07-14-2021, 12:04 PM
@TRS-80 thank you! It could very well be a carrier problem as it is an MVNO relying on Verizon towers, and Verizon is a monopoly. At&T service is not great out here, so Verizon is kind of the only show in town. For a bit we were trying Puretalk, which is an ATT MVNO, and we just could not get or receive calls consistently,because of the spotty service. We are going to try this weekend on another phone, as @rocket2infinity suggested and then we will have a better idea of what is going on. Despite others successes, we have never had good luck with calls/text on any of the operating systems, and we have tried them all, so service could definitely be the issue. Knowing Verizon, it could be because we had to register the SIM with an alternate IMEI. I miss my 3G flip phone dang nabbit. Anyway, thanks to all of you for the patient, consistent help. We will keep plugging away and try on another phone for a bit and keep trying the Pinephone intermittently. I really like the look and ease of use of UT and my husband liked MANJARO with KDE/plasma. Thanks again, will post back after we get an alternate phone.