PinePhone

kugiigi · 19 Nov 2019, 05:56

@PINE64 Thanks, I just have it shipped directly here in the Philippines
Hopefully, not much taxes
Excited to play with it and perhaps become my main driver eventually.

makeixo · 19 Nov 2019, 17:16

@vandys Maybe with the crazy dude in office now its 25%.

vandys · 19 Nov 2019, 22:03

@makeixo said in PinePhone:

@vandys Maybe with the crazy dude in office now its 25%.

Nah, I told him I'm rich, so no tax and I can deduct the price.

Marathon2422 · 22 Nov 2019, 14:58

Is it feasible, for ubports installer to be set up to install ubports on the pinephone.
If its possible ,surely many would opt for this “ easy way ” and then many would keep
ubports as their base “OS” with the option to “play” from the sdcard.
just a thought,( but i guess you are doing that already).

Giiba · 22 Nov 2019, 15:22

@Marathon2422
I would assume that is the plan, but I doubt it will happen until the port is past initial testing.

Marathon2422 · 23 Nov 2019, 02:48

https://youtu.be/mlO3jxU_bZk

This is quite informative

hoi · 29 Nov 2019, 16:51

Will the pinephone support miracast? Would be a cool feature! (Of course this phone will be amazing without it as well )

PINE64 · 3 Dec 2019, 01:08

Hey Guys,

Here is a look at the PinePhone (dev) hardware, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwkcr3CvyCM&t=0s

trainailleur · 3 Dec 2019, 01:54

@PINE64 said in PinePhone:

Hey Guys,

Here is a look at the PinePhone (dev) hardware, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwkcr3CvyCM&t=0s

Was actually just watching that and came to this thread to post it here. But it's okay if you beat me in posting your own video, I don't mind.

Thanks as always for the great info.

Fla · 3 Dec 2019, 16:47

@PINE64 where can I read about support of the PinePhone in mainline Linux kernel? How many patches / out-of-tree are out there, can you confirm that your goal is to run on a stock linux kernel?

Marathon2422 · 4 Dec 2019, 02:08

I saw a comment on Reddit, someone saying ,braveheart shipping beginning of January , about the third week of January for deliverys.... Phew
Hope it's sooner than that.

PINE64 · 4 Dec 2019, 10:15

A quick phone call with @mariogrip

PINE64 · 4 Dec 2019, 10:18

@Fla Think most 'general' - no OS specific - contributions go here
@Marathon2422 Thats about right, Brave Heart units will likely start shipping beginning of January.

Fla · 4 Dec 2019, 12:01

@PINE64 said in PinePhone:

@Fla Think most 'general' - no OS specific - contributions go here

Thanks, there is indeed the PinePhone kernel sources there. However, my question is more about how far are we to see the PinePhone supported in the vanilla Linux kernel? Are there many patches in the kernel above that aren't in Linux (yet)? Who's leading the effort to see them integrated? (Pine64, or the community members...) Are there patches which will probably be refused for whatever reason leading to a situation where the custom kernel will ever be needed? Are there blobs which cannot be integrated at all? Etc... I'd love to read about that somewhere. No hurry of course, it's more important to get the phone working first, but detailed blog posts on that topic would probably bring a lot of interest to the project.

doniks · 4 Dec 2019, 12:56

@PINE64 said in PinePhone:

A quick phone call with @mariogrip

j-putz · 6 Dec 2019, 08:08

I think Pine64 is right on target here. The price is low to focus on getting a device quickly to the public for exposure and to get development/interest started. This is exactly what they should be focused on unlike the other company that has better specs, but the price is insane and they still have yet to ship a unit.

I also like the idea of being able to keep the frame of the phone and bring able to swap out the main board out with a better/newer one in the future. This itself is a great feature because accessories like a keyboard case and screen protectors can be retained. Also, with the cameras bring modular there could be an option to use camera combinations the user wants, being that the soc can support the cam.

Having a screen resolution of 720p is also smart because personally anything larger on a small screen is pointless and wastes battery power. If you need something bigger, plug in a monitor. I think they are on to something here.

makeixo · 6 Dec 2019, 11:09

Manjaro ARM Alpha1 for PinePhone!

:hushed_face: :hushed_face: :hushed_face:

Marathon2422 · 14 Dec 2019, 21:50

this is from pine64 forum 7 hrs previous ~ note its the dev version

Just received my dev pinephone. Pretty nice hardware from my point of view. Software is far to be usable. Tested it with postmarketOS and UBports. Camera, calling etc etc are not supported now. PostmarketOS gets "screen of death" very fast. UBports is a little bit more usable but there is a bug with onscreen keyboard that does not appear after several screen locks. Will test it with different desktop oses (debian, kali etc) until situation will change.

GizmoChicken · 14 Dec 2019, 22:39

@Marathon2422 said in PinePhone:

PostmarketOS gets "screen of death" very fast. UBports is a little bit more usable but there is a bug with onscreen keyboard that does not appear after several screen locks. Will test it with different desktop oses (debian, kali etc) until situation will change.

Given that there will soon an influx of PinePhone users who want to run UT on their shiny new Linux phones, I hope that UBports will focus like a laser on PinePhone development for the next few months, even if that means other priorities are delayed for a short time. Otherwise, if disappointed with UT on first impression, the potential users may become forever lost to one of the competing alternatives.

PINE64 · 14 Dec 2019, 23:46

sigh the camera works, as does the modem. They just have to be enabled via cli. This is for a purpose ...

[edit] @Marathon2422 link to the thread please.