Jumpdrive VS pineeye_for_pinephone

Download: https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive/releases/download/0.8/pine64-pinephone.img.xz

To confirm the battery status I flashed the charging image from https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive/issues/55. That indeed showed that there was pretty much no charge in the battery. I then took my macbook adapter and charged it for two hours using that, and then the status led started flashing green. Looks like this is solved!

I would suggest that you download https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive/releases/download/0.8/pine64-pinephone.img.xz. Then write it to a microSD card using "Balena Etcher" and then insert the microSD card in the top slot and let us know if there is a question or if it changed anything.

Please put Jumpdrive on a microSD card and try to boot that. Jumpdrive boots independently from the battery charge. If it boots fine you can let it charge in there for multiple hours and then see if you can boot the phone properly again. https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive

That sounds like a corrupted installation, not a drained battery. If you're on the regular PinePhone (not the Pro) I would suggest you to flash JumpDrive on a microSD card, insert that into the phone (top slot) and to boot from that. The image can be found here: https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive/releases/download/0.8/pine64-pinephone.img.xz

At this point if you haven't updated in a long time it's best if you flash a new image to your eMMC because if you pacman -Syu your just gonna bork it like I did when I updated my KDE edition after a year of being sidelined lol. Luckily jumpdrive exists and makes this task as simple as running a dd command.

JumpDrive -> https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive/releases

The last time I had to reinstall my Librem 5 I ended up using JumpDrive and a fresh image from Purism's Jenkins, reusing the instructions from postmarketOS Wiki#Installation).

https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive/releases/tag/0.8 I had a similar situation. After getting a pinephone pro my pinephone OG set idle for several months. I couldn't boot to the eMMc or the sd. I still had jumpdrive on an sd so i tried booting from it. It fixed everything although I don't know how. Now it boots from eMMc or sd just fine. I didn't even plug it into a laptop. After the jumpdrive screen booted I powered it down and removed the jumpdrive for pinephone sd. I fired up the pinephone OG to fix the modem firmware. Flashing the modem went well and the pinephone is ready for use should I need it.

Good question. I am not sure about a killer app, but killer features - for sure. The ability to dock the phone via USB-C and use it as a desktop; attach the keyboard add-on and have your own PDA-type device with LTE; hacking additional functionality into the phone via the pogo pins (example); hardware privacy switches; or simply using taking 2-3 easily sourcable spare batteries with you on a mountain trek... I think there are a few things the PinePhone / PinePhone Pro can do that very few devices in this form factor can.