Best Battery Life

[luney]

Hello folks, 

I am about to repair the broken screen on my Pinephone that has been sitting in a drawer for years. 

I want to attempt to daily drive. Given that I haven't tested and distro-hopped this device in years, I thought I would appeal to you all for info. 

What is currently the best distro and UI for battery life running phone calls, texts, and perhaps GPS. 

For background, I have no issue with using a command line. I am looking for function over bells and whistles. Calls, text, working GPS is a plus but not required. 

Also remind me, Wifi will drain more than cellular data? 

Thanks for your time.

[Plutopotamus]

I was hoping to learn the same thing. I guess I'm just gonna try some options and I'll try to remember to report back asap! Have you tried any distros recently? I just downloaded all the Postmarket variants and will try them out tomorrow. I just tried Kali Nethunter (seemed like a nice use for it as a non-daily driver). Initially it ran well but cam didn't work and updates seem broken... :/

[mikehenson]

Hello folks, 

I am about to repair the broken screen on my Pinephone that has been sitting in a drawer for years. 

Good luck! Here is a video of me replacing the Pro's screen. The OG PinePhone is the same!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLOHfYhM7XQ

I want to attempt to daily drive. Given that I haven't tested and distro-hopped this device in years, I thought I would appeal to you all for info. 

What is currently the best distro and UI for battery life running phone calls, texts, and perhaps GPS. 

Welcome back! I am glad you want to daily drive the PinePhone! 
I use Arch Linux on EVERYTHING, so... I think Arch works well. 

Also remind me, Wifi will drain more than cellular data? 

Both Data and Wifi are ON all the time for me.

See this post for a complete install and setup.
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=18192

See this post for my experience on functionally 
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...#pid118783

2023 May through today my daily driver is a PinePhonePro running DanctNIX Arch with Phosh
2021 May through 2023 May my daily driver was a PinePhone running DanctNIX Arch with Phosh

I am running DanctNIX Arch with Phosh on a PinePhonePro and I have not had any of the issues people keep talking about. Calls, VoLTE, SMS, MMS, cell broadcast messages, voice mail, internet, Wifi, 4G data, mobile hot spot, calendar, calendar notifications, contacts, syncthing, Navigation with GPS and offline maps via osmin work, connecting Google accounts work, Groupme via firefox, Facebook via firefox ALL WORK. Calls, SMS, MMS all work from sleep.

I have not tested alarms from sleep. I have not tested any bluetooth items.

Device: PinePhone 32Gig (Used for building packages)
Device: PinePhonePro (Daily driver)
OS: DanctNIX Arch with Phosh
Carrier: USA - Patriot Mobile (T-Mobile SIM)
EG25 Firmware: Biktorgj 0.8.0
ADSP Version: 01.003