11-16-2023, 09:18 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-16-2023, 09:20 AM by alaraajavamma.)
(11-16-2023, 04:37 AM)MTXP Wrote: I got the Arch running from my SD card and it runs just as well as the Ubuntu Touch I had. But again, no real way to activate HDMI. Although, I did get a proper HDMI during initial installation when terminal was preparing something before the boot itself. Precisely when the phone booted, the HDMI stopped working. I wonder, do I have to install OS onto the phone itself to make HDMI work or is it unrelated and I'm doing something wrong? The reason I'm only running the OSes on my SD card is that I want to try them before committing, so if there's a way to check HDMI functionality without fully installing the OS, please let me know.
External display (hdmi) works out of the box with arch, postmarketos, mobian and manjaro. And maybe with some other distros but those 4 are the most supported ones.
With Ubuntu Touch it is work in progress.
but... OG PP (not pro) is not perfecrt device for "convergence" usage because there are several things what makes external display usage difficult.
Hardware is weak and slow -> so doing anything big will make the system really slow and almost freezes everything.
If you use modem same time with hdmi there is high change that your external display will flicker like a maniac so it is unusable.
What you can do is use really lightweight apps - like terminal or so. Or you can shutdown modem when you connect hdmi.
Best experience / most stable exeprience with OG PP today will be with pmos or arch and I would say use Phosh as desktop enviroment.
And you need to use Biktrogjs firmware if you want to have reliable phone experience
And forgot to mention:
There are differencies between hdmi cables, docks and displays. Not everything works with og pp - most does but not everything.
And some displays does not start the connection if you don't have power plugged in to PP.