06-03-2023, 07:28 AM
The tip covered in the older Pine Phone forums for new players is to ensure the Phone is "firmly" seated in the Keyboard Case. Thus making sure Pogo Pin's have a good and firm connection. I find as recommended by others previously to give the phone a gentle but firm press around all edges in the Keyboard Case to confirm it's fully seated into it's extended keyboard / battery case !
Well a couple of weeks later and I'm actually quite happy with the physical Keyboard. The extra 6000mAh capacity is a God send. Keyboard feels nice and sturdy and as yet I've not encountered any of the old issues covered in the older Pine Phone forums. Whilst a little disappointed the physical keyboard doesn't in effect support touch typing and only 1/2 finger typing I do find the device to be very practical and handy
Sure it makes the overall device much "bulkier" than a standard phone but I find that a small sacrifice as it still happily fit's in a pocket in it's entirety ! I like the tactile physical "feel" of the whole unit and it's retro "Old Skool PDA" look and feel (maybe it's just the Dinosaur in me 
So far a happy addition and enhanced capability for the Pine Phone Pro. Impressed and surprised to see it also fully functional in the Sailfish OS Build I'm currently playing with at the moment. Of course just works out of the box for the current Mobian Posh build as well !
I suppose my only question is does it support out of the box F11/F12 keys in Mobian Posh at all ? Not sure if I'm missing something obvious here ? I can't seem to get that to work or track down any reference on the Keyboard wiki's or older Pine Phone forums ? Does it just support F1-F10 only ? also is there a clear reference anywhere to using the "Pine" key to use extra key functions such as + and - out of the box or do we need to change firmware's on the keyboard or the likes to get that going ? It's a little confusing on the older forums as to what is still an "issue" on the latest 4-8 week old factory version of the Keyboards being sent out ?
A little disappointing but not a show stopper of course;
***NB: Don't use the Phone USB C port "at all for anything" when using the Keyboard connected to the Pine Phone Pro***
Finally thank you to all involved in working on, improving and realising the Physical Keyboard and Extended Battery. A very "happy" addition to my Pine Phone Pro
Well a couple of weeks later and I'm actually quite happy with the physical Keyboard. The extra 6000mAh capacity is a God send. Keyboard feels nice and sturdy and as yet I've not encountered any of the old issues covered in the older Pine Phone forums. Whilst a little disappointed the physical keyboard doesn't in effect support touch typing and only 1/2 finger typing I do find the device to be very practical and handy
Sure it makes the overall device much "bulkier" than a standard phone but I find that a small sacrifice as it still happily fit's in a pocket in it's entirety ! I like the tactile physical "feel" of the whole unit and it's retro "Old Skool PDA" look and feel (maybe it's just the Dinosaur in me So far a happy addition and enhanced capability for the Pine Phone Pro. Impressed and surprised to see it also fully functional in the Sailfish OS Build I'm currently playing with at the moment. Of course just works out of the box for the current Mobian Posh build as well !
I suppose my only question is does it support out of the box F11/F12 keys in Mobian Posh at all ? Not sure if I'm missing something obvious here ? I can't seem to get that to work or track down any reference on the Keyboard wiki's or older Pine Phone forums ? Does it just support F1-F10 only ? also is there a clear reference anywhere to using the "Pine" key to use extra key functions such as + and - out of the box or do we need to change firmware's on the keyboard or the likes to get that going ? It's a little confusing on the older forums as to what is still an "issue" on the latest 4-8 week old factory version of the Keyboards being sent out ?
A little disappointing but not a show stopper of course;
***NB: Don't use the Phone USB C port "at all for anything" when using the Keyboard connected to the Pine Phone Pro***
Finally thank you to all involved in working on, improving and realising the Physical Keyboard and Extended Battery. A very "happy" addition to my Pine Phone Pro
