pinephone // Mobian's Blog

The Paperweight Dilemma Oct 10, 2023 - 7 min read

Mobian started as a hobby project, triggered by the excitement of finally being able to hack one’s mobile phone at will. It is fair to say that the device that made it possible back then was the original PinePhone. However, after running once again into the same difficulties we experienced over and over, we’re wondering whether maintaining support for this device is still worth the effort…

These... past 4 months in Mobian: July - October 2022 Nov 1, 2022 - 6 min read

As ~~we’re reaching the end of the month~~ we slightly overshot the month, it’s time to look back at what happened since July.

This month in Mobian: June 2022 Jun 30, 2022 - 4 min read

The end is near! The end of June at least, and that means it is time for our monthly recap of what has happened.

This month in Mobian: May 2022 May 31, 2022 - 3 min read

This is the first in a (hopefully) series of short blog posts summarizing what has happened in Mobianland. Given that Mobian integrates much of the ecosystem not developed by us, this report could reiterate many of the things being said somewhere else.

Moving to Tow-Boot: Towards Device-Independant Images Mar 30, 2022 - 5 min read

Mobian (and most of the Arm Linux ecosystem) have been dealing with device-specific boot sequences since our inception. However, recent changes have made it possible to standardise these. This blog post will discuss how these changes affect Mobian and the long term goal of creating a universal image for Mobian devices.

Script kiddy strikes back Feb 11, 2022 - 11 min read

As you may be aware, a malicious person tried to spread malware through many Matrix rooms used by mobile Linux users and developers, partly taking advantage of a known vulnerability in the stock modem firmware. Here’s a quick analysis of how this malware was supposed to operate.

Game Changers Feb 4, 2022 - 5 min read

While mildly working on and playing with the PinePhone Pro, I recently got amazed at how pleasant to use this device was, and how little work it took us to get to this point!

The PinePhone Pro is here (and it runs Mobian!) Dec 28, 2021 - 5 min read

PinePhone Pro Features

Pine64 recently announced the PinePhone Pro, a significantly upgraded version of their PinePhone. As developers started receiving their devices earlier this month, significant progress have been made already to get existing mobile distributions, including Mobian, to run on this new Linux phone. Keep reading for the latest status updates on the PinePhone Pro support.

The road to the Mobian Community Edition (part 1) Apr 8, 2021 - 6 min read

The Mobian project was officially announced on May 14th, 2020. But those who witnessed its birth surely remember it all started a few months prior to this date, a bit more than one year ago, actually. One year hacking and building both a mobile operating system and a community. One year refining our system, getting rid of the early days’ hacks in favor of more mature and robust solutions. One year ending with a major milestone for such a young project: getting the Mobian Community Edition PinePhone into the hands of thousands of users. One hell of a year, indeed!

Announcing the PinePhone Mobian Community Edition Jan 15, 2021 - 3 min read

Mobian Community Edition

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Pine64 is releasing a Mobian Community Edition of the PinePhone! This is a major milestone for our project, which started less than a year ago as a way to bring Debian to this exact mobile device!