03-25-2022, 01:23 PM
(03-21-2022, 07:05 PM)codefossa Wrote: I am currently daily driving the PPP, and not having any real issues with it, though it didn't start off that way. Long story short, I'm on my 2nd PPP and I've tried to set myself up for success.
Wiped eMMC to avoid booting into it and have a 32G SD set up with Arch Phosh. With my first PPP, one of the many unfortunate things that happened is uboot update killing the installed OS and even using the bypass button on the back, was never able to get it to boot from an SD.
I saw the info posted under the Arch software section for using btrfs with the PPP, but didn't have any luck with that yet, though I plan to try again soon. For now, I'm just pulling backups to a PC every so often.
Just like running Arch on my work laptop, I don't update when I'm not able to take the time to take care of it. I wait until I'm home and can fix it if needed. This has caused me to update about once a week, which is plenty.
There's an issue with sound sometimes after suspend. Basically causes all sound to play in fast forward. My fix is to just suspend it again and once it wakes up that's generally resolved.
The suspend mentioned previously has a desktop file so it appears on the app drawer. Due to that bug, this has been necessary because typing it in a terminal would be a pain with how often it occurs.
The last gotcha I have is of course app availability. I assume this is not an issue if you're currently running the PP, but I have had to create some of my own apps, as well as find some workarounds to deal with using some browser plugins and sites. Firefox has been my browser of choice and has been doing well for me. I used Chromium while there was a bug with Firefox 98, and it wasn't quite as good, though the gestures for back, forward, etc. was nice. Of course, using Chromium will allow you to cast YouTube and whatnot to TV if that's something you care about. Worked perfectly for me.
Call quality is good enough for me as I don't do many calls. The speaker is just okay, though I really wish it wasn't on the back as it's not the best experience for media consumption. Again, it's good enough for me. I also use it as my alarm clock, so I do have it set to not suspend while charging, and I just leave it on a charger all night. I'll probably have to replace the battery a little sooner because of that, but at least with these phones that's an option.
Texting has been working fine for me as well. Both calls and texts are waking the phone from suspend, as far as I know, all the time. I haven't tried MMS, and I can't guarantee that I haven't missed anything.
Suspend works fine most of the time, though once in a while it will not let me wake, so I have to hold the power button to shutdown and boot back up. Otherwise, suspend has been great, and I'm able to just charge it when it's convenient, and have the phone all day.
The battery doesn't last forever, but while suspended, it can last quite some time. I haven't been super active on my PPP like I was with Android, and this is probably my main reason for daily driving it already. I have found it so peaceful to be away from app notifications, chats, etc. I can still access everything I need, but my phone doesn't bug me to do anything. This phone is literally making my life better.
Bluetooth audio in the car has been fine. I use YouTube Music. I currently have premium, but that will probably be cancelled soon. The only problem with this is that I believe the app on Android preloads the next song, while the site is not, so there's a delay between song changes. On Android, I can switch song after song rather quickly, while the PPP I switch about one song every 5 to 10 seconds. Again, this is an app vs browser comparison, so probably unfair, but it is what I have to work with.
If you care about the camera, well it doesn't work at all right now, so that could be a killer for you.
Sorry if this is all over the place. Just spit out thoughts as I thought of them. I switched from a Pixel 3 XL, and this is a decent summary of my experience. Once in a while I do have to swap the SIM back when I need to be using Android Auto, or when the family goes geocaching, but these are rare. There's also some apps that just don't have the option to exist, like Kasa. Because of that, my Android phone sits around and I try to keep a charge in it, but I just rarely touch it. Lastly, I'm using Mint Mobile, and everything has seemed great for me.
The microphone on the PPP is non--funtional for phone calls on any distro or even the android test image. Its important to let people know this. The most basic aspect of the PPP does not work. I own a PPP just to be clear. If you are using it as a PDA its fine. But its not a functioning phone at the moment.
