10-13-2020, 10:18 PM
my wife got me a UBPorts edition for my birthday because she's the best ever. I've experienced varying degrees of progress when I flash different builds with different development bases.
I'm currently using pmOS only because it's the only offering for sxmo right now. I don't have enough of a know-how on the backend workings of the pinephone to build my own Arch based image (Arch or Manjaro) using sxmo, so I've found myself at the mercy of the pmOS people since falling in love with the DE. it has horrible battery life on standby, which I think is because it's lacking a lot of power saving features of other builds. there's also a bug that seems to be present in all pmOS builds where it will hum/buzz consistently for several seconds then stop, and repeat again a few seconds later. that most certainly also negatively affects battery life.
the first UBPorts build I tried (that shipped with the phone) completely lacked audio. I had to reflash a newer build and reset the phone a couple of times, and then finally audio worked. now every build (from any offering) seems to include audio. calling and texting seem to work well on Shaw/Freedom in BC (Canada). data seems to work, assuming you've figured out the GUI quirk that prevents it from being enabled (Phosh, I'm looking at you).
at the moment, the core features of calling, texting, and data seem to be covered, even for a relatively new mobile carrier like Shaw/Freedom. the camera worked for a while, but it isn't working on any new builds I've tried, although I haven't tried new builds in a week or so. battery life on pmOS/sxmo is terrible, although I feel like that isn't representative of most builds.
I don't know, when I got the phone most builds couldn't even switch over to voice when they received a call (UBPorts was the only offering that could). now that's done seemlessly in all builds. the Pinephone has progressed quite expediently since I've gotten it, but it's still not quite at "daily driver" level. once I have the core features, plus a respectable battery life, I feel like I can call it daily driver ready.
also, I got the phone, with the expectation that it wouldn't be daily driver ready. there was a page long blurb in red on the store page explaining that it's basically an Alpha release, for people who are willing to tinker, and flash builds to experiment and provide feedback. the store page was very clear. that warning seems to be missing from the Pine Store now.
I'm currently using pmOS only because it's the only offering for sxmo right now. I don't have enough of a know-how on the backend workings of the pinephone to build my own Arch based image (Arch or Manjaro) using sxmo, so I've found myself at the mercy of the pmOS people since falling in love with the DE. it has horrible battery life on standby, which I think is because it's lacking a lot of power saving features of other builds. there's also a bug that seems to be present in all pmOS builds where it will hum/buzz consistently for several seconds then stop, and repeat again a few seconds later. that most certainly also negatively affects battery life.
the first UBPorts build I tried (that shipped with the phone) completely lacked audio. I had to reflash a newer build and reset the phone a couple of times, and then finally audio worked. now every build (from any offering) seems to include audio. calling and texting seem to work well on Shaw/Freedom in BC (Canada). data seems to work, assuming you've figured out the GUI quirk that prevents it from being enabled (Phosh, I'm looking at you).
at the moment, the core features of calling, texting, and data seem to be covered, even for a relatively new mobile carrier like Shaw/Freedom. the camera worked for a while, but it isn't working on any new builds I've tried, although I haven't tried new builds in a week or so. battery life on pmOS/sxmo is terrible, although I feel like that isn't representative of most builds.
I don't know, when I got the phone most builds couldn't even switch over to voice when they received a call (UBPorts was the only offering that could). now that's done seemlessly in all builds. the Pinephone has progressed quite expediently since I've gotten it, but it's still not quite at "daily driver" level. once I have the core features, plus a respectable battery life, I feel like I can call it daily driver ready.
also, I got the phone, with the expectation that it wouldn't be daily driver ready. there was a page long blurb in red on the store page explaining that it's basically an Alpha release, for people who are willing to tinker, and flash builds to experiment and provide feedback. the store page was very clear. that warning seems to be missing from the Pine Store now.
