PinePhone First Impressions & Questions

[John J. Karcher]

Hello All,

I have had my PinePhone running the first Sculpt image for a couple of 
weeks now.  I don't have anything interesting to report beyond what 
others have said - the system boots in about 5 seconds, the Leitzentrale 
UI is intuitive and smooth, the battery indicator isn't very accurate, etc.

Unfortunately, I also have a problem that seems to be common for various 
reasons - I don't have data connectivity.  In my case, it's because I 
have a talk/text-only plan, but I can't test the phone functions either 
because my SIM card (T-Mobile USA) is not recognized.

I am itching to try the various presets, and was wondering if any of the 
following ideas would be feasible:

- Providing an on-disk depot for the presets.  (Excluding the web 
browser, which would be useless without connectivity anyway, seems like 
it would keep the size down.)

- Letting us know when the WiFi or wired LAN drivers are ready for 
testing, even if it's before the next release.  (I have the USB network 
dongle, so either one would work for me.)

I am currently having trouble building the PinePhone Sculpt image from 
source (which I will address in a separate message), but I will be happy 
to do custom builds if necessary (including for SIM debugging).  It just 
looks like too much fun to wait! ;^)

  Thanks!
-- 
   John J. Karcher
   devuser at alternateapproach.com