Looking For Pine Phone Operating System For A Daily Driver?

[kqlnut]

Have had the Pine Phone since 6-10-20 and have yet to make a phone call, send a text or take a picture.

In general, those things things should work. I have no problems making phone calls, sending texts and taking pictures on Mobian. Could you be more specific as to how exactly things don't work? Then it might be easier to debug. Ideally you could try to do the things that don't work with a freshly flashed current image of Mobian and then describe what exactly happens?

At this point I either have a defective phone or Pine Phone has screwed me.

You wrote in another thread that you "pulled the battery from the phone at least 50x when it becomes non responsive". In the same thread it has been pointed out that pulling the battery from the phone while in use could lead to a corrupted modem along with the suggestion of reflashing the current firmware and checking the antenna connection. Have you done those steps? I'm not sure if reflashing the firmware helps if it is corrupted, but I guess it's worth a try. A corrupted modem would at least explain your problems with calls and texts.

What are my options I am feeling the need to start a "Buyer Beware Of Pine Phone" campaign on several popular Social Media sites as the whole thing seems like a total scam to me.

One could argue that Pine64 beat you to it by putting this red colored note very prominently on the order page of the Pinephone: "Community Limited Edition PinePhones are aimed solely for developer and early adopter. More specifically, only intend for these units to find their way into the hands of users with extensive Linux experience."

This sites administrator needs to set the default to "Subscribe and receive email notification of new replies"

For what it's worth, I'm glad I don't automatically receive unwanted emails because I forgot to uncheck a box somewhere. I very much prefer the current opt in.