I'd love to print a case for the PineCube so I don't break anything while I'm moving it around. Does a CAD model exist already in any capacity?

Hi All, 

The main question is if you can provide direction on selecting a generic driver that can be later used with applications. 

I am working on a project to add an AMG8833 thermal sensor to the PinePhone, the flex board to expose the pogo pins works, the PCB that holds the AMG8833 is also working fine and it is already being detected. Now on the software side I am not that good so I hope I can get your help on this. 

Someone's got Windows Arm image to run on the Mac M1:
https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/27/dev...ows-on-m1/

Do people think this might mean we could see a Windows VM on the Pinebook Pro?

Hello.
Recently, i've tried to install manjaro XFCE on to my pinebook pro.
I burned the image to an SD card, and inserted it into my pinebook pro.
When I boot, I get the orange power light, followed by the green, but no video output.
This is really stumping me.
Thanks

I plan to use the tablet connected to the AC and powered on 24/7. Usually that's bad for the battery. Does this device work if i unplug the battery and only power it from AC? (Usually tablets don't power on without a battery connected)

Is there a way to do that with mobian? Or at least from vcf files.

Purism's blog post and FAQ.

I'm very interested to see what state the software will be in, keeping in mind what a buggy mess Phosh on the Pinephone still is. Will any of you be plopping down almost a grand (or two!) for it? Comparisons between the Librem 5 and the Pinephone would be very interesting, especially considering their pricing, now that hardware for both has been "finalized" (I don't expect major revisions beyond 1.2 for the PP) and shipping.

Hello everyone,

As a continuation to a reply I have made to this post https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...212&page=2,
about how (or why?) we don't get any applications displayed in Software under the "Explore" tab.

It is still possible to search for applications using the search feature (Under "Explore", on the upper left side of the screen), I think no applications are listed by default because so many of them are not compatible with the PinePhone, or at least not known to be compatible.

What if we could randomly test applications that we like (or need), and see if they are compatible with the PinePhone on Manjaro or not.

Let's use the following scoring system:

0 = not compatible
1 = partially compatible
2 = compatible

The test will contain important test cases  such as:

1. General UI scaling - does the UI (or at least the important parts of it) scale to work with the PinePhone's screen?
2. Functionality - does the application is fully (or partially?) functional on the PinePhone?
3. Performance - does the application perform well on the PinePhone? or maybe it is just too heavy and completely not built to be run on a mobile device?
4. Any other random tests you might like to do.


Then we can write here a reply, with our results which will contain the following information:
0. What version of Manjaro for PinePhone are you using, and with which phone shell (e.g. Phosh)
1. Application name
2. Short description (what is this app, what is it used for)
3. Your compatibility rating (using the system shown above, 0 being the worst scoring, 2 being the best)
4. Optionally a few small comments about how the app performed  in each test case, and possible tweaks to make it better in case it does not perform as expected on the device.

This process can help us achieve a few things:
1. We will document which applications can be installed and used on our PinePhone with Manjaro.
2. The Manjaro-arm team could later look into the list of compatible application, and decide if they are ready to start populating the "Explore" tab with those applications, so the "Explore" tab will no longer be empty by default.
3. We could use our test results, and contact the developers behind the application who got a scoring of being "partially compatible", and ask them if they care to tweak their application to make it compatible with linux-arm phones, potentially helping our inventory of compatible PinePhone applications to grow.

What do you guys think?

I should have thought that one through! Ooops!
So my question is about factory resetting. I noticed a 'reset' button on the inside with the battery and the switches, but powering off, press and holding, doesn't seem to reset it back to original with the 123456 pw. Is there a protocol I can follow somewhere I just haven't found? Anyone know?

When booting the latest sfos image, all I get is a black background with a blue loading animation. I can swipe to open the top menu and camera, but after closing those, it returns to the loading screen. I have tried restarting, flashing a fresh image and booting from 2 SD cards and internal storage. Any ideas?