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<![CDATA[PINE64 - Mobian on PinePhone]]> https://forum.pine64.org/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:36:35 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Trixie - bring up the On Screen Keyboard manually.]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=20133 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:34:57 +0000 grump_fiddle_reinstall]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=20133
This has been the case in all versions of mobian I have used.

In the bookworm based version you can hit the miniscule keyboard icon at the bottom right of the screen to bring up the keyboard. Hit and miss on the PP, works much better on my PPP.

In trixie that icon is not present and I cannot for the life of me work out how to get the on screen keyboard (squeekboard in my case) to appear manually.

What is the magic incantation that the Phosh developers landed upon to allow users to get the OSK to appear manually?

I am vegetarian so if it involves boiling body parts of various creatures in a cauldron of ox blood over a fire made of elm and oak branches at full moon then I will have to get an Android phone instead.

Thanks, as ever in advance for any useful information.

(12-23-2025, 04:34 AM)grump_fiddle_reinstall Wrote: OK, so I have been trialling trixie on my PinePhone running from an SD card for a couple of weeks now. As before, some applications, usually Chromium/Electron based do not automatically trigger the appearance of the on screen keyboard when you click in a text field.

This has been the case in all versions of mobian I have used.

In the bookworm based version you can hit the miniscule keyboard icon at the bottom right of the screen to bring up the keyboard. Hit and miss on the PP, works much better on my PPP.

In trixie that icon is not present and I cannot for the life of me work out how to get the on screen keyboard (squeekboard in my case) to appear manually.

What is the magic incantation that the Phosh developers landed upon to allow users to get the OSK to appear manually?

I am vegetarian so if it involves boiling body parts of various creatures in a cauldron of ox blood over a fire made of elm and oak branches at full moon then I will have to get an Android phone instead.

Thanks, as ever in advance for any useful information.

OK it is now a highly intuitive "long press" on the wafer thin line at the bottom of the screen.

The clue is in the app "Mobile Settings" under "Unfold long-press". Which is a pretty inaccurate way to describe it.

The keyboard does NOT unfold, it slides up. So why on earth is the option called "UNFOLD long-press"?

Grump over, normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

Oh, and season's greetings to all forum members.]]>
This has been the case in all versions of mobian I have used.

In the bookworm based version you can hit the miniscule keyboard icon at the bottom right of the screen to bring up the keyboard. Hit and miss on the PP, works much better on my PPP.

In trixie that icon is not present and I cannot for the life of me work out how to get the on screen keyboard (squeekboard in my case) to appear manually.

What is the magic incantation that the Phosh developers landed upon to allow users to get the OSK to appear manually?

I am vegetarian so if it involves boiling body parts of various creatures in a cauldron of ox blood over a fire made of elm and oak branches at full moon then I will have to get an Android phone instead.

Thanks, as ever in advance for any useful information.

(12-23-2025, 04:34 AM)grump_fiddle_reinstall Wrote: OK, so I have been trialling trixie on my PinePhone running from an SD card for a couple of weeks now. As before, some applications, usually Chromium/Electron based do not automatically trigger the appearance of the on screen keyboard when you click in a text field.

This has been the case in all versions of mobian I have used.

In the bookworm based version you can hit the miniscule keyboard icon at the bottom right of the screen to bring up the keyboard. Hit and miss on the PP, works much better on my PPP.

In trixie that icon is not present and I cannot for the life of me work out how to get the on screen keyboard (squeekboard in my case) to appear manually.

What is the magic incantation that the Phosh developers landed upon to allow users to get the OSK to appear manually?

I am vegetarian so if it involves boiling body parts of various creatures in a cauldron of ox blood over a fire made of elm and oak branches at full moon then I will have to get an Android phone instead.

Thanks, as ever in advance for any useful information.

Quote:ov5640 0-004C: ov5640_write_reg: error: reg=3008, val=42

Does it mean no cam for pinephone running trixie?
Is it a workaround or a fix?
Have a nice day!]]> I'm writing a custom pyqt6 app on my pinephone but I cannot access the camera.
In dmesg, I see

Quote:ov5640 0-004C: ov5640_write_reg: error: reg=3008, val=42

Does it mean no cam for pinephone running trixie?
Is it a workaround or a fix?
Have a nice day!]]> <![CDATA[BT PAN - we need iptables and BT hackers]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=20079 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:29:24 +0000 biketool]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=20079 This really should be a core optional or bundled packages for not just Mobian but all phosh and plasma builds.
We have a working 100% Debian linux based(Maemo 5) solution here for a system current around 2009 pre-systemd.
https://bugs.maemo.org/Bluetooth_PAN (getting dead link)
https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=58570

What is required is to install the PAN bluetooth wireless base station bluez service and then create iptables routing and automated DHCP service like we already have in the WiFi service.
here is how it is done with openwrt user firmware routers.
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/hard...th.6lowpan
https://www.multitech.net/developer/soft...pan-setup/

I have gotten the bluetooth PAN service to work once about four years ago on a PP running then current mobian though I had to in the end tunnel using SSH(works like a duct-tape fast socks VPN) to the phone from the client laptop as I had not configured the iptables routing correctly(ssh -D user@pinephoneIPaddress).

Since then I have not been able to replicate the bluez setup of the PAN BT service which is the base component toconnect to everything else.]]> This really should be a core optional or bundled packages for not just Mobian but all phosh and plasma builds.
We have a working 100% Debian linux based(Maemo 5) solution here for a system current around 2009 pre-systemd.
https://bugs.maemo.org/Bluetooth_PAN (getting dead link)
https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=58570

What is required is to install the PAN bluetooth wireless base station bluez service and then create iptables routing and automated DHCP service like we already have in the WiFi service.
here is how it is done with openwrt user firmware routers.
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/hard...th.6lowpan
https://www.multitech.net/developer/soft...pan-setup/

I have gotten the bluetooth PAN service to work once about four years ago on a PP running then current mobian though I had to in the end tunnel using SSH(works like a duct-tape fast socks VPN) to the phone from the client laptop as I had not configured the iptables routing correctly(ssh -D user@pinephoneIPaddress).

Since then I have not been able to replicate the bluez setup of the PAN BT service which is the base component toconnect to everything else.]]> <![CDATA[Switching cameras on PPpro Camera app]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=20076 Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:44:20 +0000 biketool]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=20076 How do I scan the I2P buss to verify the camera socket is properly seated so I can rule that out?
I did have it unplugged but I dont really want to pent the phone again until my new system board arrives as I dont want to add any stress to the ribbon cables.
Is there a keyboard command to switch cameras?
running mobian trixie until I upgrade to forky]]> How do I scan the I2P buss to verify the camera socket is properly seated so I can rule that out?
I did have it unplugged but I dont really want to pent the phone again until my new system board arrives as I dont want to add any stress to the ribbon cables.
Is there a keyboard command to switch cameras?
running mobian trixie until I upgrade to forky]]> <![CDATA[No touch KB after update(forky)]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=20072 Sun, 09 Nov 2025 09:11:17 +0000 biketool]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=20072 I checked that the touch virtual keyboard was enabled in the mobile settings, holding the line on the bottom just caused it to wiggle left and right like a failed login box in some distros.
It will probably be back in a day or two though I don't like being without and would like an easy way to force the touch keyboard.]]> I checked that the touch virtual keyboard was enabled in the mobile settings, holding the line on the bottom just caused it to wiggle left and right like a failed login box in some distros.
It will probably be back in a day or two though I don't like being without and would like an easy way to force the touch keyboard.]]> <![CDATA[kivy app keeping focus whatever other app is displayed]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=20063 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:12:08 +0000 JChdeL]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=20063 I wrote a Kivy app on my mobian pinephone (phosh). Main screen is just 3 buttons and a label.
If I switch to another app, the touches on the display are still sent to the kivy app.
Even if the display is turned off, the touches on the black display are sent to the kivy app...
Is that behavior expected?
How to avoid this?
Best,
Jean-Charles]]> I wrote a Kivy app on my mobian pinephone (phosh). Main screen is just 3 buttons and a label.
If I switch to another app, the touches on the display are still sent to the kivy app.
Even if the display is turned off, the touches on the black display are sent to the kivy app...
Is that behavior expected?
How to avoid this?
Best,
Jean-Charles]]> <![CDATA[How to add an homemade app to the main screen?]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=20054 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:33:37 +0000 JChdeL]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=20054 I have written my first Kivy app for my pinephone running latest mobian. I run it launching it from a console...
I spend half a day wondering how to add an icon for it on my phosh phone and did not found any documentation about that topic.
Do you have any doc or pointer?
Thanks
Jean-Charles]]> I have written my first Kivy app for my pinephone running latest mobian. I run it launching it from a console...
I spend half a day wondering how to add an icon for it on my phosh phone and did not found any documentation about that topic.
Do you have any doc or pointer?
Thanks
Jean-Charles]]> <![CDATA[trixie update poll questions suggestions]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=20030 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 22:58:15 +0000 j_s]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=20030
If you have mobian trixie installed, do you regularly update it?

1. Yes, with apt(-get) or the Software app.

2. Yes, by reflashing a more recent weekly build.

3. Yes, other reason (please specify in a post).

4. No, I don't want to risk breakage and don't want to reflash or wait for a fix.

5. No, other reason (please specify in a post).]]>
If you have mobian trixie installed, do you regularly update it?

1. Yes, with apt(-get) or the Software app.

2. Yes, by reflashing a more recent weekly build.

3. Yes, other reason (please specify in a post).

4. No, I don't want to risk breakage and don't want to reflash or wait for a fix.

5. No, other reason (please specify in a post).]]> <![CDATA[Cannot flash the modem firmware]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19997 Sun, 14 Sep 2025 19:00:31 +0000 anonymous]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19997
I cannot flash the modem firmware. I succeeded in flashing ADSP by using ADSP Version EG25GGBR07A08M2G_30.202.30.202 but when I run flashall (with or without sudo), it just displays "waiting for any device". I tried to run each command line one by one and this message appears when running "fastboot oem stay":
https://github.com/the-modem-distro/pine...s/flashall

How can I solve this problem?

I'm under Mobian bookwork, I'll switch to Mobian trixie when this problem is solved.

P.S: I'm going to upgrade the operating system first, it had worked with Mobian Trixie once for sure.]]>
I cannot flash the modem firmware. I succeeded in flashing ADSP by using ADSP Version EG25GGBR07A08M2G_30.202.30.202 but when I run flashall (with or without sudo), it just displays "waiting for any device". I tried to run each command line one by one and this message appears when running "fastboot oem stay":
https://github.com/the-modem-distro/pine...s/flashall

How can I solve this problem?

I'm under Mobian bookwork, I'll switch to Mobian trixie when this problem is solved.

P.S: I'm going to upgrade the operating system first, it had worked with Mobian Trixie once for sure.]]> <![CDATA[Long dialpad keypress to retrieve voicemail]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19950 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:35:02 +0000 Zebulon Walton]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19950
It is not clear whether this long tone triggers something proprietary in a phone provided by AT&T or whether just sending the tone out over the phone network is sufficient. (It does work if I put my SIM back in the flip phone AT&T sent me when 3G service was discontinued in the U.S. but I did that just for test purposes, I don't want to actually use that stupid Google-infested thing.)

Anyone know if this can be made to work on the Pinephone? I can still retrieve voicemail by dialing my own number so am not dead in the water but it's necessary to enter a security code each time which is a bit of a PITA.)]]>
It is not clear whether this long tone triggers something proprietary in a phone provided by AT&T or whether just sending the tone out over the phone network is sufficient. (It does work if I put my SIM back in the flip phone AT&T sent me when 3G service was discontinued in the U.S. but I did that just for test purposes, I don't want to actually use that stupid Google-infested thing.)

Anyone know if this can be made to work on the Pinephone? I can still retrieve voicemail by dialing my own number so am not dead in the water but it's necessary to enter a security code each time which is a bit of a PITA.)]]> <![CDATA[New Install, apps start but don't show up on screen?!]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19909 Fri, 18 Jul 2025 22:30:05 +0000 RT3]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19909
New PinePhone Pro, put Mobian on it right away because I'm already using Debian on several R Pis, so its familiar. I put it on an SD card and BEFORE first boot it was a little tricky to get it to boot. Someone who knows more than me should capture that for us, I just stumbled into how to get it to boot the very first time. But once it had been through the first boot it shows up reliably in the U-Boot choices, so all good there.

And it comes up just fine and you can look around and see the apps and so forth. BUT, when an app is selected, you see it starting with appropriate looking visuals, but then when you expect the app to be open and ready to do something for you, all you get is the default screen background!

I tried four or five apps, including settings and the tour/tutorial, and you can see that they're running because the higher-level window manager works fine. So you can swipe this way and that and see stuff. BUT, you can't actually get into any app!

HELP!

Thanks,
RT]]>
New PinePhone Pro, put Mobian on it right away because I'm already using Debian on several R Pis, so its familiar. I put it on an SD card and BEFORE first boot it was a little tricky to get it to boot. Someone who knows more than me should capture that for us, I just stumbled into how to get it to boot the very first time. But once it had been through the first boot it shows up reliably in the U-Boot choices, so all good there.

And it comes up just fine and you can look around and see the apps and so forth. BUT, when an app is selected, you see it starting with appropriate looking visuals, but then when you expect the app to be open and ready to do something for you, all you get is the default screen background!

I tried four or five apps, including settings and the tour/tutorial, and you can see that they're running because the higher-level window manager works fine. So you can swipe this way and that and see stuff. BUT, you can't actually get into any app!

HELP!

Thanks,
RT]]> <![CDATA[XLibre for Mobian]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19881 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:38:37 +0000 Hiraghm]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19881 I prefer X11 to Wayland for my own reasons, so I'm looking to find out if I can port XLibre to Aarch64 Mobian.
XLibre looks like it will be supported and extended in future, whereas it looks like XOrg is either stalled or ending.

Has anyone tried it yet?]]> I prefer X11 to Wayland for my own reasons, so I'm looking to find out if I can port XLibre to Aarch64 Mobian.
XLibre looks like it will be supported and extended in future, whereas it looks like XOrg is either stalled or ending.

Has anyone tried it yet?]]> <![CDATA[VoIP account on mobian dialer]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19864 Sun, 15 Jun 2025 22:19:35 +0000 j_s]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19864
I did so and was able to place a call over wifi with no SIM card in the PinePhone. But after a reboot, the option to place a SIP call is gone even though the file /home/mobian/.config/calls/sip-account.cfg is still present and unchanged. And I had to re-enter all SIP account details in order to make another call.

Is the dialer supposed to notice the presence of /home/mobian/.config/calls/sip-account.cfg after a reboot?

Does this work for anyone?]]>
I did so and was able to place a call over wifi with no SIM card in the PinePhone. But after a reboot, the option to place a SIP call is gone even though the file /home/mobian/.config/calls/sip-account.cfg is still present and unchanged. And I had to re-enter all SIP account details in order to make another call.

Is the dialer supposed to notice the presence of /home/mobian/.config/calls/sip-account.cfg after a reboot?

Does this work for anyone?]]> <![CDATA[Mobian Pinephone Notification LED]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19846 Fri, 30 May 2025 09:40:25 +0000 biketool]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19846 I really liked the Notification LED on the Nokia N900 and how it was used, breathing orange for charging, red flashing for low battery, green external power & fully charged, blue for USB host mode, I think there was a flashing blue LED for received IM or SMS too.
If the new flashing aqua color LED notification is for missed call how do we end/kill the LED notification(calling back doesn't work nor does clicking the notification).
What other notifications would you like to see added as clickable options for the notification LED?
me I like:
Charging - red:below 5-10% breathing orange:charging chafged ext power:green
messaging phone - aqua flashing:missed call blue flashing:SMS blue flashing pattern:messenger new color:email
Navigation - red-blue flashing: lost GPS, signal pattern speed varies on how bad signal accuracy gets
maybe notifications to see if a call or whatever is a secure VOIP vs a non-secure cellular call
whatever these are should be user configurable including changing the colors and patterns]]> I really liked the Notification LED on the Nokia N900 and how it was used, breathing orange for charging, red flashing for low battery, green external power & fully charged, blue for USB host mode, I think there was a flashing blue LED for received IM or SMS too.
If the new flashing aqua color LED notification is for missed call how do we end/kill the LED notification(calling back doesn't work nor does clicking the notification).
What other notifications would you like to see added as clickable options for the notification LED?
me I like:
Charging - red:below 5-10% breathing orange:charging chafged ext power:green
messaging phone - aqua flashing:missed call blue flashing:SMS blue flashing pattern:messenger new color:email
Navigation - red-blue flashing: lost GPS, signal pattern speed varies on how bad signal accuracy gets
maybe notifications to see if a call or whatever is a secure VOIP vs a non-secure cellular call
whatever these are should be user configurable including changing the colors and patterns]]> <![CDATA[Vivaldi Web browser nearly native for Mobian]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19825 Mon, 05 May 2025 08:16:06 +0000 biketool]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19825 I found Vivaldi browser has an allegedly privacy oriented translation service included as a tool in the browser so I went to the website to see if it was compatible with the PP. https://vivaldi.com/download/
The answer is yes they have an arm and arm64 version (deb and rpm) available for DL(mobian take the arm64 deb) which installs and runs on the PP, the UI is a bit smashed but everything has worked for me so far, as long as you are OK with using rotation a bit.
Is it really so private? IDK there is this reddit discussion thread https://redlib.perennialte.ch/r/browsers..._security/
I have only done a small bit of testing the translation tool and tweaking of settings. This Chromium based browser company is based in Europe, is supposedly a pro privacy employee owned company which only keeps back the add-on components from being all FOSS, built in translation, ad-blocker, other interesting vivaldi social media and messaging attempts, browser sync; it seems to work for the most part so you can also test out Vivaldi if you like.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)

FYI I went through and quickly disabled the main google attached search and call-home settings that I am familiar with, there may be more, but you can set dudkduckgo as a search engine and I think the ublock origin can be side loaded as well as the unofficial non-google chrome webstore app.]]> I found Vivaldi browser has an allegedly privacy oriented translation service included as a tool in the browser so I went to the website to see if it was compatible with the PP. https://vivaldi.com/download/
The answer is yes they have an arm and arm64 version (deb and rpm) available for DL(mobian take the arm64 deb) which installs and runs on the PP, the UI is a bit smashed but everything has worked for me so far, as long as you are OK with using rotation a bit.
Is it really so private? IDK there is this reddit discussion thread https://redlib.perennialte.ch/r/browsers..._security/
I have only done a small bit of testing the translation tool and tweaking of settings. This Chromium based browser company is based in Europe, is supposedly a pro privacy employee owned company which only keeps back the add-on components from being all FOSS, built in translation, ad-blocker, other interesting vivaldi social media and messaging attempts, browser sync; it seems to work for the most part so you can also test out Vivaldi if you like.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)

FYI I went through and quickly disabled the main google attached search and call-home settings that I am familiar with, there may be more, but you can set dudkduckgo as a search engine and I think the ublock origin can be side loaded as well as the unofficial non-google chrome webstore app.]]>