[kwlug-disc] Pinephone Update 2--apt update Strikes Back

[Mikalai Birukou]

> The phone powered up as expected.  The first difficulty I had was 
> maintaining a stable WiFi connection to the WiFi distribution thingy 
> in our house (no idea what it is but I assume a WiFi repeater).  It 
> worked fine using the WiFi hotspot from my main phone.
>
> Next thing I did (which is likely my first mistake) was I ran apt 
> upgrade.  At some point during the process the screen of course shut 
> off.  When I went back to check on it the phone would no longer accept 
> the pin code I had previously set (which did work fine before the 
> update).  I rebooted the phone, and now it produces an "Oh no!  
> Something has gone wrong.  A problem has occurred and the system can't 
> recover. Please log out and try again" with only a logout button.  Not 
> exactly the most helpful of error messages.
>
> So I am currently writing the UBports Touch distro to an SD card.

Ouch!