Difference between revisions of "PinePhone Pro Software State"

Latest revision as of 07:48, 9 October 2023

Presently the PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition is aimed at Linux developers with an extensive knowledge of embedded systems and/or experience with mobile Linux. It will take time for all the PinePhone Pro’s functionality to reach software parity with the original PinePhone and for mobile operating systems, in more general, to reach a higher degree of maturity.

Bear in mind that the software for these smartphones is still in a very early stage, with most of the software being in alpha or beta state. That's especially also the case for scalability of applications, their availability and practicability, any hardware function implementations and the firmware. The software is provided as is. There is no warranty for the software, not even for merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

The following table lists the feature functionality status of the unaltered pre-installed factory image of the current shipping batch and as comparison an up-to-date reference image (no responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of this information, the list is provided and updated by the community). If you have any questions regarding the current state of the software or of specific features working, please don't hesitate to ask in the community chat before buying the device:

Discord: #pinephone under https://discord.gg/pine64
IRC: #pinephone on irc.pine64.org. Note: please consider Matrix, Discord or Telegram due to the volatile nature of IRC
Matrix: https://app.element.io/#/room/#pinephone:matrix.org
Telegram: https://t.me/pinephone

The software is written by the community, any contributions towards the community projects are greatly appreciated! Please see "How to Contribute" to learn about how to contribute to the software projects and "Where to Report Bugs" to learn about where to report bugs.

Functionality	Component	Status (factory)¹	Status (updated)²	Notes
Bootloader	`Bootloader`	Critical bugs		Some critical software bugs currently not fixed yet: A drained battery causes U-Boot to bootloop (cause is known and currently being worked on);^Workaround Occasionally the eMMC fails to initialize^Report. Note: Tow-Boot is now pre-installed on the SPI from the factory - issues need verification to be issues with Tow-Boot.
	`SPI`	Implemented		Devices bought after end of July 2022 come with Tow-Boot flashed to the SPI memory, making it considerably easier to flash the device and boot from microSD card.
	`Boot GUI`	Not implemented		Currently there is no graphical boot selection implemented^{Possibly planned}
Operating System	`Stability`	WIP
	`Suspend`	Experimental		Audio is often higher pitched after waking up from suspend due to a bug, make sure to update your system^Report^Report
	`Updates`	WIP		The pre-flashed and outdated operating system on the eMMC often gets corrupted after updating^Example; Pacman database lock preventing updates^Solution; Keyring bug^{[Solution is to run "pinephonepro-post-install" script as root]}
Modem	`General`	WIP		Alternative firmware; Slow wakeup^Report; Some carriers blocking specific TANs in their network^{PinePhone Carrier Support}; Note: Proprietary firmware
	`Phone`	WIP		The modem connection crashes frequently, which can lead to missed calls^Report^{Alternative firmware}; Slow wakeup^Report; bad call audio quality^Report; Audio is often higher pitched after waking up from suspend due to a bug^Report^Report
	`SMS`	Working		SMS functionality is expected to work. In certain cases the functionality might be blocked by a clogged modem^Report; Some bugs
	`MMS`	WIP		MMS functionality is integrated into the application "Spacebar", some bugs remaining and expected
	`Push notifications`	Not implemented		Receiving push notifications while the phone is suspended is not implemented
Components	`LCD`	WIP		Hardware issue^Details
	`Touch`	Working
	`Rear camera`	Not working	WIP	Camera work-in-progress with DTS fix^[Citation]; userspace still needs to do some catching up^{debugging article}; Green image tint^[Citation]
	`Front camera`	Not working	WIP	Camera work-in-progress with DTS fix^[Citation]; userspace still needs to do some catching up^{debugging article}; Green image tint^[Citation]
	`Camera flash`	Critical issues		Hardware issue^Details; Note: `/sys/class/leds/white:flash`
	`WiFi`	Working		WiFi is expected to work. The firmware does not support monitor mode and package injection. Note: Proprietary firmware
	`Bluetooth`	WIP		Bluetooth not necessarily working for calls yet due to missing audio routing^[Citation]; Bluetooth in general dodgy under Pulseaudio.^Info Note: Proprietary firmware
	`GNSS/GPS`	WIP		aGPS to be implemented^{See original PinePhone article}; long loading times to get a GPS fix^[Citation]; No preinstalled application^[Citation]
	`Sensors`	WIP		"Geo Magnetic Sensor" (`af8133j`): Status unknown (at `/sys/bus/i2c/devices/4-001c/iio:device1`) "Accelerometer / Gyroscope" (`mpu6500`): Working (at `/sys/bus/i2c/devices/4-0068/iio:device2`) "Ambient light / Proximity" (`stk3311`): Working after updating
	`Vibration motor`	Working
	`Notification LED`	Working
	`Buttons`	Working		Power buttons and volume buttons are working.
Accessory compatibility, spare parts	`Keyboard Add-on`	WIP		The keyboard add-on compatibility is work-in-progress.
	`LoRa Add-on`	Not implemented		No software support implemented
	`Qi Wireless Charging Add-on`	WIP		Wireless charging with the add-on case is expected to work to some degree. Certain software functionality and a driver is currently missing^[Citation]
	`Fingerprint Reader Add-on`	Not implemented		No software support implemented
	`Spare parts`	Partial		Some spare parts now available in the store.^Store
Software notes	`Waydroid`	Working		Waydroid is an Android container used to run Android applications.

¹ Status of the features at the time of the last factory installation without updates

² Status of the features with an up-to-date reference image

@@ Line 20: / Line 20: @@
 |-
 ! scope="row" rowspan="3" | Bootloader
-| <code>U-Boot</code>
+| <code>Bootloader</code>
 | colspan="2" style="background:lightcoral; text-align:center;" | Critical bugs
-| Some critical software bugs currently not fixed yet: A drained battery causes U-Boot to bootloop (cause is known and currently being worked on);<sup>[[PinePhone_Pro#The battery is fully drained|Workaround]]</sup> Occasionally the eMMC fails to initialize<sup>[https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/issues/1424 Report]</sup>
+| Some critical software bugs currently not fixed yet: A drained battery causes U-Boot to bootloop (cause is known and currently being worked on);<sup>[[PinePhone_Pro#The battery is fully drained|Workaround]]</sup> Occasionally the eMMC fails to initialize<sup>[https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/issues/1424 Report]</sup>. '''Note:''' Tow-Boot is now pre-installed on the SPI from the factory - issues need verification to be issues with Tow-Boot.
 |-
 | <code>SPI</code>
-| colspan="2" style="background:lightcoral; text-align:center;" | Unfinished
+| colspan="2" style="background:LightGreen; text-align:center;" | Implemented
-| SPI memory is currently empty in the Explorer Edition batch, a corrupted installation on the eMMC has a higher boot priority than a fresh microSD card installation, leading to a involved recovery procedure<sup>[https://tow-boot.org/ Planned]</sup>
+| Devices bought after end of July 2022 come with Tow-Boot flashed to the SPI memory, making it considerably easier to flash the device and boot from microSD card.
 |-
 | <code>Boot GUI</code>
@@ Line 34: / Line 34: @@
 ! scope="row" rowspan="3" | Operating System
 | <code>Stability</code>
-| style="background:lightcoral; text-align:center;" | Critical bugs
+| colspan="2" style="background:LightYellow; text-align:center;" | WIP
-| style="background:LightYellow; text-align:center;" | WIP
+|
-| The pre-flashed and outdated operating system on the eMMC often gets corrupted after updating<sup>[https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=15950 Example]</sup>
 |-
 | <code>Suspend</code>
-| style="background:lightcoral; text-align:center;" | Not working
+| colspan="2" style="background:LightYellow; text-align:center;" | Experimental
-| style="background:LightYellow; text-align:center;" | Experimental
+| Audio is often higher pitched after waking up from suspend due to a bug, make sure to update your system<sup>[https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Pine64-Arch/issues/381 Report]</sup><sup>[https://gitlab.manjaro.org/manjaro-arm/packages/core/linux-pinephonepro/-/issues/3 Report]</sup>
-| '''Without suspend the phone will drain very fast!''' Suspend only available in specific more recent images<sup>[https://www.pine64.org/2022/03/15/march-update-introducing-the-quartzpro64/ News]</sup> Audio is often higher pitched after waking up from suspend due to a bug<sup>[https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Pine64-Arch/issues/381 Report]</sup><sup>[https://gitlab.manjaro.org/manjaro-arm/packages/core/linux-pinephonepro/-/issues/3 Report]</sup>
 |-
 | <code>Updates</code>
-| style="background:lightcoral; text-align:center;" | Critical bugs
+| colspan="2" style="background:LightYellow; text-align:center;" | WIP
-| style="background:LightYellow; text-align:center;" | WIP
 | The pre-flashed and outdated operating system on the eMMC often gets corrupted after updating<sup>[https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=15950 Example]</sup>; Pacman database lock preventing updates<sup>[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/pacman#%22Failed_to_init_transaction_(unable_to_lock_database)%22_error Solution]</sup>; Keyring bug<sup>[Solution is to run "pinephonepro-post-install" script as root]</sup>
 |-
 ! scope="row" rowspan="5" | Modem
 | <code>General</code>
-| colspan="2" style="background:lightcoral; text-align:center;" | Critical bugs
+| colspan="2" style="background:LightYellow; text-align:center;" | WIP
-| The modem connection crashes frequently<sup>[https://gitlab.com/mobian1/devices/eg25-manager/-/issues/34#note_984212350 Report]</sup><sup>[https://github.com/Biktorgj/pinephone_modem_sdk Alternative firmware]</sup>; Slow wakeup<sup>[https://gitlab.com/mobian1/devices/eg25-manager/-/issues/34 Report]</sup>; Some carriers blocking specific TANs in their network<sup>[[PinePhone Carrier Support]]</sup>; '''Note:''' Proprietary firmware
+| [https://github.com/Biktorgj/pinephone_modem_sdk Alternative firmware]; Slow wakeup<sup>[https://gitlab.com/mobian1/devices/eg25-manager/-/issues/34 Report]</sup>; Some carriers blocking specific TANs in their network<sup>[[PinePhone Carrier Support]]</sup>; '''Note:''' Proprietary firmware
 |-
 | <code>Phone</code>
@@ Line 72: / Line 69: @@
 | <code>LCD</code>
 | colspan="2" style="background:lightyellow; text-align:center;" | WIP
-| '''Hardware issue'''<sup>[https://xnux.eu/log/#055 Details]</sup>; Under certain circumstances it is difficult to wake up the screen<sup>[Citation]</sup>
+| '''Hardware issue'''<sup>[https://xnux.eu/log/#055 Details]</sup>
 |-
 | <code>Touch</code>
@@ Line 81: / Line 78: @@
 | style="background:lightcoral; text-align:center;" | Not working
 | style="background:LightYellow; text-align:center;" | WIP
-| Camera works with DTS fix; userspace still needs to do some catching up (see [[PinePhone Pro/IMX258 Camera Debugging|debugging article]]). To use as of 2022-09-05, build https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/megapixels and run `sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/local/share/glib-2.0/schemas/`. Known issue: Image is excessively green. Source: dcc@ from IRC.
+| Camera work-in-progress with DTS fix<sup>[Citation]</sup>; userspace still needs to do some catching up<sup>[[PinePhone Pro/IMX258 Camera Debugging|debugging article]]</sup>; Green image tint<sup>[Citation]</sup>
 |-
 | <code>Front camera</code>
 | style="background:lightcoral; text-align:center;" | Not working
 | style="background:LightYellow; text-align:center;" | WIP
-| Camera works with DTS fix; userspace still needs to do some catching up (see [[PinePhone Pro/IMX258 Camera Debugging|debugging article]]). To use as of 2022-09-05, build https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/megapixels and run `sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/local/share/glib-2.0/schemas/`. Known issue: Image is excessively green. Source: dcc@ from IRC.
+| Camera work-in-progress with DTS fix<sup>[Citation]</sup>; userspace still needs to do some catching up<sup>[[PinePhone Pro/IMX258 Camera Debugging|debugging article]]</sup>; Green image tint<sup>[Citation]</sup>
 |-
 | <code>Camera flash</code>
@@ Line 95: / Line 92: @@
 | <code>WiFi</code>
 | colspan="2" style="background:LightGreen; text-align:center;" | Working
-| WiFi is expected to work. Some remaining tasks, such as "monitor mode". '''Note:''' Proprietary firmware
+| WiFi is expected to work. The firmware does not support monitor mode and package injection. '''Note:''' Proprietary firmware
 |-
 | <code>Bluetooth</code>
@@ Line 103: / Line 100: @@
 | <code>GNSS/GPS</code>
 | colspan="2" style="background:LightYellow; text-align:center;" | WIP
-| aGPS to be implemented<sup>[Citation]</sup>; long loading times to get a GPS fix<sup>[Citation]</sup>; No preinstalled application<sup>[Citation]</sup>
+| aGPS to be implemented<sup>[[PinePhone#GPS_/_GNSS|See original PinePhone article]]</sup>; long loading times to get a GPS fix<sup>[Citation]</sup>; No preinstalled application<sup>[Citation]</sup>
 |-
 | <code>Sensors</code>
 | colspan="2" style="background:LightYellow; text-align:center;" | WIP
-| "3 Axis Magnetometer" (<code>lis3mdl</code>): Not present in hardware (it's an alternative chip to <code>af8133j</code> due to component shortages)<br>
+| "Geo Magnetic Sensor" (<code>af8133j</code>): Status unknown (at <code>/sys/bus/i2c/devices/4-001c/iio:device1</code>)<br>
-"Geo Magnetic Sensor" (<code>af8133j</code>): Working (at <code>/sys/bus/i2c/devices/4-001c/iio:device1</code>)<br>
 "Accelerometer / Gyroscope" (<code>mpu6500</code>): Working (at <code>/sys/bus/i2c/devices/4-0068/iio:device2</code>)<br>
 "Ambient light / Proximity" (<code>stk3311</code>): Working after updating
@@ Line 126: / Line 122: @@
 ! scope="row" rowspan="5" | Accessory compatibility, spare parts
 | <code>Keyboard Add-on</code>
-| colspan="2" style="background:lightcoral; text-align:center;" | WIP and critical hardware issue
+| colspan="2" style="background:LightYellow; text-align:center;" | WIP
-| The keyboard add-on compatibility is work-in-progress. '''Hardware issue: USB-C port of the phone must not be used while the current keyboard revision is connected'''<sup>[[PinePhone_(Pro)_Keyboard#Safety|Warning]]</sup>; Top row symbols not implemented as designed<sup>[Citation]</sup>; Keyboard hot-plugging not supported<sup>[Citation]</sup>; Battery state not exposed in the pre-flashed operating system state<sup>[Citation]</sup>; general driver bugs<sup>[Citation]</sup>
+| The keyboard add-on compatibility is work-in-progress.
 |-
 | <code>LoRa Add-on</code>
@@ Line 142: / Line 138: @@
 |-
 | <code>Spare parts</code>
-| colspan="2" style="background:lightcoral; text-align:center;" | Not available yet
+| colspan="2" style="background:LightYellow; text-align:center;" | Partial
-| Spare parts currently not available yet in the store.<sup>[https://pine64.com/product-category/smartphone-spare-parts/ Store]</sup>
+| Some spare parts now available in the store.<sup>[https://pine64.com/product-category/pinephonepro-spare-parts/ Store]</sup>
 |-
 ! scope="row" rowspan="1" | Software notes
 | <code>Waydroid</code>
-| colspan="2" style="background:LightYellow; text-align:center;" | Software rendering only
+| colspan="2" style="background:LightGreen; text-align:center;" | Working
-| Waydroid is an Android container used to run Android applications. Currently can only be started using software rendering due to a bug<sup>[https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid/issues/291 Report]</sup><sup>[https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/5928 Report]</sup>
+| Waydroid is an Android container used to run Android applications.
 |-
 |}
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 ² Status of the features with an up-to-date reference image
+[[Category:PinePhone Pro]]

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