I have always had issues with my Librem5 sometimes not recognising the wifi/bluetooth card. I just reflashed to Crimson, and I was hoping that that might sort things out, but no such luck. I came across this post: After flashing Crimson no Wifi/Bluetooth and tried leaving the battery out overnight a…

Things are getting wierder…. I left the battery out again for a few hours, then started the phone up with the wifi switch set to enabled. The wifi card was recognised, and connected to a network. I left the phone alone for a day, and the wifi connection seemed quite stable. I then tried operating t…

The kill switches are operating exactly as expected. Engaging all three switches also disables motion sensors (among other things), so the UI reflects that. It’s a known issue that some Redpine cards may take several switch cycles to be recognized.

[image] dos: The kill switches are operating exactly as expected. Engaging all three switches also disables motion sensors (among other things), so the UI reflects that. I had forgotten about that, sorry for the noise. [image] dos: It’s a known issue that some Redpine cards may take seve…

[image] pakman: I could see that the wifi kill switch was instead turning screen rotation on and off. To clarify and elaborate: No, it is quite impossible that the kill switch is controlling the wrong hardware component. If all three switches are off then the phone goes into lockdown mode w…

[image] irvinewade: Consequently, if doing testing in relation to this problem, I would recommend having the camera and microphone on so that lockdown mode is not activated regardless of the state of the WiFi switch - unless your threat model precludes enabling the camera and microphone. With…

[image] pakman: With either or both of the modem and camera/microphone enabled, operating the wifi kill switch produces no dmesg output, which means that the testing possibilities are rather limited :wink: Keep switching, and do it fast. Stop as soon as something shows up. It can take a while…

[image] dos: I’m not as convinced. So is replacing the WiFi card with a SparkLAN card likely to resolve the problem?

I’ve never seen or heard about it occurring with SparkLAN cards.

[image] dos: Keep switching, and do it fast. Stop as soon as something shows up. It can take a while. OK - I have given it a go, and after a few tries I do get dmesg output (this is with both of the other two switches enabled). Still no luck with actually enabling the card though. I do wonder…

Update: I have just succeeded in enabling the wifi card a couple of times with the switch, after a few rapid off-on movements. One problem with this (as I am sure that you are aware) is that in my hands the time taken to bring the card up is longer than the interval needed between off-on cycles to m…

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