<samueldr>
I haven't ran it with the latest-est modem firmware yet
<noneucat>
i did tried shorting the test pins in order to get it to EDL, but no dice
<samueldr>
unless the modem is actually toast, EDL should always be available
<noneucat>
it's still connecting and disconnecting as a USB device, so i think i may just be doing something wrong
<noneucat>
maybe i should just grab a new mainboard whenever pine64 releases a new one :p
<noneucat>
the one i had was already kind of flakey HW-wise
<samueldr>
if it's connecting/disconnecting as usb, it's sign that it's not toast, at least
<samueldr>
(I'm keeping my eyes open for the modem system builds, it'd be nice as an optional side-project to have a mobile-nixos managed modem firmware)
<noneucat>
the wiki is kind of vague re: when to start shorting the pads
<noneucat>
is it when the *device* is powered (i.e. connected to battery)?
<samueldr>
good question
<samueldr>
I don't actually know
<noneucat>
or when it turns on? or when it gets gpio power?
<noneucat>
i'll look into it sometime
<noneucat>
i'm not sure either
<samueldr>
they seem to imply when the _phone_ powers on
<noneucat>
it would be nice to have the modem fw packaged yeah
<samueldr>
oh, I meant making a custom firmware
<samueldr>
if you haven't seen, it's basically an android device
<samueldr>
do you know what works to run custom linux-based distros on android devices?
<noneucat>
ahh, like building the actual arm image for the modem itself
<noneucat>
no, i've never delved much into android devices :(
<samueldr>
no worries :)
<samueldr>
there are people involved in getting the best understanding of the modem, among those megi is building a more open source-based userland
<samueldr>
another one is working on the kernel
<noneucat>
that is good to hear
<noneucat>
hopefully we see some more improvements to the modem power management, or maybe getting it to play nicer with suspend
<noneucat>
barring that at least the fw becomes free sw :)
<samueldr>
already they started getting to grips with the diff compared to qualcomm's kernel
<noneucat>
is this a fork of another vendor's kernel? or is this mainline
<samueldr>
qualcomm
<samueldr>
the actual modem IP is from qualcomm
<samueldr>
what's from quectel is the "usb modem" "package"
<noneucat>
ahhh, i see :)
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<noneucat>
according to biktorgj in #pinedev the pads just need to be shorted while the modem is booting, which includes resetting it while the phone is booted
<noneucat>
since we boot with the modem off i guess i was shorting the pads too early :)
<samueldr>
good to have that detail clarified
<samueldr>
it's when the _modem_ boots, so no need to power off the pinephone, it can be done with restarting the systemd service helper
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<noneucat>
yep yep
<samueldr>
did that help?
<samueldr>
I mean, going to EDL
<Ke>
so is pinephone/nixos working somehow for people nowadays?
<Ke>
would definitely give it a try, my pinephone is still idling on the shelf
<Ke>
or pinephones
<noneucat>
samueldr: currently soldering leads onto the pad to free up my hards
<noneucat>
*hands
<noneucat>
my pinephone seems to be working okay on nixos for the most part :) i can deploy stage-2 to my pinephone with nixops
<samueldr>
hm, I would have expected it'd be easy enough with serial or even ssh to systemctl stop the service, pre-write start command, hold tweezers or something similar, then press enter
<samueldr>
the pinephone is the phone with the best features support
<samueldr>
but there is nothing specific for a phone experience yet
<samueldr>
but the hardware support is getting there / is there
<samueldr>
the modem was verified to work for data, for me, calls/sms I don't have a line that can do it
<noneucat>
that probably would be easier haha
<noneucat>
i'll do that then
<Ke>
noneucat: and I mean using it as a phone with phonecalls, mobile ui and suspend/crust
<noneucat>
i was able to call and text from nixos with sxmo
<samueldr>
oh, great to have confirmation
<noneucat>
suspend was a little iffy; the modem disappeared for a while on one wakeup
<samueldr>
Ke: it's still "draw the rest of the owl" for the running system
<samueldr>
(ignoring pinephone specifics)
<samueldr>
I've been working really hard on making sure the boot "just works" as best as possible across the range of devices
<noneucat>
one thing i am having issues with is the lima driver still throwing page faults once in a while
<noneucat>
freezes up whatever gui i'm using then
<noneucat>
but i can't really find anyone else experiencing the same issue
<noneucat>
so i've chalked it up to my hw
<Ke>
that would be either hw issue or kernel issue that would get sorted out independently of nixos anyway
<samueldr>
it could be nixos packages
<samueldr>
well, that exacerbates an issue
<Ke>
hmm page faults in userspace I guess mesa too
<red[evilred]>
sphalerite (IRC): I have a tracking number !
<red[evilred]>
Label Created 12/29/2020 10:45 A.M. Israel
<red[evilred]>
being shipped from Israel apparently
<red[evilred]>
time to find the remaining components!
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<sphalerite>
red[evilred]: nice! I already have all the other components :D
<sphalerite>
red[evilred]: I'm guessing mine will be another couple of days, since mine was ordered a bit after yours
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<red[evilred]>
The fan I think is the think I'm least confident about identifying
<red[evilred]>
and I need to find all the rest of the requirements too
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<sphalerite>
red[evilred]: well there's a fan included, right?
<sphalerite>
I don't have a replacement fan yet, for the exact reason that I don't know what kind of fan it needs. But the included one should work for cooling it even if it's noisy, so I'll worry about that later :)
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