09-09-2020, 10:59 AM
Hi, I’ve recently gotten my PinePhone in the mail. At first glance all appears to be working, but I’ve soon realized that the Firefox that came bundled with it isn’t as mobile friendly as I thought- most pages don’t fit on the Pinephone screen when used vertically. Well, that isn’t a big issue in and of itself, so I tried using the phone in horizontal mode. As I tried typing in a link and made the most minuscule of movements near the speaker grill, the proximity sensor kicked in, dimming the screen and temporarily disabling all touch input. Now, I don’t have particularly large hands, but my palms do cover the proximity sensor from time to time. This is normally fine on every other phone as the dimming only occurs during a phone call, but doesn’t seem to be the case for my Pinephone.
I suppose this is more of a software issue that can be solved by tinkering around some settings, but I have yet to see any setting that disables this. With how trigger happy the proximity sensor is, I can’t envision myself typing on that thing, which kills almost all of the functionality I have in mind for the phone.
I have another problem that I suspect to be hardware related: none of the physical volume buttons are working. Controlling the volume via software works fine, so this isn’t that much of a dealbreaker. I’ve tested this briefly with xev and nothing turns up when the buttons are pressed.
Now for the stupid question: how do I get a dark themed keyboard? And has anyone riced this phone? While theming seems pretty straightforward in i3, I have no idea how to do it with a DE in the way.
My apologies if these questions clutter the forum / are incredibly stupid, the Pinephone is my first ever venture into these sorts of things. I’ve never used a DE or wayland before :3. Thanks in advance.
I suppose this is more of a software issue that can be solved by tinkering around some settings, but I have yet to see any setting that disables this. With how trigger happy the proximity sensor is, I can’t envision myself typing on that thing, which kills almost all of the functionality I have in mind for the phone.
I have another problem that I suspect to be hardware related: none of the physical volume buttons are working. Controlling the volume via software works fine, so this isn’t that much of a dealbreaker. I’ve tested this briefly with xev and nothing turns up when the buttons are pressed.
Now for the stupid question: how do I get a dark themed keyboard? And has anyone riced this phone? While theming seems pretty straightforward in i3, I have no idea how to do it with a DE in the way.
My apologies if these questions clutter the forum / are incredibly stupid, the Pinephone is my first ever venture into these sorts of things. I’ve never used a DE or wayland before :3. Thanks in advance.