UBTouch to work well, so they replaced it with Mobian.

They eventually gave up on it, so now I'm trying to make a go of it.

The Problem: now it only boots to the splash screen and completely locks up.  The battery has to come out to turn it off.

It also won't boot from any SD card, I've tried about 5 or 6 with Jumpdrive or an OS on them - nothing.

So can someone tell me if there's a way to send this phone into a factory reset when starting it up?

I haven't used UT in a few months because I noticed that from June to August the usability was the exact same and certainly not usable for a daily driver. I haven't used it much since though, is it still basically in the same condition it was in August?

Hello,

Could you please help me regarding this issue?

When an usb keyboard is connected to Manjaro phone i can't change the keyboard layout: setxkbmap fr
The command return no error but the keyboard remains qwerty

Thank you for your help
Seb

Here's how we build and debug Embedded Rust Firmware for PineCone BL602... With VSCode and GDB

Debug Rust on PineCone BL602 with VSCode and GDB

Can battery life be gained by a choice of OS & UI?

1. Is there a noticeable difference in battery life between operating systems?  (All other things being equal, of course, like usage.)
   I'm especially curious about Archlinux vs postmarketOS vs Debian.
   
   
2. Does UI choice notably affect battery life?  Which UI's are least/most power hungry?
   

Maybe I'm missing something obvious but I don't seem to be able to install the chromium web browser from the command line. Running apt install chromium-browser doesn't work...

Bad mom here. My son asked for one thing for Xmas. I thought he was buying it for himself. He thought I was buying it for him. 
Anyone have a source for the PINECIL Smart Mini Portable Soldering Iron even at a small premium? Should I/can I look somewhere else for it?

I am considering buying a few Pine64 SBC's, but I need to know how amenable the various models are to building a fully libre custom linux. Specifically, building my own ATF, mainline U-Boot, mainline de-blobbed kernel, etc.

I own some Libre Computer Tritium boards and have successfully done this with them, but I've found the hardware somewhat unreliable, e.g ethernet ports going bad, etc. so I am looking for an alternative.

Would RockPro64 or H64 be a good fit for what I am doing? Also, are the Wifi/BT modules usable with open firmware?

Thanks

I've gotten speaking about the Pinephone to people down to a very simple pattern across demographics in my urban area:

Quote:I have a new phone (this is either after they ask me to do something a proprietary phone can do, and it can't, or it's a person I'm familiar with)
It's worse than the old one

It works as a phone with calls and texts and contacts
just like regular

AND It doesn't have any Apple or Google, Android or Windows on it
There are no backdoors; no one is able to come in, not even you if you mess up, though you can reset it if something goes wrong

It never does anything against my will
It's sort of similar to a filing cabinet that you have to maintain yourself

look at this camera, it's terrible! *laughs*

After they see it and have the knowledge that it even exists as an option, and don't feel threatened by it and how new it is, I let them know the following:
I don't recommend it for everyday use yet, You'd be interested in it if you're building it or you're testing it right now.

Does anyone know what the correct size and thread pattern the threaded knockouts on the Aluminum Waterproof Enclosure are?  I can't seem to figure it out, despite having 3D printed several different sizes and styles of bolts; none of which seem to match up.  I figure before I waste more resin and time printing more and more test parts, I'd just ask.  I can't find any real spec sheets or drawings that would list this data, and my own measurements are inconclusive.