My Daily Manual QA

[ragreenburg]

Your QA is a useful tool but your results differ from mine where i have posted separately. Build 14 was pretty good for me except data. As of build 117, data is more stable, though i havent tested from too many locations. Where i have tested however, it works. Following other advice in this forum i've gotten just about everything i need working on the phone except the camera.

Im not a big camera person, so this isnt critical for me, but its certainly nice to have. The only issue i currently have are that in-call volume is constant, and the volume buttons dont change it. NBD since i can still hear and its not blasting loud either. The next issue is that screen is way too bright, even on lowest setting. Screen brightness does adjust which is good but i feel the dimmest setting is already very bright, and the brightest is just overkill. Fixing this might be a good battery saver too! Last issue is that having to initialize gos from terminal each time is a pain. Since we know the script, lets run it from the toggle or boot!

All in all, I'd say on build 117 the PinePhone modestly passes my QA and could well be a daily driver for many. It well surpases the capability of the 2012/2013 era smartphones if you don't care for photos. All other convenience or gimmick luxuries we forfeited coming into this. We're here for functioning phones, not spyware filled eyeball flashers. For where we are with what we've got, im thus-far pleased. Alas i would very much like to see continued progress, improvements, and involvement in this community from UBportsto ensure all is being addressed.

I think I'll have to disagree with you in that, I had to restart my phone twice yesterday just to re-enable sending text messages. Though I only knew I needed to restart my phone by trying to text myself and seeing that it wasn't going through even though it said I had service. That is the deal breaker for me where I shouldn't have to check on wether or not my phone is able to send or receive messages. I'm hoping in the next couple of months that they can get it much better. The moment I can use the phone without having to restart it, either for texting or WiFi to work, then I think it's a daily driver. That being said, I can't agree more that the screen is way too bright. I am constantly checking my brightness because I always have it down as low as it can but then I look at it and think it's way to bright.