(06-16-2022, 10:02 AM)wibble Wrote: If you've no bootloader on the SPI or eMMC it ought to use the uSD. If the bootloader is present but failing then you'll need to use the RE button as detailed in the tow-boot installation instructions. PmOS is one of the ones that have moved to preferring tow-boot, so it's probably something you needed to do anyway.

https://postmarketos.org/edge/2022/03/28/ppp-tow-boot/
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/PINE64_PinePhone_Pro_(pine64-pinephonepro)
https://tow-boot.org/devices/pine64-pinephonePro.html

(06-17-2022, 03:11 AM)elode Wrote:

(06-16-2022, 10:02 AM)wibble Wrote: If you've no bootloader on the SPI or eMMC it ought to use the uSD. If the bootloader is present but failing then you'll need to use the RE button as detailed in the tow-boot installation instructions. PmOS is one of the ones that have moved to preferring tow-boot, so it's probably something you needed to do anyway.

https://postmarketos.org/edge/2022/03/28/ppp-tow-boot/
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/PINE64_PinePhone_Pro_(pine64-pinephonepro)
https://tow-boot.org/devices/pine64-pinephonePro.html

First, thank you for your reply and for the links.

Before I made the mistake of erasing the bootloader, I had already tried to reinstall postmarketOS with tow-boot. Alas, oddly, the RE button doesn't seem to work on my device:
- unplug the device
- I remove the battery
- insert the SD card with tow-boot in it
- replace the battery
- press the RE button
- press the Start button…
And there, whether I waited a few seconds or two minutes, nothing happened. I did several times, but nothing :/ And as soon as I stopped pressing the RE button, the system started on the SPI (when it should start on the SD card).

So I guess now - having erased the bootloader - it's more complicated.
In your answer you say: "it ought to use the uSD". I don't know what this "usD" is. Could this help me?
Sorry for all the questions and thanks for the help

(06-17-2022, 03:11 AM)elode Wrote:

(06-16-2022, 10:02 AM)wibble Wrote: If you've no bootloader on the SPI or eMMC it ought to use the uSD. If the bootloader is present but failing then you'll need to use the RE button as detailed in the tow-boot installation instructions. PmOS is one of the ones that have moved to preferring tow-boot, so it's probably something you needed to do anyway.

https://postmarketos.org/edge/2022/03/28/ppp-tow-boot/
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/PINE64_PinePhone_Pro_(pine64-pinephonepro)
https://tow-boot.org/devices/pine64-pinephonePro.html

First, thank you for your reply and for the links.

Before I made the mistake of erasing the bootloader, I had already tried to reinstall postmarketOS with tow-boot. Alas, oddly, the RE button doesn't seem to work on my device:
- unplug the device
- I remove the battery
- insert the SD card with tow-boot in it
- replace the battery
- press the RE button
- press the Start button…
And there, whether I waited a few seconds or two minutes, nothing happened. I did several times, but nothing :/ And as soon as I stopped pressing the RE button, the system started on the SPI (when it should start on the SD card).

So I guess now - having erased the bootloader - it's more complicated.
In your answer you say: "it ought to use the uSD". I don't know what this "usD" is. Could this help me?
Sorry for all the questions and thanks for the help

(06-20-2022, 07:52 AM)wibble Wrote: It's labelled RESET on the original PinePhone (not Pro). It's RE on the Pro Explorer Edition. I don't know what the label on the Developer Edition was, but that requires shorting test points rather than pressing the button to change the boot order - hence the hardware change for the Explorer Edition.
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_Pro#Boot_order

People have sometimes confused an original PinePhone for a Pro, or aren't clear on which hardware version they have of either phone type, so when something isn't behaving as it should it's worth checking.

(06-20-2022, 08:09 AM)elode Wrote:

(06-20-2022, 07:52 AM)wibble Wrote: It's labelled RESET on the original PinePhone (not Pro). It's RE on the Pro Explorer Edition. I don't know what the label on the Developer Edition was, but that requires shorting test points rather than pressing the button to change the boot order - hence the hardware change for the Explorer Edition.
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_Pro#Boot_order

People have sometimes confused an original PinePhone for a Pro, or aren't clear on which hardware version they have of either phone type, so when something isn't behaving as it should it's worth checking.

I bought a pinephone pro
The button is labeled "Reset".
On the box of the device, it is written: "Beta Edition".
Does that help?

Thank you...

(06-20-2022, 10:19 AM)fxc Wrote:

(06-20-2022, 08:09 AM)elode Wrote:

(06-20-2022, 07:52 AM)wibble Wrote: It's labelled RESET on the original PinePhone (not Pro). It's RE on the Pro Explorer Edition. I don't know what the label on the Developer Edition was, but that requires shorting test points rather than pressing the button to change the boot order - hence the hardware change for the Explorer Edition.
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_Pro#Boot_order

People have sometimes confused an original PinePhone for a Pro, or aren't clear on which hardware version they have of either phone type, so when something isn't behaving as it should it's worth checking.

I bought a pinephone pro
The button is labeled "Reset".
On the box of the device, it is written: "Beta Edition".
Does that help?

Thank you...

It does indeed help, you bought a regular PinePhone and not a PinePhone Pro. The PinePhone Pro is 399 USD, please double-check the invoice and order confirmation.

So you're basically following the wrong documentation, please look at https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_Installation_Instructions#Installation_to_the_eMMC instead and use compatible images for the regular PinePhone instead of the Pro and it should work fine. Using JumpDrive you can reflash the eMMC again. Installations on microSD card will boot with a higher boot priority on the regular PinePhone just fine too.