(09-04-2021, 06:19 PM)jpaulbiss Wrote:(09-03-2021, 08:45 PM)kqlnut Wrote: This sounds like a bad first impression. But before you blame it on the hardware, make sure this is not software related (which I believe it is; also remember Pine64 doesn't provide the software, this is all done by the community). Development is fast and your phone most likely came with a by now outdated OS version. It is unfortunate that bugs may keep you from upgrading properly, but luckily it's very easy to flash a new OS to the phone or use microSD cards with different operating systems. I suggest you try different current OSs on an SD card to see how they work (since your phone came with Manjaro Plasma you would probably want to try its newest version, as for another OS Mobian Phosh is known to work quite well) and then flash whatever you like best to the internal memory if you want a little better performance (you could also just keep on using an OS from the SD card). You can find installation instructions on the wiki.Thanks for the reply.
It is not really the best first impression.
The phone was functional until I tried to charge the battery, which was down around 70% so I decided to do that while I went for a walk. When I got back about an hour later the charge was 80% and these issues started. I put the phone back on the charge and left it over night it showed a charge of 83%. This morning This morning when I tried it all that would come up was the PIN screen then it would show the time. If I touched the screen the PIN screen would come up again. It stays in this loop.
I'll read up on how to flash another OS. I would feel much more comfortable with a Debian base OS or OSAP than Manjaro. Never used it or had a reason to.
The phone has been off the charger and sleeping for about 12 hours and the battery indicates a 15% charge left.
(09-05-2021, 03:40 PM)jpaulbiss Wrote:(09-04-2021, 06:19 PM)jpaulbiss Wrote:(09-03-2021, 08:45 PM)kqlnut Wrote: This sounds like a bad first impression. But before you blame it on the hardware, make sure this is not software related (which I believe it is; also remember Pine64 doesn't provide the software, this is all done by the community). Development is fast and your phone most likely came with a by now outdated OS version. It is unfortunate that bugs may keep you from upgrading properly, but luckily it's very easy to flash a new OS to the phone or use microSD cards with different operating systems. I suggest you try different current OSs on an SD card to see how they work (since your phone came with Manjaro Plasma you would probably want to try its newest version, as for another OS Mobian Phosh is known to work quite well) and then flash whatever you like best to the internal memory if you want a little better performance (you could also just keep on using an OS from the SD card). You can find installation instructions on the wiki.Thanks for the reply.
It is not really the best first impression.
The phone was functional until I tried to charge the battery, which was down around 70% so I decided to do that while I went for a walk. When I got back about an hour later the charge was 80% and these issues started. I put the phone back on the charge and left it over night it showed a charge of 83%. This morning This morning when I tried it all that would come up was the PIN screen then it would show the time. If I touched the screen the PIN screen would come up again. It stays in this loop.
I'll read up on how to flash another OS. I would feel much more comfortable with a Debian base OS or OSAP than Manjaro. Never used it or had a reason to.
The phone has been off the charger and sleeping for about 12 hours and the battery indicates a 15% charge left.
You were correct; software related. I flashed Mobian to a SD card and it works with out being plugged in.
Now to find an OS that has the apps I use, which isn't many. Signal, Wire, the difficult one to find outside of Android is the ones for online banking.Thanks
