It's about time, isn't it? 

You'll find the same assortment of topics in it as you do in all the others. There's also already a post about the impending preorder system for the PBP.

EDIT 8/25: This phase of preorders has now concluded. To now preorder a Pinebook Pro, please go to this store page.

The following is only still here for reference:

First of all, welcome to the new (as of July 22nd, 2019) Pinebook Pro subforum!

Now, it's time to talk in detail of how preorders will work this time around! 

As you may be aware, any of you who registered on this forum prior to July 1st are eligible for the first round of preorders, and for an upgrade to 128GB eMMC (as compared to the standard 64GB). We have worked with the Sales Team to try to make this as painless as possible, both for you (so it's less hassle), and for the Sales Team (so you get your PBP shipped as fast as possible!)

How this works:

Step 1) On/after July 25th, go to this webpage: https://pine64.org/PBPCoupon/index.html
Step 2) Login with your PINE64 Forum username and password. You will receive confirmation or denial of your eligibility.
Step 3) Assuming you are eligible, a confirmation email has now been sent to you. You are now in the preorder queue!
Step 4) Wait for a member of the Sales Team to email you your Coupon Code.
Step 5) Order a Pinebook Pro!

Priority on 128GB PBPs goes to those who complete their order first.

FAQs:

At what time on the 25th do preorders open? Noon UTC

Do I need the coupon code if I don't care about the 128GB model? Yes, all orders at this time will require going through this system.

Can I get the NVMe adapter with my pre-order? Yes, you will be able to choose Pinebook Pro accessories when completing the pre-order process.

When will the general public be able to order? In a couple months, after the first two batches ship.

Updates to this post may be made as needed.

My old, near-sighted cat was sitting at the window. My PineBook was being charged on the table beside the window. The cat decided to jump down from the window, and didn't see the black charging cable.

Now my  charging plug is broken :-(

Can I purchase a replacement charger from Pine64?

Is the charging plug a standard type that can be purchased elsewhere?

Thanks for any suggestions!

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Got my pinebook 1080P recently.
First noticed an issue with the presintalled neon. After some time the GUI freezes, mouse still works, but the desktop environment is not usable. And I can switch to other command line shells.
The other issue - I'm not able to install any new distro. Either the installation process hangs in the very beginning or I get a blank screen.
Here's what I got trying to install the latest Manjaro.

Could it be a hardware issue? Otherwise at least some of the distros would install.
Here's a post with similar symptoms.

How can I fix/debug this?

Hi all,

I've put together a PKGBUILD for building u-boot for the rockpro64.

I have some instructions and the uboot binary and boot.scr here:
https://github.com/prw/PKGBUILDs/release...ot_testing

The mainline linux-aarch64 kernel is functional but is definitely not optimal for this board.
The kernel is quite slow to boot and takes 3-5 minutes. 

U-boot is based on ayufan's linux-u-boot.

I hope someone finds this useful.

Meaning is there a way for the operating system to know if the device is being powered by dc input or lipo input?

I have a cluster of Rockpro64 and I flashed new images (ubuntu minimal ayufan 0.8.3) on my emmc cards via an external emmc to usb adapter. Attaching the emmc back to the boards worked without a problem but one of the boards is not booting anymore. 
I tested if it is related to the emmc image or card but it is not. The image/card runs on the other boards without a problem. Now I noticed I can boot (the same image) via a micro sd card and will be able to see the attached emmc card via fdisk. Can someone tell me what went wrong and how I fix the emmc boot?

Hello everyone,

Over the past day the current bridge between the existing chats (IRC and Discord) has been refined and a Telegram bridge to chat in #Pine64, #Rock64, #Pinebook and #Pinephone channels has been set up.

If you are a Telegram users you can join via:

#Pine64
#Rock64
#Pinebook
#Pinephone

I'm investigating the pinephone modem (his little brother, the EC21), to see if it uses the linux kernel, as it is supposed to,
or the android kernel.

I made this POST on reddit.

I must say that I'm confused: Or its linux kernel with stuff (drivers?) removed and the adb added
or its an android kernel with some components removed.  

Help to prove the kernel identity is wellcome. Thanks.

Updates:
fixed the broken link

How do we construct the single .img file like the one that is distributed on the wiki after we build the Android ROM?

I found these steps for flashing:

rkdeveloptool is here: http://opensource.rock-chips.com/wiki_Rkdeveloptool
Get the board into bootrom mode. Short the two pins next to the LEDs and hit reset.