12-03-2022, 02:07 PM
(11-29-2022, 08:53 AM)mikehenson Wrote:(11-28-2022, 11:50 AM)karcdaeh Wrote: Is there any OS that is actually working and stable? I am going down the list installing every OS but there's always a problem to be found, some more than others but none of them work enough to make the device live up to it's name - the Pine "Phone".
If anyone has had any luck with an OS please let me know. I have installed more than half the available OS's and am on the precipice of giving up.
Thanks.
Arch Linux with Phosh - @Danct12 does a great job!
Everything works: SMS, MMS, Camera, GPS, calling, contacts, calendar, g00gle email, synchthing...
I have not tried any other OS. I have used Arch for many years on my desktop and laptop.
ok thanks for everyones suggestions. i was able to send an sms and make a call from my pinephone now running arch posh to one of my burners on the colombian network Claro.
my side buttons are still not working though but this could be my error. when i bought the phone i broke the sim card slot and had to send in the board to be fixed. the pinephone team were very accomodating and got it back to me in less than two weeks ( i told them i was moving to colombia ). it's possible that i may have somehow damaged them when putting the phone back together but i don't think that's what is causing the issue since the phone was engineered extremely well.
The arch installation was a breeze. The easiest OS to install so far using jumpdrive and flashing the latest arch posh release.
was there any firmware releases i may have missed? i've not looked at any of them and have been using the phone as it was sent to me. The phone will only wake or power up by plugging and then unplugging it to a usb port.
