Hello,

I have a PinePhone 64. I’m desperately trying to figure out which Mobian image to use for the PinePhone.
I can’t find the image for the PinePhone on the Mobian website. And I don’t want to make a mistake.
Thank you for your help.

Hello,

My Pine time is dead. It won't charge from its cradle. Is there anything I can do to make it work?

Chris

Hello,
If I connect to a power supply, the display only shows calibrating, and not work. If I push the + switch under connecting the power,
it shows PD debug State 3 No Vbus. After push the - switch, only shows calibrating...
Under firmware update there are handshake errors. So I cannot step through the "calibrating" word.
The display orientation is changes, as I turn the pinecil handle to other direction....
How do I reset the unit to a working state?

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.