I upgraded to crimson to see if it would fix some issues I’ve been having with calls and sms, unfortunately it didn’t. So here’s a list of mostly issues I have:
- Calls
- incoming calls usually unavailable, even if the screen is on and unlocked, sometimes but rarely they come in (usually if first placing an outgoing call or receiving/sending sms)
- outgoing calls work
- modem randomly deregisters when sitting with screen off requiring me to enter the pin again (sometimes several times a day, sometimes it’s fine for multiple days)
- Proximity sensor
- doesn’t work, neither in Calls nor in Mobile Settings (worked in byzantium)
- SMS
- sometimes not received for long periods of time, even hours, even if screen turned on
- sometimes duplicate, triplicate or more SMS or MMS are received
Chat is triplicating chats
Receiving Duplicate SMS Messages (#287) · Issues · Librem5 / chatty · GitLab
Duplicate messages when remove recieved messages is off (#17) · Issues · Librem5 / purple-mm-sms · GitLab - in byzantium before upgrading to crimson it stopped receiving sms completely even after a cold reboot, I checked the modem with mmcli, there were about 15 messages in both received and receiving states, I tried deleting some of them and rebooting but still couldn’t get them, which is what made me upgrade to crimson to see if it maybe fixed a bug. After upgrading I still didn’t get them, I tried deleting some again with no change, so I deleted them all (with mmcli). Still, those old messages didn’t come, but at least now it received new messages.
Librem 5 Not Receiving Texts
Sometimes I don't receive the text messages
- MMS
- haven’t tested in crimson yet, in byzantium the same message multiplication happened as with sms
- Camera:
- Auto white balance rapid switching from cold to warm (A to F11) in indoor light conditions
- auto focus doesn’t focus on close objects <1m away, turning auto off and back on will make it focus up close once, then not any more, it randomly stops autofocusing until disabled and enabled again, on close objects sometimes it completely misfocuses requiring manual focus
- taking images works
- UI
- switching between apps still takes several seconds (for example clicking the button to open Calls or SMS from the Contacts app, or long pressing a button from the pull-down menu to get into mobile network or wifi settings), usually it’s faster to go to the app switcher and manually switch to it
- I did notice an improvement in UI responsiveness and smoothness after the upgrade which is good.
- Hardware (off-topic but want to mention it anyway)
- the handset speaker stopped working, I took it apart and found metal shavings stuck to the membrane inside, sticking it hard to the magnet, had to carefully clean them off with blu-tak and reassemble the entire phone, now it works again (I guess don’t use the grinder in the workshop with the phone in your pocket!)
- the plastic cover over the modems started cracking around the screws even though they aren’t overtightened, seems like the plastic is becoming brittle
I mostly use it for calling and SMS since the battery life isn’t really good to use as a primary unless you have it on charge all the time or carry spare batteries (charging them is a pain since there’s no external charger).
I’d really like if the call and sms issues were prioritized. What good is a phone with such big call and sms issues?
Modem FW:
M100E_YCSN0_1.0.0_220926
YCSN0_M100E-1BAD_3118_V1.0.0.2_20220930
M100E_1.0.4_200715