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    • G Offline
      Giiba
      last edited by Giiba 5 Aug 2020, 02:58 10 Mar 2020, 06:53

      It feels like there needs to be a consolidated thread to discuss the Pinephone Braveheart development and since it is tacked under 'Community Ports' on GitLab this seems the best place for now, so here goes. I am in no way an expert so don't expect me to know much, but I am willing to collate information and update this first post as things evolve.

      Feel free to suggest information to add.

      SD Card Installation:
      @UniSuperBox said in Pinephone tutorial:

      1. Download the rootfs image from https://ci.ubports.com/job/rootfs/job/rootfs-pinephone/
      2. Extract and write the image to an SD card
      3. Plug SD card into phone
      4. Boot phone

      That should do it. πŸ™‚

      Emmc Installation:
      flashing OS to emmc

      Updating:
      Go to: Settings -> Updates

      Sources:
      Kernel
      rootfs Download

      Issue Tracking:
      GitLab Repository

      Other Threads:
      Pinephone Tutorial
      How can we help with the Pinephone?

      Misc Links:
      setting-the-record-straight-pinephone-misconceptions
      Pinephone @ pine64.org

      Status:
      Pinephone Repository Readme

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        Giiba
        last edited by Giiba 3 Oct 2020, 07:00 10 Mar 2020, 06:56

        And the reason I started the thread:

        I downloaded and flashed #215 (or something) a while ago and have since been using apt to update and upgrade packages.

        $ sudo apt update
        $ sudo apt upgrade
        

        Is this a suitable method for now or should we be downloading and flashing a new rootfs periodically?

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          AppLee @Giiba
          last edited by 10 Mar 2020, 10:46

          @Giiba said in Pinephone (braveheart):

          Is this a suitable method for now or should we be downloading and flashing a new rootfs periodically?

          I do both.
          But that's a good question.

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            kugiigi
            last edited by 10 Mar 2020, 15:53

            I think forum post could also be helpful for now until these issues are fixed.
            https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=9323

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              Bolly @Giiba
              last edited by Bolly 3 Nov 2020, 09:19 11 Mar 2020, 09:16

              For now is updated by reflashing the SD card.

              Source: https://t.me/ubports_qa_team/29871

              2015-Now (Daily use) : BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu edition
              2016-Now (Daily use) : BQ Aquaris M10 FHD Betatester

              2020-Now : PinePhone Braveheart & CE UBports
              2020-Now (Family/Daily use): Vollaphone Xenial
              2022-Now (Family/Daily use): Vollaphone 22 Focal

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                Giiba @Bolly
                last edited by Giiba 3 Nov 2020, 13:41 11 Mar 2020, 13:40

                @Bolly could you share the contents of the discussion? I just spent 20mins trying to view it, and I cannot see any more than your single post as linked above.

                Between Telegram Web and TELEports I must say I don't like Telegram... where is a search function? 😑

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                  hummlbach @Giiba
                  last edited by 11 Mar 2020, 21:15

                  @Giiba while theres no search function yet in teleports (but we know its missing...), theres an okayish search function in the web client, which should do the job actually...

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                    Giiba @hummlbach
                    last edited by 11 Mar 2020, 21:57

                    @hummlbach well it is a moot point now... in my trying to figure it out I now cannot log in for what looks like 54000+ mins.

                    I'm going to ask in the Matrix group this evening as a month old answer seems out of date anyways.

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                      Giiba
                      last edited by Giiba 3 Dec 2020, 00:41 11 Mar 2020, 23:17

                      Ok, I have clarification of the update question.

                      We should be reflashing a rootfs regularily because apt is not upgrading the kernel, only ubports components.

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                        Bolly @Giiba
                        last edited by 12 Mar 2020, 09:04

                        @Giiba, do you still need the contents of the discussion?

                        2015-Now (Daily use) : BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu edition
                        2016-Now (Daily use) : BQ Aquaris M10 FHD Betatester

                        2020-Now : PinePhone Braveheart & CE UBports
                        2020-Now (Family/Daily use): Vollaphone Xenial
                        2022-Now (Family/Daily use): Vollaphone 22 Focal

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                          Giiba @Bolly
                          last edited by 12 Mar 2020, 13:09

                          @Bolly no, not unless there is something more to be added. Thanks for pointing this in the right direction, I forget about the chat channels at times.

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                            Fla
                            last edited by 17 Mar 2020, 12:55

                            Does flashing the rootfs loose the data?

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                              Giiba @Fla
                              last edited by 17 Mar 2020, 18:15

                              @Fla yes, it is basically a factory reset. I assume this will be fixed when the Pinephone is transitioned to image based updates.

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                                Fla @Giiba
                                last edited by 18 Mar 2020, 21:02

                                @Giiba so I have a hard time figuring out how the link above "running ubports as a daily driver" can work...

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                                  Giiba @Fla
                                  last edited by Giiba 19 Mar 2020, 03:33

                                  @Fla when the phone first started shipping those steps were necessary to make certain hardware function, and I think the information is relevant even if they have subsequently been fixed by updates. The low level command line stuff there might prove useful in troubleshooting.

                                  I have been neck deep in school work so I really don't know if modem and sound are fixed in the latest builds.

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                                    AppLee @Giiba
                                    last edited by 19 Mar 2020, 09:30

                                    @Giiba Sound is working now right after flashing.
                                    About the modem, I didn't try with my SIM (Covid19 made my phone a work tool)

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                                      AlenchikN
                                      last edited by 7 Apr 2020, 12:00

                                      I’m going to use the Pine phone with a hub like this one.
                                      Will HDMI audio work when the Pine phone is connected to the hub via USB-C and the hub is connected to the TV via HDMI ?

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                                        flohack
                                        last edited by 7 Apr 2020, 12:36

                                        Please see that we have all information collected here: https://gitlab.com/ubports/community-ports/pinephone/ so if you have new or updated items, make an MR there. Also you can see and open bugs...

                                        My languages: πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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                                          Fla @Giiba
                                          last edited by 7 Apr 2020, 19:45

                                          @Giiba I'm not talking about bugs. Bugs are fine, they'll be squashed and will disappear with a future update. But... that's my point. If you can't update the phone without loosing your data (sms, contacts...), then you can't update it and see the bugs vanish. So you can't use it as a daily driver. Or am I missing something here?

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                                            AppLee @Fla
                                            last edited by 7 Apr 2020, 19:51

                                            @Fla
                                            When UT will be ready, OTA will be available for the PinePhone.
                                            Meanwhile you have to burn SD cards to do so.

                                            And you can save your data before updating... and restore them using SSH if you want.

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