Hello,
in the beginning of january i updated my pinephone the last time. Since two weeks there is the report: “sorry someting went wrong: unable to lock database” just when i open the Software-app. When i close this report and go to the updates there is the report: “no plugin could handle get-updates”
Because of a other installation witch i would like to undo and no importaint formatationsi think it would be the best to reset to factory-settings. Up to now i found no answere how to do this. Is it necessay to go familiar with github and so on, or is there a simple code for the terminal?
(And what about the reset-butten at the back of the phone?!! (looks scary to have, but seems anyhow withot use))
(Additonaly: could it be that a lot of “Apps to explore” are up to now not realy working? For exampe element? were the logo appears, but is impossible to open )
Greatful for any hint in english or german
Even if i underestimated the step to start with a pre-version PinePhone as my first real Smartphone and a hard way to discover, i´m very happy to use it and be very graeatful for alle the work!!
You can use jumpdrive - read more in above thread.
But your issue is really with the database lock.
Open a terminal and remove the lock file
sudo rm -f /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
Sometimes you are better off running the update in a terminal - using pacman - reason being pacman prompts which - some times - cannot be responded to using the graphical updater
If you want to undo a certain installation, you can also simply uninstall that package via sudo pacman -Rns [name of the package]
Also follow the steps to remove the db.lck-file and update your system.
A lot of apps aren’t working yet. There is this list of apps with a rating of how well they work, if that interests you.