Wifi, battery and pinetab 2

FP2andFP3-User · 9 Dec 2023, 05:58

Hello all,

I want to have an ubports tablet. I tried Lenovo a year ago or so and it is not running.
So I looked at pinetab 2. I don't understand 2 things

Is Wifi running out of the box with ubports? I don't like USB dongles.
Ubports device overview said it is running. Pineforen told me, that it will never run.....
How is the battery? Can I use the tablet for some hours or is the Battery so Bad? How long is the charging time?

Did some user has the tablet and can say something to the status?

Thanks

DenMoore · 9 Dec 2023, 06:54

@FP2andFP3-User Wifi works, a little slow. You just need to enable it once UT is installed. Battery life very good, charges in a couple of hours.

FP2andFP3-User · 9 Dec 2023, 07:38

@DenMoore

Thanks for your feedback. What is slow?

The speed or can you explain More detailed?

Lakotaubp · 9 Dec 2023, 07:42

@FP2andFP3-User This is the dedicated group for all things UT and Pine and will have all the latest info available https://t.me/utonpine and is probably the best place to ask.

DenMoore · 9 Dec 2023, 08:34

@FP2andFP3-User Approx half as fast as using a dongle connected to the same source. I believe the driver for wifi is still in its early stages. Cheers

FP2andFP3-User · 9 Dec 2023, 12:10

@DenMoore
@Lakotaubp

Thanks I will try it

Event Horizon · 1 Mar 2024, 12:36

@FP2andFP3-User

Fast enough for general daily use in my experience. It can be enabled with "sudo systemctl start pinetab2-wifi-enable" in the terminal and a restart (the command only needs to be run once, it will be persistent afterwards and WiFi will remain enabled through future restarts).

The speeds are good enough for Youtube and general web browsing. Downloads are a little slow (around 6mbps or so for me), but luckily most of the apps are fairly small and don't take much time to install. The only issue I've really had with the driver is that WiFi sometimes disconnects itself (maybe once every couple of days or so) and occasionally requires a tablet restart to detect, but this doesn't happen often enough for it to be much more than a minor nuisance for me.

Personally, I don't use a dongle. I've just been using the built in WiFi, and it's worked well enough for me.

FP2andFP3-User · 4 Jan 2024, 07:25

@Event-Horizon
Thanks for your Info.
Since 2 Weeks I have it, and it running slowly, but it is running and I don't need Android tablet any more. I don't use any dongle too.

There are some bugs on my side:

Dekko2 cannot open an E-Mail

It crashes and I have to Start again, but it is not running.
Lets See...I will stay and will See the progress....

Thanks to the Porters!

Event Horizon · 7 Jan 2024, 19:43

@FP2andFP3-User

Yea, it's been working alright for me as well. Definitely better than I expected. Not perfect, but absolutely usable.

Apparently there is talk of another driver that will be ready soon. I don't know the details, Oren would be the better person to ask about that in the Telegram. But supposedly we will get a more stable driver soon.