debian+phosh running on PinePhone

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- I noticed that by pulling down the panel (which also contains the power off button) and pressing the side button to turn off the screen (without pulling up the previous panel), when I turn on the screen again the touch doesn't respond anymore and the only thing I can do is to turn off the phone by holding down the side button for a long time (is this a dangerous operation? someone told me that I risk to damage the modem firmware by not following a proper shutdown procedure)

Ouch, nice catch! I could replicate here, I'll check with the future phoc release (should be a matter of days), as it could go away with it.

and thanks too for your answer , do you also have a modem tip? maybe I need to activate something with an AT command?

Oh wow, during calls the other person cannot hear me but I can hear them. I can't figure out why!
Did you have to configure anything first? Did they work out of the box?

Everything modem-related works out of the box, but it's recommended you disable PIN code verification on your SIM card.
Mobile data should be enabled in Settings -> Mobile on first (and sometimes, second) boot.

I would like to have the high resolution as well. Is there any way to swich?

See https://puri.sm/posts/easy-librem-5-app-...he-screen/

It seems to me mobile data stability has regressed significantly. I am virtually unable to get it to work myself now whereas a week or so ago it just worked out of the box from Settings. Now disabling WiFi (which is useful to establish if mobile data is working) means the phone has a tendency to enable Airplane mode - you have to keep checking that is not the case.

AFAIK, disabling Wifi will show "Airplane mode enabled", but won't disable mobile data, this is a UI bug.
However, the safest way to disable Wifi without entering airplane mode is through the "Power" settings panel.

I installed MATE desktop and would like to try it. But what command do I need to switch from PHOSH to MATE?

As @buffer mentioned, you need to install gdm3, but also disable the phosh systemd service, else they would probably collide (both are designed to run automatically and take over the display)

Also, regarding the keyboard, please note that Purism is working on some nice enhancements, including a terminal layout with the Ctrl key