Manjaro ARM Beta10 of Phosh for PinePhone

Manjaro ARM developers announced the tenth BETA for PinePhone with Phosh. This image runs on the 5.12 kernel from Megi which targets PinePhone.

Firefox uses a dedicated configuration and plays videos on Youtube pretty well
Camera app with access to back and front camera, including autofocus
Auto-Rotate function we had to remove
Welcome wizard for easy setup of the device
We have now a working Torch in the quick-access-menu
Prime phone functions working, including resume from deep-sleep and free speaking
Recording of audio works
Most applications got added to scale-to-fit
Haptic feedback functions are given
Optimized keyboard layout for terminal
Maps working with geolocate
Volume buttons working
Sensors fully functional
Easy access to Bluetooth, Wlan, Rotate and Mobile functions via quick settings
Default branch is arm-stable. This can be changed by editing /etc/pacman-mirrors.conf
usage of callaudiod for better audio experience with calls
This image uses a Crust enabled uboot

A detailed list of package changes can be found here 3.

it may take longer to wake up from deep-sleep mode when a call is incoming. Most of the time that call will vibrate only.
UI becomes unresponsive after a while.
Lots of apps are still missing or are not mobile friendly yet.

Order

Pinephones Beta Edition are still on stock. Visit the Pine64 Store 3

How to install:

Download the image/xz file from the download location. Verify that the download completed successfully.

After that, install Etcher (sudo pacman -S etcher if on Manjaro) and burn the to an SD card (8 GB or larger).

The PinePhone should recognize the SD card as a bootable device and boot from it.

The premade users are:
User: manjaro
Password: 123456

User: root
password: root

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