03-18-2024, 04:08 PM
(03-17-2024, 04:19 PM)JohnA Wrote: I have managed to get some degree of functionality with this on my pinephone pro. ...
I hadn't checked on this for a few weeks. Thanks for taking the time to make a thoughtful response. As for being a random voice on the internet, as far as I'm concerned I don't see any need for more than that until it comes time to collect.
I can only speak for myself, especially since the amount I've promised toward the bounty is now a relatively small part. I'd be interested in the opinion of those who made larger pledges. So with that caveat, in my view:
The bounty is for a solution which enables users to make and receive calls using hands-free bluetooth devices compatible with hfp 1.5 and later over a bluetooth connection with a pinephone original.
I have assumed that the simplest and cleanest way was to set up the correct pipewire/wireplumber configuration, and that since it looks like that is the direction Debian, Mobian, and others are going, that that would be preferable in the long run. But, if there were a solution using some other approach, that was compatible with the original pinephone, is functionally equivalent from a user perspective, and which could be used by the typical pinephone user, in my view that would satisfy the conditions I stated for the bounty.
As things stand now, it is possible to dial out on a bluetooth device and have the call be properly placed, for an incoming call to cause the bluetooth device to ring, and to use it to "pickup". The bluetooth device can also hangup. The only missing part is that the audio isn't being routed from the phone to the bluetooth device or from the bluetooth device to the phone.
It sounds like you've come up with a solution to the audio routing piece, at least for the pro, but it doesn't include the rest of the call process. One concern I'd have about using a script to monitor for a call is whether it would significantly affect battery life or increase the temperature since both are already a problem with the phone, but I could easily be wrong in that.
It also sounds like you've made a lot more progress on this than any of the "real experts", many of whom (Megi for example being a clear exception) are good at playing around with it as a toy while it is easy, but don't have what it takes to stick with it to do the serious work of actually fixing things needed to make the phone useful for ... phone calls. I don't think what you have satisfies the conditions of the bounty, but it is a step in that direction and I am grateful for your taking the time to describe what you've done.