09-07-2020, 11:06 PM
Hi there,
Got my new pinephone and I am very new to the concept, I have a good understanding of linux but I am still new to it. I set up the pinephone out of the box with post market OS and chose the full disk encryption option. I then flashed a micro SD card with ubuntu touch and attempted to install it on the device but immediately it comes up with an error and saying it can't access the disk as it is denied. It then boots right into ubuntu touch and i can use it just fine but when i remove the sd card it goes back to the post market OS.
I basically want to reformat the device and have only ubuntu touch on there so how would i go about this? Also on post market OS the root password does not work and neither does the pin number i put in. Not sure if this is a glitch or if I input it incorrectly.
Also I have been doing some reading on here and seeing people have been running their phone OS straight from the SD card? Is that a better option? Is it possible to do full disk encryption on the Ubuntu touch install disk? And if I was to install ubuntu touch on the device and then had a seperate sd card, could I encrypt the sd card using LUKS via desktop and then still access it via ubuntu touch once it is in the phone?
Sorry for all the questions, I am just excited about my very first linux smart phone and i want to do it right and have it fully encrypted and secure.
I remember contacting the Pure OS team and they said with pure OS it won't yet offer full disk encryption, but the home folder is encrypted and you need that password to start up the device in the future and USB is disabled until the password is input as to protect from brute force attacks and also the removal of the Keys from the device for brute force attacks.
Thank you in advance to anyone who can help me with this. Just tell me what to do and I will try it!
Got my new pinephone and I am very new to the concept, I have a good understanding of linux but I am still new to it. I set up the pinephone out of the box with post market OS and chose the full disk encryption option. I then flashed a micro SD card with ubuntu touch and attempted to install it on the device but immediately it comes up with an error and saying it can't access the disk as it is denied. It then boots right into ubuntu touch and i can use it just fine but when i remove the sd card it goes back to the post market OS.
I basically want to reformat the device and have only ubuntu touch on there so how would i go about this? Also on post market OS the root password does not work and neither does the pin number i put in. Not sure if this is a glitch or if I input it incorrectly.
Also I have been doing some reading on here and seeing people have been running their phone OS straight from the SD card? Is that a better option? Is it possible to do full disk encryption on the Ubuntu touch install disk? And if I was to install ubuntu touch on the device and then had a seperate sd card, could I encrypt the sd card using LUKS via desktop and then still access it via ubuntu touch once it is in the phone?
Sorry for all the questions, I am just excited about my very first linux smart phone and i want to do it right and have it fully encrypted and secure.
I remember contacting the Pure OS team and they said with pure OS it won't yet offer full disk encryption, but the home folder is encrypted and you need that password to start up the device in the future and USB is disabled until the password is input as to protect from brute force attacks and also the removal of the Keys from the device for brute force attacks.
Thank you in advance to anyone who can help me with this. Just tell me what to do and I will try it!
