[dleslie]

The PinePhone has unstable hardware, it doesn't matter if I run X or Wayland and it doesn't matter what distribution I use. I can't keep it operating for more than 5 minutes before the screen goes to blank and/or it gets stuck in an endless reboot cycle that requires removing the battery to halt.

[kaba0]

Which distro? I have one as well and at least under mobian , while it is really far from stable, it works. But reboot cycles sound like a hardware bug rather than unstable hardware.

[dleslie]

I've tried:

    Ubuntu Touch
    Mobian (phosh)
    PostmarketOS (sxmo, phosh)
    Manjaro (Phosh, Plasma and Lomiri)

And multiple release versions of each; using multiple different sdcards as well as the on-board memory.

The only OS that doesn't exhibit the reboot/black-screen issues for me is the one used to allow flashing of the device over USB.

The factory test software works, all of the different OS variants; so if there is a hardware issue the factory test software isn't able to detect it. Notably, I've left the test software running without issue.

I've even tried turning off all the hardware dip switches.

[kaba0]

Interesting, but if you really are enthusiastic about the pinephone than perhaps try to order another motherboard (I’m thinking about it because the older has only 2 GB of ram)

[dleslie]

I've got the Manjaro CE version, so it should be new enough. I'm also not flush wish cash, so... Yah, I'll be buying diapers for my toddler, not a motherboard that may or may not work.

It's a shame, 'cause I really like the concept, and bought it for myself as a birthday gift. Thought it would be a fun project to hack on.

[kaba0]

Yeah, I hear you and I am sad that your unit probably has some issue.. perhaps writing an email asking for a replacement?

[dleslie]

I'll give that a shot, but AFAICT from the forum discussions, Pine isn't to amenable to shipping replacements without paying for them.