I have a Nexdock, and since I got my replacement phone back I have noticed that I’m getting some strange behaviour when connected to it, for example I think Network Manager is crashing because I’ll go to do a sudo apt update and it just hangs there doing nothing. Only a forced shutdown (does not gracefully shut down on it’s own) resolves the issue. I need to dig into the logs more to see what’s going on but that’s what I’ve noticed.
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Thanks for the heads up…so wait for a fix I guess.
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I would downgrade
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I was wondering if it wasn’t something to do with a kernel issue or something. How might a person downgrade the kernel again?
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I just used sudo flash-kernel --force 6.5.0-1-librem5
(That worked on my old phone that I haven’t reflashed but my one that has been reflashed it did not work on.)
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So I ordered a new USB hub from Purism but the one I received was not the one they show on their website. See here: USB-C Hub – Purism What brand is your hub from Purism, if I might ask? A little frustrating since it was expensive to order and ship from Purism.
I have not tried it yet, but I am a little dubious that it is any different than the two hubs I have already tried as they look very similar. I will report back if it makes any difference.
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As an update to this post, I wanted to let everyone know that the USB Hub I ordered directly from Purism, from their website, works very well. It is not perfect but the flaky power issues and constant shutting off are gone. I am happy.
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Well, it wasn’t the one they show on their website. But, the one I received does work. What can I say?
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Model name.
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We need Picture of the HUB. 
// Wroted from Raptor Blackbird and GNU Operating System - GNU Core 6.8.4
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lsusb output
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Here is the LSUSB output: Bus 004 Device 002: ID 05e3:0626 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB3.1 Hub
Here are the pictures:
It still works well. Sounds transfers via HDMI. Not buggy. Sometimes the display has trouble recognizing the different monitors and I have to fiddle with it, but it works eventually.
My only complaint is that, with this hub, there is no SD card slot. The picture on the website shows an SD card slot. Small potatoes.
Update. I paid about $70.00 with Purism for this hub and I just found it on Amazon for $30.00. Annoying. Oh well.
Update 2. Sorry, one more update. I have been running the hub all day and streaming music. The power management on the hub is much improved from my prior experiences. The battery is fully charged and the phone temperature is still relatively low for all the activity. That is a plus.
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I have a couple of questions for people that bought a USB-C hub from Purism in the past.
Did it match the picture or the one bought by flanders51 or something else?
If not the same as flanders51, what soes lsusb show for it?
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Yeah but Amazon do not support Free Software. 
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I ordered the USB-C hub from the Purism shop about a year and a half ago. It looked like the photo in the shop.
This is the output for lsusb: ID 2109:0817 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub
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The shop then? The shop now?
Does it match the photo above?
Right now for me the Purism shop is showing the Hoyoki hub but I vaguely thought that you can’t get them any more (from Purism or from anyone else) and hence the photo may be out of date?
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The photo in the shop was the same then and now. Maybe the photo is out of date like you suggested.
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@JCS I don’t know whether you can escalate to get that checked out and fixed if necessary. Maybe it would be better for Purism just to erase the brand from the photo in the shop - so that over time the actual make and model that is supplied can be changed to whatever is available at the time without generating queries.
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