Install process

[gonchez]

Hi,

I have an issue on my PinePhone: when I call on several mobile phones, it just rings one tune, and then it hangs up, it just stops the call. On other mobile phones the call runs ok. So from the Pine64 forum they adviced me to come here and try.

The affair I try to mention to you now is when I flash via fastboot, after downloading the zip file and extracting it, I come into the folder where I extracted the file and run ./flashstock

And then on terminal it says this: (it just stops on "waiting for any device" and then nothing)

[ghost]

Plasma Mobile is very problematic in the communication with the modem. Most of the times it disconnects from the modem while the modem keeps running in the background.

Use Manjaro Phosh instead and don't try to flash the firmware from Plasma.

[gonchez]

Plasma Mobile is very problematic in the communication with the modem. Most of the times it disconnects from the modem while the modem keeps running in the background.

Use Manjaro Phosh instead and don't try to flash the firmware from Plasma.

Ok, the issue I have with calls, I have it with all the PinePhone OS, Phosh and Plasma, tryed from Postmarket, Manjaro and Mobian. That's why we think the problem is on the modem configuration, and maybe your repos could be helpful for me.

Now I've tried to install it on Mobian (phosh), and after installing fastboot and after running ./flashstock, it is still the same:

[ghost]

do you have the problem with specific phone numbers?

is their carrier the same one?

are you sure it's not some call diversion or blocking?

check that the modem exists and responds with the following commands

ls /dev/ttyUSB2

echo at | sudo atinout - /dev/ttyUSB2 -

the last one should respond OK

[gonchez]

do you have the problem with specific phone numbers?

Yes, I have the same issue calling some specific phone numbers (like my wife), but no with another ones (like my parents)... strange, isn't it?

is their carrier the same one?

I think that you mean the telephony operator... the telecommunications company.... I don't know that

are you sure it's not some call diversion or blocking?

How do I know this?? I didn't blocked any phone number...

check that the modem exists and responds with the following commands

ls /dev/ttyUSB2

echo at | sudo atinout - /dev/ttyUSB2 -

the last one should respond OK

When I introduce the text you mention here, this is the result:

I suppose I have to install atinout on mobian,... but how?

[ghost]

if the numbers you are calling to have the same telephony operator(carrier), may that carrier causes the problem

those numbers may have blocked you or have diverted the calls, ask them to check their phones

the modem is there since you can see it with the ls command

I think Mobian is Alpine Linux so the command would be

apk add atinout

if you look into flashstock the first command sets the modem in fastboot mode

sudo sh -c 'echo -ne "AT+QFASTBOOT\r" > /dev/ttyUSB2

then it gives this fastboot command which I can not find what it is, probably it stops the process if you have a custom bootloader

fastboot oem stay

fastboot has many commands, this one should give you some information about the modem after you enter the fastboot mode

fastboot oem device-info

have a look here

https://technastic.com/fastboot-commands-list/

now the telephony operators start to block the phones, especially in the USA many phones stop working and you have to change the IMEI, they support only the latest Android and i-phones

[gonchez]

Well, finally I've found the sollution.

I read the text on this web, trying to install PinePhone Modem SDK: https://github.com/the-modem-distro/pine.../tag/0.7.4

Before installation, I made sure that adb and fastboot where installed on mobile phone.

Then, I downloaded ADSP version 30.007.30.007

I got into the folder on terminal where I downloaded the .ubi archive.

Later, like a root, type: echo -ne "AT+QFASTBOOT\r" > /dev/ttyUSB2

Then, run: fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.ubi && fastboot reboot

And then, when I restarted the mobile phone, it started to type several changes which lasted about 15 minutes (more or less, because I left and then came in and saw the mobile ready). I just left the phone charging in order to prevent some crashing during the flash mode.

When I got into mobian again, all is running perfectly, and I can make calls ringing tunes normally, and receiving sms and everything.

Thanks so much for your help @mouffa !

[ghost]

this seems to be a new version of the ADSP firmware which implements the 4G/LTE(SS7) protocol, so it seems that the problem was there

in flashstock you can see that it flashes 6 partitions in the modem

fastboot flash aboot update/appsboot.mbn
fastboot flash:raw boot update/mdm9607-boot.img
fastboot flash:raw recovery update/mdm9607-boot.img
fastboot flash system update/mdm9607-sysfs.ubi
fastboot flash recoveryfs update/mdm9607-recovery.ubi
fastboot flash modem update/NON-HLOS.ubi

you flashed only the last one which is the ADSP firmware, the closed source part of the modem's firmware