So as per usual when I'm really tired I get creative ideas. This time I think it's good enough to share the idea.

What if you could triple-tap on the screen to resize a window just like as if it was an image?

Pinch to "zoom" the window and "pan" with one finger. This way we can access small controls without tapping at impossibly small UI elements while still being able to see the full window when you're done. Pinching back out would put the window back into a scaled maximized window, just like usual.

Then you exit the window manipulation mode by triple-tapping the screen again.

In my imagination it should feel pretty intuitive. The only issue I see is that it possibly conflicts with multi-pointer aware applications, but aside from GIMP and Xournal I can't think of any major ones.

So what do you guys think? Is this worthy of suggesting upstream to Phosh/Phoc or should I go back to sleep (and finally tackle the VAAPI issues tomorrow)?

Sometimes my Pinebook works fine other times it is buggy. Not currently learning the Linux language. I am learning a new language that I can speak to other humans rather than machines. I am happy about the price I paid for the Pinebook. Overall unless you are fluent in Linux code the machine can be rather a nightmare. Occasional screen flickering. Weak or no sound output. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi sometimes works. The screen output blacks out for a few seconds and then returns all the time. My connected hard drives and flash drives do not always respond and well...If you enjoy writing Linux code this machine is probably a dream for you. For average humans this machine is somewhat a disappointment. Developers if you want a machine that introduces Linux novices to the wonderful world of Linux this machine needs lots of work. Peace.

Has anyone had any luck using usb3 displaylink on the RockPro64? I need to connect two 4k monitors if there are any other suggestions. Tia.

Hi,

I received my pine64 ubsports edition today. I was able to work on the phone without a problem. I am having problems creating container to run linux applications, every time exit with error 1 and delete the container.  I am not able to do it from the configuration tab I tried from the terminal.  I reset the phone a few times from the system configuration screen.

I think the os is broken, how can reset it to factory default?

Regards,

Al

Hello everyone,
I just have a quick question. Just got my new Pine64 UBports edition phone and after booting the phone first time I was prompted to enter a screen lock pin, which I did and chose 4 digits pin. After I boot into the UBPorts system, played around, opened terminal and went ahead and changed password for the main user by passwd command. After a while the screen was locked and in order to unlock it, you get a prompt to enter password. The initial 4 digit pin is not accepted, since I changed password. But, there is no way to enter new password (letters and digits) as the prompt only has digits option. There is no way to enter a new password which contains letters. I wasn't aware that the new password for the user will also apply as a screen unlock PIN. Now, I am stuck with no way to enter the system and need to reset it. What is the fastest way to factory reset UBports without full reinstall? Pressing Up Volume + Power Button get me "Installing update" screen which never disappear. In regular Androind phone you login to a bootloader and just factory reset system. Could anyone suggest how to factory reset UT system instead of full reinstall? Also, why screen lock pin is the same as a user password?
Thank you.

This is embarrassing to relate, but when my new pinephone arrived today I entered a numeric passcode when prompted in setup.  A short time later I changed my password from the CLI to something with letters in it.

Now, at the lockscreen I am prompted with a numeric keypad, but - as my password is not simply numeric - I cannot unlock.

I have not been able to access the phone via ssh (I am not sure of the IP address), and UBports installer does not recognize the phone when I plug it into my computers USB port.  I can access the phone via telnet ($ telnet 172.16.42.1) but from that interface I cannot do much ("sudo: not found", "su: not found", "passwd: not found", etc.) and so cannot change my login password.

My next plan is to try and boot from an SD card.  But if anyone has advice on how to access the phone to change the password (I know what the login password is I am just unable to type it at the lockscreen!), or to wipe and restore to factory presets without logging in, that seems much easier.

Many thanks!

So it's been my 3rd day with my Pinephone CE and I've found out a lot of stuff.
I just did the VCONN Switch removal surgery in the jankiest way imaginable since I don't have a reflow workstation at home. So far I got the phone to recognize that something was plugged in and it even charges for a brief moment from my PD power supply. After a bit of prodding around I saw that it spat out an error message:

I will be preforming some basic QA against the nightly build.

build image: mobian-pinephone-20200723.img.gz

I have limited my scope to what I consider requirements for a daily driver.  (SMS, 4G Calls, general sound quality, wifi, clock accuracy, etc. etc.)

Wifi: seems fairly stable after reboot. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PASS
Boot time: Changed reboot from simple restart to battery out cold boot. (~ 1m 15s) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PASS
SMS in: Works as expected after cold boot --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PASS
SMS out: Works as expected after cold boot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PASS
Calls out: Call connects, full audio, speaker works. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PASS
Calls in: Connects. Call connects, full audio (iphone and android) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PASS
Camera front: Unable to figure out how to switch to front camera ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FAIL
Camera back: Super Laggy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FAIL
Loud speaker:  opening video in web browser crashed the UI ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FAIL


Build stability: Unstable


Notes: Laggy interface on boot or application start. Firefox app crashed the desktop (not the phone). Camera, super laggy.

Results: Not a suitable candidate for daily driver.

Hi all,

after almost losing my faith in humanity in a time when the mobile world is dominated by two [...], there still seems to be a glimmer of hope. MANY thanks to all who were involved in the development of the PinePhone, and especially to those who were engaged in the creation of the various Linux distributions. For me a dream has come true.

Mobian is so great! What I'm not satisfied with is Bluetooth A2DP audio performance. In the default configuration, the sound stutters and after some time the Bluetooth stack reduces the data rate -- hoping to deliver stutter-free audio. I don't expect true HiFi on the go, but I'm no fan of stuttering and compressy-rattling mids either.

After doing some research, I've found various ways to fix this:

1. Increase the priority of PulseAudio
2. Increase the buffer size of the encoder
3. Install other codec modues and increase minimum allowed bitpool

In detail:

1. Increase the priority of PulseAudio

Basically follow the instructions from here: https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/PulseAudio/#...t-erhoehen

In /etc/pulse/daemon.conf, add:

Hey all

I installed Mobian on my PinePhone and loved it

2 errors

when my phone is in idle mode my screen keeps popping up the date and time, can I switch it of to save battery?

The big issue I have is that when I play music on is, my volume buttons dont work, I can switch my music lower or higher, does anyone has a fix on it please

Regards