Hey folks,
I don't know where to put such post on the Pinebook Pro so i thought id fit here the nature of this post is of a request but in hopes to sort of inspire with a few ideas on what I personally would like to see on this 'budget' laptop which has shown to have a lot of potential to be so much more than a devtoy. Now, I do not have any experience with code (maybe some bash, and some html ABCs) meaning I'm not really a dev but I am a consumer that likes to tinker. Initially i got this device because i thought it was neat; the specs (though i overlooked the ram space a little), and the fact that it wasn't intel or amd based and it was power efficient and etc. At the time I needed a cheap laptop and at the time I wasn't pleased with what was  on the market so i thought what the hell; the money helps further some projects so I ordered. Fast forward to now after seeing the weaknesses and strengths of this device I'm still impressed by what can be accomplished if enough dedication and focus is put into this. First and foremost portability is a 10/10 This thing is notebook size, the screen is very nice, the keyboard at first was a bit hard to get into but it grew on me and now i hardly miss-press a key; not to mention I sorta like the feel of it. The trackpad at first it was brutal.. and it still sort of is but its gotten better with software/firmware updates, I just wish it would have been a better trackpad since when i try to move a few knobs on my music production program i slowwwwly move my wrist just so that i can get the pointer to align with the button better. The speakers suck, big time. Ive never heard speakers this bad ... I'm tempted to say on a budget laptop but I don't think I've ever heard them in anything. And lastly the power delivery, though it works, it would have been even better if i can get this thing to charge quick/quicker being that the battery is 10,000mah (correct me if im wrong on this).

Anyways, as i stated the nature of this post is to maybe inspire some type of idea or future of this device so I've been thinking of a few things that I think may make this device a very attractive option:

A metal chasis: a more rugged/sturdy chasis to really make this thing take quite a beating, I'm ok if it gains a few pounds!
A glass trackpad/a better trackpad: I think we can all agree on this
A Backlit keyboard
Better set of speakers
Bigger battery

I think all these can even be sold as accessories so that we may upgrade our pinebook pros. There are some options that I'm not sure if they will require more to upgrade but It would be nice if the webcam can be upgraded to a better one; I'm not sure if it forms part of the panel, I'm also not sure if software can fix the quality of the webcam but last time i checked the webcam wasn't that great.

I'm aware this is a budget device but it would be great if these options could be available.
* Also I'm aware that there were talks of having some sort of upgrade kit of the pbp so that's a plus

Im going to get the latest Jovian and ubuntu touch and try the phone again but so far I cant make a call on either OS on TMobile-USA. Anybody else having luck with a particular OS in the USA? Willing to try something new as well

I am an extreme novice when it comes to Linux computers in fact up until I bought this Pinebook Pro I've never actually a Linux computer in my life. I remember reading that the hardware of the ARM 64 device doesn't allow certain capabilities which is why its not possible (at present) to use TOR browser and other common programs that you can find on the MAC and Windows computers and perhaps other Linux

Good evening,
thank you for reading the whole post before answering.

To start off, i put a lot of time into working everything out, but it seems like, pine64 is not interested in helping me at all.

I was one of the people that ordered a Pinephone PMOS Convergence Edition. On arrival i saw that the display was broken, but have not received an answer for my ticket, which i immediately opened after noticing that. To fix that, i decided to open a paypal dispute, which finally led to an answer. Well, i was offered to receive a replacement display, which i received weeks later.
There was a problem with it though: The image quality was fine, but the touchscreen didn't work. Well, so i wrote to the support again and (of course) didn't receive an answer again. I reacted to that opening a thread on the forums. I was suggested to contact tllim, which i did. I got one answer in my tickets, then it got quiet again. Of course i tried to contact tllim again, who told me to solve that with the support. After that i haven't got any answer from him again.

Many days later i finally received an answer on my ticket. I shall please ship my phone and replacement screen to Luke. To make sure that everything goes without any hassle i decided to contact him using directly. Well, said and done. There i was writing with Luke. I shipped the package to the UK. And i received an answer from him: Both screens seem indeed to be broken. Additionally he said, that he would forward that to the support. Well, i have not received an answer from the support or Luke since then. I have asked him, how long that could take still, but have not received an answer yet.

And now i stand here, lost 257 USD, and also don't have any item in my hand. Nothing. No phone, no money, no reaction to my inquiries. I feel scammed.
Consider that everything i told you happened over a timespan of 6 months. Considering that i have directly contacted pine64 after receiving the defective unit, that's a lot of time. And in that time i was not able to use the phone. It was just there. Not working. And now even that is gone, without reaction.

So please, would anyone be so kind to help me? Preferably Pine64. But honestly i've been left hanging by you quite drastically now.

Greetings
Janik020301

I'm using my PBP with the original mrfixit Stretch, and X.  I noticed that sometimes the mouse (touchpad) pointer gets stuck.  Often I can't find  the mouse pointer just because there are places it's an I-Beam which isn't very visible.  If it gets stuck in one of those places it takes a while to find it.

I've done a little xlib programing so I know that there's a stream of events constantly (almost) being processed.  See man pages like XtNextEvent, XtPending, XtMainLoop.  I suspect something's causing these to not get cleared fast enough at times.  If my cursor won't move I just let it sit a minute and then it works again.  Sometimes more down pressure helps a little but not much.

Am I the only one where Gnome Software crashes each time when I want to enter a software CATEGORY? This happens already since weeks.

How to fix this?

Best!
Thomas

I got my Manjaro Pinephone about a month ago now when they first shipped this edition. I didn't really care for Phosh so I flashed KDE and have been doing updates almost daily. Early on the phone recognised the sim and I was able to both make and receive calls on KDE. Although the updates are progressing nicely, and many things are working as they should, my phone has not recognised my sim now for the last couple of weeks. This is the same sim that I run in my daily driver. Any ideas??

I see that quite a few parts are out of stock, some of them being out of stock for a considerable amount of time (was out of stock before, during and after the Manjaro batch). How often are those restocked? I would have expected they would be manufactured and restocked along with a new batch but that doesn't seem to be the case.

I bought this as part of the early adopter but I'm just not in a place where I want to be on the cutting edge.  I just need a basic tablet personally.  I have the original packaging.  

$150 shipped CONUS.  I'll work with you on shipping overage if you're someplace else.

Today I chose to uninstall some apps I thought I'd never use like Maps, Calendar, Lollypop, Geary... I was thinking if a problem arose I'd just find it in Software and reinstall.

I believe trouble arrived when I uninstalled Evolution Notification this-or-that. (Which I noticed was running in RAM when I was doing nothing.) As soon as I did, both icons for SMS and phone calls turned into grey coins with ? in them, and did nothing when I tapped them.

I went to Software and couldn't find this Evolution Notifies etc. and I'm not too familiar with pacman but I figured out how to search and it didn't find anything. And then my Pinephone crashed (which is what it tends to do every so often) and after the Manjaro logo and the loading circle of dots under it, I see this:



It stays on this screen until I do another hard reset, and the same thing happens again. I don't have a microSD to try and boot to it.   Is there anything I can do except to factory reset?