02-08-2023, 01:11 PM
I persevered with my PP since last June (first time owner) and have really enjoyed setting it up as a portable Arch machine... but basic phone call issues have beaten me (for now). If audio does work on a call, then immediately following the call the audio device gets set to "dummy" and requires a reset of PA. And that's if I remember to do it. It's just too much hassle for the most basic of functions.
Yesterday I bought a £29 Nokia 110 4G "dumb phone" and moved my SIM across. This thing is amazing for such a cheap unit. Has basic audio recorder, music player (surprisingly good quality playback), 4G web browser (painful on such a small screen), removable battery, etc. It even takes photos (awful, awful quality but not much worse than the PP!
) and records video. It's small and light and I'm back to the good old days before "smart" phones. Plugged it into my desktop via USB and selected "U Disk" and the phone's drives appeared in SpaceFM. I expected a fight for connectivity!
Back to PP... It was only with some update a week or two back that the modem hasn't been disappearing in sleep (yes, I did all the udev tweaks etc.). I don't even mind the sluggishness of using the PP, I really enjoy the thing. I'll keep using it for fun and playing my music via Elisa with my bluetooth speaker when I'm cooking. I can't imagine me using it for calls though for a long time yet (if ever again) but I'll keep an eye on this.
Yesterday I bought a £29 Nokia 110 4G "dumb phone" and moved my SIM across. This thing is amazing for such a cheap unit. Has basic audio recorder, music player (surprisingly good quality playback), 4G web browser (painful on such a small screen), removable battery, etc. It even takes photos (awful, awful quality but not much worse than the PP!
) and records video. It's small and light and I'm back to the good old days before "smart" phones. Plugged it into my desktop via USB and selected "U Disk" and the phone's drives appeared in SpaceFM. I expected a fight for connectivity!Back to PP... It was only with some update a week or two back that the modem hasn't been disappearing in sleep (yes, I did all the udev tweaks etc.). I don't even mind the sluggishness of using the PP, I really enjoy the thing. I'll keep using it for fun and playing my music via Elisa with my bluetooth speaker when I'm cooking. I can't imagine me using it for calls though for a long time yet (if ever again) but I'll keep an eye on this.
Arch Phosh (PP); firmware: 0.7.1; ADSP: 003