11-17-2023, 03:57 AM
(11-17-2023, 02:59 AM)alaraajavamma Wrote:(11-16-2023, 02:43 PM)MTXP Wrote: Thanks a lot for this response. All I want from pinephone right now is to have HDMI and display a presentation or a word document or something like that, or in most extreme cases play a video there. Also, you say HDMI works on all of those OSes except for Ubuntu Touch, but the HDMI doesn't work for me anywhere. With the PinePhone stock OS (I think its manjaro/plasma) the phone is unusable due to massive jittering and nothing is streamed to the external display. On arch the HDMI only worked before booting, showing me the terminal stuff it was doing. Any idea how to get it working properly on any OS? By the way, I'm using the stock HDMI hub that comes with the phone. That's one of the reasons why I'm confused the HDMI is not working.
The dock what is shipped with PP works but there are some things what you need to check:
1. Make sure that you plugged the cord deep enough (the usb c part is little bit too short and it will come off easily)
2. Try to plug in the cord in both directions - it does not work in both ways with all displays
3. Make sure that you have power plugged in and make sure that it will actually send enough power to PP (some chargers work very badly)
4. I am not sure what the situation is today but some time a go some OS's had empty black wallpaper by default - so your external display migth look like black
5. There will be some issues if you boot/reboot the PP when the PP is plugged in to dock/monitor/etc. -> nothing overwhelming but for test use it is wiser to plug dock after boot process is complete.
6. Then there are some really strange things: all hdmi cables does not work and all monitors does not work. And some hdmi/display combos does not work. I want to believe that this is because they (hdmi and/or display) are total crap but I don't know xD
Thanks again man, this is exactly what I needed. Sadly though, connecting the charger doesnt change much if anything. Arch linux HDMI is not working at all, and the default PP OS is only streaming the home page (just like the first time I tried it). Clicking on any app doesn't show the app there and of course the mobile screen is jittery and very hard to navigate. I'm not sure but I think plugging it in the charger helped stabilize the phone in terms of battery and it got rid of the constant brightness changes.
