About the device: PinePhone:
Perhaps youâre in a line of work where security is a must, or a hard-core Linux enthusiast, or perhaps youâve just got enough of Android and iOS and youâre ready for something else â the PinePhone may be the next Phone for you. Powered by the same Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit SOC used in our popular PINE A64 Single Board Computer, the PinePhone runs mainline Linux as well as anything else youâll get it to run.
The purpose of the PinePhone isnât only to deliver a functioning Linux phone to end-users, but also to actively create a market for such a device, as well as to support existing and well established Linux-on-Phone projects. All major Linux Phone-oriented projects, as well as other FOSS OSâ, are represented on the PinePhone and developers work together on our platform to bring support this this community driven device.
@philm Thank you so much Manjaro-arm Team for the new release!
I already experience something that seem to look like some type of bug (?)-
Whenever I open a file browsing dialog (e.g. on Image Viewer > Open) I keep getting on the top of my PinePhone screen what seem to look like a small notification with a memory-card icon that reads on the title âPhone Shellâ and the second line reads âROOT_MNJROâ or âmmsblâŚsomethingâ
It will not go away until I close the browsing dialog.
Import PGP key DAD3B211663CA268, "Dan Johansen <strit@manjaro.org>"? [Y/n] y
error: key "DAD3B211663CA268" could not be looked up remotely
Import PGP key 084A7FC0035B1D49, "Unknown Packager"? [Y/n] y
error: key "084A7FC0035B1D49" could not be looked up remotely
error: required key missing from keyring
⯠gpg --search-keys DAD3B211663CA268
gpg: data source: http://82.148.229.254:11371
(1) Bernhard Landauer <oberon@manjaro.org>
Bernhard Landauer <bernhard@manjaro.org>
2048 bit RSA key DAD3B211663CA268, created: 2015-07-12
⯠gpg --search-keys 084A7FC0035B1D49
gpg: data source: http://82.148.229.254:11371
(1) Dan Johansen <strit@strits.dk>
Dan Johansen <danjohansen@strits.dk>
Dan Johansen (Manjaro) <strit@manjaro.org>
2048 bit RSA key 084A7FC0035B1D49, created: 2016-04-23
When building the images I see no issues. I only had an issue on updating from Beta1-Factory. Have to check that again. The only update was adding the Buildserver and Anupamâs key to the keyring.
Not sure this belongs here, but I noticed a couple of times how browsing the net via Firefox hangs the phone, so that it needs a hard reset.
Another weird thing is the proximity sensor being activated when my hand is in the upper zone of the screen, it sort of puts a dark grey image on the screen. I assume it should turn the screen/touchscreen off during a call, but Iâm not actually talking on the phone.
THANK YOU MANJARO-ARM team! This beta4 is a great improvement.
Connecting the PinePhone with Manjaro Beta4 to the dock (usb keyboard/mouse and 1920x1080 monitor via hdmi) is working without crashing. I was able to drag Firefox, Nemo, Terminal, and few other programs to the larger monitor and use the keyboard/mouse without any crashing. It was great! I did notice clicking the right-side mouse button on an application title bar did not bring up a menu to close the program. I had to use the PinePhone display to close open apps.
Software Center
In Manjaro Beta4 is the first time I noticed apps in the Software program. In the previous releases, I installed a program via the terminal. Now I see there are numerous programs that can be installed via the Software program, which is excellent! I have not tried installing any yet, but look forward to soon.
Convergence - a working dock with kb/mouse and monitor plus productive programs (forget dumb phone apps) is looking really possible!
Camera Program
The seeming freeze when changing the from front camera to rear camera seems fixed. There was a significant delay but the camera program did successful make the switch from the front camera to the rear, which is great! The live image when using the camera program is very responsive, which I appreciate.
Note: When I launched the camera program initially, the image from the rear camera appeared gray (little to no color) and the image was very wobbly/fluid and narrow. However, the color returned and the image looked more normal after I switched from front-to-rear.
Firefox
The dialog box that contains the list of urls that appears after pressing the address bar better fits on the Pinephone screen compared to Beta3; however, not all of the dialog box can be seen.
Overall, a big update with great improvements.
Cannot wait to try out more with Beta4. I cannot wait to do more with Pinephone + Manjaro-Arm Beta4.
Iâm having much the same issue, it seems to occur in more apps than that too and itâs very annoying, it also seems to spawn instances of nemo as well as throw up an error about not being able to find a certain directory
A huge thank you to everybody especially the Manjaro team for getting the Pine Phone running nicely. Quick question. With this beta can I upgrade from the previous via the cli like I would with a desktop or should I flash after every release?
Thanks again.
