Hello, everyone! I’m looking for engineer for customized PPP. I need to create an MVP based on PPP. I need to create a physical qwerty keyboard, replace display with touch screen with a smaller more. Replace the cameras. Anybody can help with it?

        I bought a crashed second-hand Pinebook Pro for a rock-bottom price.After some thinking and several attempts, I finally managed to get Kali Linux up and running properly on my Pinebook Pro.

What worked for me:

• Switched to USTC (University of Science and Technology of China) mirrors
  
• Used a command to bypass the command-not-found hook error.
  

Occasionally when booting up the PBP, charging does not start up. The PBP can then totally discharge its battery. This happens when the battery is full, having been on charge all night. It is not predictable!

I have been investigating and think I have found what  is happening - hence how to trigger charging. But I don't know why! 

Anyone else have the problem?

Are there any experts here who know the power / charging system? I can use help understanding the  schematic...

For a while I was without PineNote tools on the tool bar (refresh, screen mode, ...).  Also due to hacking, it wouldnt survive a reboot without SSH fixing...all me on that one.

Anyway with the latest update...Im finding it very useable.
- Liferea for RSS feeds.  Read the news, 3 pane window landscape...very functional.  Cant remember how I imported them but have 100s of feeds.  Update all takes about 5 minutes and then there is more articles than I can consume.
- KOreader with OPDS / Project Gutenberg gets me tons of reading material.
- Xournal++ for notes and drawings

Set the screen mode to BW:1 (or dither) and turn off automatic screen updates.  No flashing, smooth scrolling, clear as day.

Still wish:
- X11 was available for more panel options.
- faster writing response in Xournal++
- Some form of Libby / overdrive for checking out books from libraries.

Just wanted to say that it is beoming a daily need now.

Fingers crossed for a PineNote 2 with more cores, more mem, expandable storage.

Bill

Hi!

I have decided to try out Voidlinux on my Pinetab2, replacing the factory Archlinux I had installed until now. When I finished, I found that the same Plasma 6 desktop is much more responsive, with a significantly lower memory footprint. Maybe this is due to musl vs glibc, but it also might be that I have missed some memory-intensive services. Also note that I am using my old Archlinux home folder on the new Voidlinux system, and everything works.


So, here is my experience with this migration. I hope it will help others that want to migrate or try Voidlinux, so you can avoid bricking the Pinetab2 in the process, like I did.


First, I followed the installation instructions on the Pinetab2 releases page, which wrongly state that the Voidlinux image there is suitable both for the SD card and for the eMMC. The SD card worked, but flashing the eMMC bricked the device, so I had to revive it using the UART debugger. Do not do that!

The resources I needed are as follows:

• Pinetab2 Software Installation instructions: https://pine64.org/documentation/PineTab...tructions/
  
• Pinetab2 Software Releases: https://pine64.org/documentation/PineTab.../Releases/
  
• Voidlinux-pinetab2 readme: https://github.com/sini6a/voidlinux-pinetab2
  
• Voidlinux handbook: https://docs.voidlinux.org/about/index.html
  

• Pinetab2 Tutorials and FAQ: https://pine64.org/documentation/PineTab...s_and_FAQ/  (mistakes)
  

I was having problems with my Pinephone's USB-C charging port. I tried a few different cables but they were all making intermittent connections, if the phone was moved around at all power could be lost and then would reconnect making the phone boot up.

I do have a spare USB board but before doing surgery on the phone I sprayed some DeoxIT contact cleaner into the port and plugged/unplugged a USB cable several times. After doing this the port is working fine! Even directly wiggling the connector doesn't break the connection.

The Pinephone's USB port is open to dirt and debris and over the years apparently enough got in there to affect the connection. So if you're having problems with your USB connection this is something to try before swapping out the board.

*** EDIT *** Oops, I meant to post this in the regular Pinephone board, not the Pro board! Though I expect this info applies to both models.

Hello,
I’m new here. A friend gave me his old Pine A64+ that I want to use to run a program for my 3D printer. I’ve run into some problems and narrowed them down to a few possibilities, one of which is the power supply. What do you all use for your Pine A64+ boards?

Right now I’m using a USB cable from an old 5 V phone charger plugged into a cheap surge‑protected power strip. Is that okay, or do I need a more stable or controlled power source?

Got my Pinecil some weeks ago. Fixed me a DC plug so I could run 24V.
It works just fine! Most of the time...

Then and again it goes into nuclear mode, I see it tries to run 450C or something like it.
After that the tip is toast.

Now, tips are'nt directly cheap and I consider this to be a manufacturing problem.
But you all know the drill..

What I want to know, does anybody else have this problem?
I saw some weird setting regarding high temperature, nothing I could turn off as far as I understodd.

Please help, before I run out of tips..

  /Snorkel

Hi everyone,

I'm currently developing a small Android app called Dormivox.

The Bluetooth feature was mainly designed with the Pine watch in mind – mostly because I like the project.

Current features:
• Live noise level detection
• Alarm to interrupt snoring
• Night statistics and history
• Playback of recorded audio segments
• Optional Bluetooth heart rate input (BLE)

I'm particularly interested in testing Bluetooth heart rate devices with open BLE support (for example PineTime or other BLE HR monitors).

If anyone here would like to try it and give some feedback, that would be very helpful.

You can find the app on the Play Store by searching for: Dormivox

Thanks!
Mitrax