11-21-2019, 03:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-21-2019, 03:13 PM by tahayassen.)
(11-21-2019, 02:31 PM)bcnaz Wrote: I am sure it does come with an sd card slot,
One of the things you CAN DO with the Pine Phone is test OS'es from an sd card.
I do not know if the eMMC is removable, but I hope it is.
* We Sure could use a wiki for the Pine Phone !
Yeah but I prefer to bypass the SD card slot since the eMMC will probably have better performance.
(11-21-2019, 02:27 PM)xalius Wrote: Theoretically yes, the A64 SoC used in the PinePhone has a special bootloader mode called FEL mode, which gives you a special device on the USB port, which in turn allows you to upload code and run it. This can be used to upload a loader that exposes the eMMC as USB mass storage. But I am not sure if that is easier than just using a sdcard to write an image to the eMMC.
Ah, it looks to be possible on the Pine A64 and the Pinebook:
https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/NOOB#F...es_Only.29
Is there a FEL button on the pinephone? Also, I'm curious why the Pine A64 needs a SD card with "FEL code" when the Pinebook doesn't need that.
