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    Pinephone (braveheart)

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved PinePhone
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      • AppLeeA Offline
        AppLee @Marathon2422
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        @Marathon2422
        The wifi drivers has many issues.
        Have a look at gitlab there is a ticket and a workaround this issue.

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          Marathon2422 @AppLee
          last edited by Marathon2422

          @AppLee
          I tried the usuall things then decided to flash #310 to emmc , but it would not recognise mmcblk0 and ssh would not connect.
          So I tried Jumpdrive, on an sdcard and #310 .img from my PC , very simple ,what was all the fuss about .
          Worth testing ,if you have not tried it.
          (From #306 )

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            Marathon2422
            last edited by Marathon2422

            Trying build #7
            on my BH pinephone
            via SDcard
            I like the pinecone screen start
            there is the" update " in the usual place
            and update in. "about " /" update"
            lot of little changes .
            Nice Work guys

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            • PINE64P Offline
              PINE64
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              For those playing along at home, images which feature OTA updates and more can now be downloaded here

              Open. Friendly. Community Driven.

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                Marathon2422 @PINE64
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                @PINE64 got # 7 on SDcard ,looking good

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                  Marathon2422
                  last edited by

                  ( not my daily driver) But : build #7 (BH-Pinephone )
                  i have not been able to use the phone "network " i have reset APN`s , on reboot they are gone, or i cannot get the check mark to stay there.
                  i use consumer cellular,( att ) usually pretty straight forward ?
                  anyone else or ----

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                    Marathon2422
                    last edited by

                    OTA update first one
                    #7 to #9 on emmc
                    nice install screen
                    successful yahoo

                    try to get my at&t sim working later
                    ( consumer cellular )

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                    • AppLeeA Offline
                      AppLee @Marathon2422
                      last edited by

                      @Marathon2422
                      Hi
                      I installed build #8 and #9 to an sdcard, it's really hard to boot to the OS I had to try tens of time to pass the "get started"...
                      Did you have the same issue ?
                      And out of curiosity how did you put the OS to the eMMC ? Using dd or other ?

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                        Giiba
                        last edited by

                        I just flashed #9 to the emmc this morning and I must say the OS is looking much better.I haven't touched the phone for a month but progress has clearly been made.

                        Nice work devs!

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                          Marathon2422 @AppLee
                          last edited by Marathon2422

                          @AppLee the first time /emmc/ #7 on my pc ,extracted, and jumpdrive on sdcard , connected to pc then started pinephone, and used Balena-etcher to install ,takes 18 minutes ,because of the size.
                          2nd time #8 onto sdcard using Balena-etcher , because i couldnt get the sim / apn to work and didnt want to mess with the emmc

                          used OTA function to upgrade #7 on emmc to #9 ( worked a treat ),
                          whilst changing sources ,it started downloading ,i could not see the download indicator immediately, once i did , i left it alone.

                          if you use jumpdrive for another OS, may be better to adjust the size, before you start

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                            Marathon2422 @Giiba
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                            @Giiba
                            have you tried a sim yet ?

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                              Marathon2422
                              last edited by

                              just curious, version numbering gitlab #9 shows download version 19 on the pinephone , ?

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                                Giiba
                                last edited by

                                @Marathon2422 said in Pinephone (braveheart):

                                I have not due to the poor battery life. I need a phone so my OPO has the sim card.

                                This switch to OTA updates makes me more willing to try as I didn't want to reset my settings every update.

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                                  Marathon2422
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                                  i just got phone and messaging working, the screen that asks if you want 2g/3g .or 2g/3g/4g/ i left that alone ,did not set anything - checked the reseller/reseller- apn without changes and entered apn for internet/mms . and checked that. now it works" sometimes the signal strength meter is empty with a cross / or is completely full, but still works.
                                  i usually get about a third strength reading
                                  but it works now
                                  i have not tried pics yet.

                                  BH and # 13 on sdcard

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                                    Marathon2422
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                                    todays update to sdcard (#14 ) failed to install. tried a reboot after being stuck at 1/3rd of install indicator for a long time , black screen only now .
                                    download #14 and reflash now.
                                    anyone else ?

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                                    • FlaF Offline
                                      Fla
                                      last edited by

                                      I just tried to flash #17 to emmc using JumpDrive (as explained on the pine64 wiki) and BalenaEtcher. Balean checked the image and said everything went fine but I have a black screen with only the led turning red when I power on. @mariusbfs are the current builds for pinephone broken?

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                                        AppLee @Fla
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                                        @Fla
                                        I had this behavior with the led staying red.
                                        Holding the power button 5s turns the phone off.
                                        Then I tried again several times and at some point I had the phone booting.

                                        As a scientist I don't believe in voodoo, but I don't get the dark magic behind this behavior ???
                                        I look crazy when I try and retry the exact same thing expecting another outcome 😄

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                                          Fla @AppLee
                                          last edited by

                                          @AppLee wow, after reading your message I tried again to boot the phone and... it is booting indeed!

                                          The flash on eMMC made the phone very hot, maybe it just needed to get some fresh air? At least one day without touching it made it boots the first time I pressed power on.

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                                            AppLee @Fla
                                            last edited by

                                            @Fla
                                            Yes that's a bit strange and I cannot figure out what is the problem.
                                            For me, boot got stuck even after a night with the phone off...

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                                              Giiba
                                              last edited by

                                              I regularly find myself needing to power off and back on again, but it does seem to fix most things...

                                              I have yet to find something repeatable though.

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