Pinephone Pro Arrived - A Couple Of Notes About Chargers And Updates

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Maybe the problem is more that people are expecting production ready software delivered on the product whereas pine64 always stated that the device is intended for developers and early adopters with experience in Linux.

It is the same problem with folks "bricking" their device by using Pinephone (non-pro) images and flodding social media with it.

Exactly. Every part of this phone is driven by software, from the PMIC to the display. The software is entirely written by the community and they must have hardware to write the software. While much of the software written for the Pinephone will move over to the Pro, much of it will not. They are not the same phone, nor do they have the same capabilities. Pro owners are actually in a much better position than original Pinephone owners. It has taken about two years to get to this point with Pinephone. The Explorer has been in our hands for a couple of days. It’s going to take a while.

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The new keyboard also turns the phone on when power is plugged-in,  and turns on the phone when the power is un-plugged.

If you want to charge with the phone turned off,  turn the phone off  --->  after plugging in the power cable.

That works for the keyboard when I tried it. 

I think that will work for the PPPro,  but my new PPPro is scheduled to arrive tomorrow,  So, I will verify that when I actually have the new phone in my hands.

I “believe” that the battery is a J7 Samsung form factor. I ordered a battery and external charger from Amazon and will be here Monday. I’ll let you know if it works. I think i read it somewhere in the forums and it looks right, as well as the specs seem to match. But, don’t take my word for it, please.

ETA: This thread by @Otter is where I got the info on the battery… https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...#pid105606