02-21-2022, 02:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-21-2022, 02:18 AM by lllsondowlll.)
This is not a traditional commercial phone and there definitely isn't a BIOS in the way that you are thinking. The call audio and sleep functions are still being worked on, this is a SOFTWARE issue. The device manufacturer has almost no hand in the software development of the phone. The hardware is a blank shell with documentation, and the community unpacks what is known about the hardware and use that knowledge to develop for the phone. Some of the developers are still learning about this chipset and how to implement proper audio and power management. Some of the firmware for the components in the phone are not completely open source, so the developers will need additional time to understand the device fully and implement fixes and features.
I believe your expectations are of a commercial phone, where the manufacturer develops the software and the hardware and the OS is just ready to go out of the box.
On the store page it is very clearly stated this an open source project and the hardware is what is being sold, not the promise of a fully functional day one phone.
For instance, the expectation that sleep and power work on the original Pinephone, therefore it should already be figured out for the Pro, doesn't take into account this is new hardware environment with a different processor and not everything about the new phone is understood or optimized yet.
This is not a commercial phone. The developers don't get paid a salary and barely scrape by donations if they even see that, and the amount of working features are only as advanced as the community developers for the distro that is being developed for the Pro.
I think we are all beating a dead horse at this point. The phone is not ready yet, but will be ready in time as advancements are made. The explorer edition is being sold as is for the hardware with the necessary disclaimers that make it clear the hardware is finished but software is still in beta.
I believe your expectations are of a commercial phone, where the manufacturer develops the software and the hardware and the OS is just ready to go out of the box.
On the store page it is very clearly stated this an open source project and the hardware is what is being sold, not the promise of a fully functional day one phone.
For instance, the expectation that sleep and power work on the original Pinephone, therefore it should already be figured out for the Pro, doesn't take into account this is new hardware environment with a different processor and not everything about the new phone is understood or optimized yet.
This is not a commercial phone. The developers don't get paid a salary and barely scrape by donations if they even see that, and the amount of working features are only as advanced as the community developers for the distro that is being developed for the Pro.
I think we are all beating a dead horse at this point. The phone is not ready yet, but will be ready in time as advancements are made. The explorer edition is being sold as is for the hardware with the necessary disclaimers that make it clear the hardware is finished but software is still in beta.
