The only real updatable firmware in the PBP is for the keyboard/touchpad, so this forum, especially this thread will be the place to look.
What's your experience with the updated touchpad firmware? | |||
Feels nearly perfect | 60 | ||
Better, but still not issue-free | 24 | ||
No real improvements | 3 | ||
Firmware update failed | 4 | ||
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Finally... The touchpad works great!
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08-28-2021, 02:58 PM
(07-28-2021, 09:08 AM)dsimic Wrote: Hello, I just successfully updated the firmware with the updater. The new firmware makes a huge difference. Responsiveness of the touchpad is really nice now. Thank you!
08-29-2021, 12:14 PM
(07-30-2021, 02:38 PM)GingerDave Wrote: I checked, and my Pinebook has the SH61F83 keyboard controller Can anyone confirm success with the SH61F83 controller chip? I also have this in my PBP and am very much hesitant to update the firmware.
08-29-2021, 03:42 PM
This worked great on my Pinebook Pro ISO model, thank you VERY much It's actually usable now!!
09-02-2021, 07:32 AM
I just ran this for ISO with the manjaro updater package, following the instructions on the github, i.e., three steps. Step three is:
sudo pbp-fwupdate flash-kb firmware/default_iso.hex The problem is that, using the manjaro package, there is no such .hex path anywhere, so I downloaded it from github and ran with Downloads/default_iso.hex Then I had no functionality, so I ran steps 1 and 2 again and it functions, but I'm not entirely sure I successfully updated it. Readout looked fine...
09-02-2021, 02:51 PM
If it stopped working, but it works now, it almost must be successfully updated.
09-02-2021, 03:01 PM
Successfully upgraded the touchpad firmware, but still can't get used to deal with any kind of touchpad.
My major "gripe" with the Pinebook is the keyboard since i am missing the trackpoint of the Thinkpads i'm used to since more than 20 years and on which the touchpad is usually turned off in the BIOS because it always gets in the way while typing.
Devices: Pinebook Pro & Pinephone (Braveheart)
09-02-2021, 04:49 PM
(08-29-2021, 12:14 PM)BrianY Wrote:(07-30-2021, 02:38 PM)GingerDave Wrote: I checked, and my Pinebook has the SH61F83 keyboard controller I did update mine with the SH61F83 controller in the end and it worked fine. Turned out I had made a note of the number of reflashes I'd done previously, to document my previous attempts for a potential forum post asking for help - and those notes showed it was no where close to 8 times we have a concern about for this chip. I therefore figured I'd give it one more go as the trackpad was pretty much the only thing preventing me from using the PBP as my main laptop. All went well on the first attempt with this new firmware and using the trackpad is now sweet as a nut. I could't recommend anyone else with this specific chip in their PBP risking this, as we still don't have confirmation about whether the SH61F83 controller has a limit and whether this is really a risk or not. I wanted to give it one go, as if it worked it would mean I'm unlikely to ever need to re-flash this again for my specific use case.
09-04-2021, 03:23 PM
I ran the updater from the updater app in the Manjaro (XFCE) GUI.
I can't tell immediately whether or not the touchpad is working better. So I'm wondering if I did it right. Did that simply install a program that I now have to run? If so, how do I do it? There was no feedback beyond letting me know that the install was complete. I wasn't prompted to reboot. Sorry for the newbie questions, I'm brand new to Arch-based systems, and don't know the CLI well enough to know how to determine what a device's firmware version is, when it was updated, etc. But, maybe it's useful that to someone like me, the process is rather opaque.
09-04-2021, 10:12 PM
(09-04-2021, 03:23 PM)dealie Wrote: I ran the updater from the updater app in the Manjaro (XFCE) GUI. I suspect that did nothing at all. Please see the instructions on GitHub, mentioned in the first post. |
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