12-11-2022, 04:51 AM
(12-10-2022, 05:08 PM)Cangiante Wrote:(11-27-2022, 01:37 PM)fxc Wrote:(11-27-2022, 11:01 AM)jilek Wrote: Hello! I have an interest in the Pinephone Pro but I'm still curious about a few things.
- Is the battery life really so bad that it can't last a whole day? There's no battery upgrade that allows it to last?
- I imagine some may frown on the idea, but what is the possibility I can get Android 10 on it? I would idealistically like to use Android 10 as my daily driver, while...
- How can I multi-boot the phone? I wish to be able to test out Linux phones and possibly learn to develop on that platform. Idealistically I'd love to have a phone with easy repairability, battery/SD card replacement, a battery that lasts ~a full day, runs Android 10 until Linux phones are comprable, and to test/mess with Linux OS's. My Pixel 3a is very good but I can't upgrade storage, and I don't know how to repair it.
The PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition is intended for developers only:
"Presently the PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition is aimed at Linux developers with an extensive knowledge of embedded systems and/or experience with mobile Linux. It will take time for all the PinePhone Pro’s functionality to reach software parity with the original PinePhone and for mobile operating systems, in more general, to reach a higher degree of maturity." https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_P...e_software
It wouldn't make sense to buy the Pro to run Android on it. There is GloDroid for it, which however lacks contributors and is lacking further behind any other Linux distribution. Battery theoretically can theoretically last a day but that is with suspend and low usage. Multi-booting can be done for example using Tow-Boot, where you can hold a volume key at boot to boot from microSD card.
Dear Fxc,
I am currently looking for a smartphone with linux instead of android.
All I need is making phone calls as well as sms, using whatsapp and telegram, together with browsing (Vivaldi would be my first choice, but firefox may be ok as well)
a long lasting battery as well as a physical keyboard would be well appreciated too.
However I am *not* a developer.
Can I buy the Pinephone pro as well?
thanks for your kind reply.
best regards
In that case I wouldn't recommend to do so. WhatsApp would be only usable by Waydroid (or by bridging it) and it is a huge pain because you can't receive messages while the phone is suspended. The Pro's battery isn't lasting long depending on the usage - the keyboard case would prolong it but has its own fair share of flaws however. The Pro's software state is currently also not very stable (see https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_P...e_software), we're speaking about alpha state software here.
If you're concerned about privacy I would recommend having a look at the Pixel 6(a) running GrapheneOS, which won't communicate with any Google service., in combination with the F-Droid store.