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It turns out the narrow RF shield at the top left of the PCB to the left of the silkscreened word "Pinephonepro", below the two rectangular camera connectors, and above the square modem/CPU RF shield has come loose, solder joint failed. when the shield is pressed down the PPpro can boot and when not present no boot is possible, once bootup starts it is not needed....
I might have to just buy a new board for my PPpro.....
(edit)trying to fix using a paper shim to hold the RF cover tight. doesnt work..
Maybe I can find a hot air gun and fix this as there are so many small parts I dont want to touch with a soldering iron and glob with solder.
This loose RF shield is also why my PPpro can't ever exit power saving mode.
Does anyone have a PinePhone pro and hopefully a pinephone keyboard(mine was stolen) they want to sell? private message me please.....

