That's what I am understanding from the Wiki - am I understanding correctly?

What I am trying to replace: mini-itx  I LINUX Mint, 3 drives and a noisy fan. 

Typical usage:

- Music/video streaming (youtube/SomaFM, etc)
- Browsing
- Darktable (photo editing)
- ebook server
- Libre Office
- email (Mailspring)
- watching video downloads
- Transmission torrent client
- VS Code (web sites)

Occasional/optional usage:

- video editing

Need to be able to:

- connect to 3 drives (USB?)
- connect to VT KEYBOARD
- do HDMI

Questions:

1 - is this possible with the RockPro64 in a small fanless case?
2 - is Linux Mint 19 running on this yet?

First get your hardware:

1)      Usb to type c cable, if you don’t have a usb to type c you can use an adapter
*usb 3 to usb 3 cable should work but I tried with mine and did not work
Cables are not created equal if procedure does not work after following instructions try with another one, I’ve got plenty of cables and procedure only worked with 2, if you can adb to your phone it should also work for this.

2)      A jumper to short out pins, if you do not have one you can use 2 sided female gpio cable to jump pins anything that can short the pins should work just be careful.

Software:

1)      Download Android Flash Tool:
files.pine64.org/doc/rock64/tools/AndroidTool_Release_v2.38.zip
 
2)      Download Drivers:
files.pine64.org/doc/rock64/tools/DriverAssitant_v4.5.zip
 
3)      Download Image for android I recommend this one it’s the one that has worked best for me:
files.pine64.org/os/ROCKPro64/android/ROCKPro64_20180809_stock_android_7.1_emmcboot.img.gz
--Unzip to get image you will burn, download comes zipped you need to unzip, remember where you put the image file and the name so you don’t get confused selecting unzipped download… better yet once unzipped just delete the zip file.
 
While you are at it might as well download Domos platform tools from here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YAMZF0J...mDRpP/view
 
You can use minimal adb or any already installed adb, but Domo download has a set of packages we will need later to install google store, so might as well use this one.

Would recommend you keep all your downloads in a single separate folder for easier location of files.


Ok let’s Start!

1)      Install drivers from driver download, it’s an exe file that’s called DriverInstall
 
2)      Go to your downloads and run the exe file called AndroidTool from the file you downloaded
 
3)      Unplug your rp64 from power source and leave it like that, take out your microsd if you have one, make sure your emmc is plugged in correctly
 
4)      Short the pins with jumper (pins that need to be shorted are right next to the emmc)
 
5)      Open your Android Tool (yes this is step 2 repeated) make sure its open
 
6)      Connect your usb cable to computer and type C to rp64 (flashing only works on type c to my experience if you have found differently please comment bellow)
On Android Tool you should get Found One MASKROM Device
 
7)      Connect power again, wait for device description on android tool to recognize device
 
8)      Disconnect jumper, wait for device description on android tool to flicker
 
9)      Go to Android tool and Go to Upgrade Firmware on the top menu (flash will only work on MASKROM)
 
10)  Select firmware and select your unzipped image, be sure to have it unzipped and selected the right image burning the wrong image or burning an unzipped image can really be a headache to troubleshoot cause you might not know what went wrong.
 
If Flash doesn’t start then:
Unplug power, make sure there is no microsd card, put jumper back, make sure emmc is connected, take type c out wait for light to disappear and connect type c again, put power back in wait to see message in android tool flicker,  take of pin once device has been recognized and wait for android tool device flicker, take off jumper pin and try again. If after a few tries still not working try changing your cable.
 
If your issue is device not found this is most likely a driver issue, go to device manager find what rp64 appears as in device tree and try to add driver manually from the drivers folder you download,  if this doesn’t work just delete the driver, after that device should pop out again, driver issues can be very frustrating it might be reading as and adb device from a previous install or a manufacturer brand you made or as a phone (like sony, huawei piking it up) even then just delete driver from the device on device manager or add correct one, if this doesn’t work there are many videos on the internet explaining how to fix these kinds of issues they can be very particular so maybe post bellow and some can help you.
 
11)   If flash did not finish or gave an error flash again, its happened to me before eventually it will flash correctly. With any luck you got it right on the first time. Sometimes it even finished and didn’t work in my case, had to reflash.
 
12)   Finally connect as you normally would, without jumper…
 
13)   Wait a good 5 minutes and voila, Android at your service.
 
Once you get the hang of it process to flash should take around 5 to 10 min first time is the hardest because of trouble shooting and forgetfulness but after that it’s a breeze.

For Visual aid you can see video at the link bellow:
https://youtu.be/JBjWyajeZPw


If something remains unclear leave a comment to see if I can help you and further explain.

Hi: My Pineboard connects to an external monitor but my Pinebook which has the Pineboard as its motherboard does not. I'm using an adapter to connect the micro hdmi on the Pinebook to a standard hdmi cable that goes to the monitors. I read somewhere that a special cable from Pine64 is needed. Is this true and if so what is different? How much do one of these proprietary cables from Pine64 cost? Thanks

Hey all,

Posting here in hopes that I can get some guidance on where to turn next. Wanted a second opinion before I go ahead and attempt to get a replacement board, since the last one took close to a month to ship. 

Essentially, my RockPro64 just refuses to boot. I'm using the 64GB SD Card purchased from the Pine store, and have tried burning multiple distros to the card using multiple devices (a mac, PC, and linux machine) but no dice. When I plug in power, the lights on the Ethernet port light up, as well as the power light next to the DC input, but it looks like the USB ports get no power as my KB and mouse do not light up and I get no signal from HDMI. 

I then purchased a serial adapter CH340G to attempt to check the boot process of the board, however I can't seem to get any serial output from the board either (My steps for that detailed in a post here)

Apparently it is common that the SD Card slot on the boards ships broken, does it sound like that is the case? It looks like the board itself is getting power according to the lights on the ethernet port. 

Additionally, does it make sense that I would get no serial output even if the SD Card slot was broken? Will the board only begin outputting to the serial terminal if it has a functioning boot device? I was hoping even if the sd card slot was bad, I would at least see some errors in the serial console as it tried to boot.

Just looking for advice on what to do next/if it's worth debugging further or if I should begin the returns process?

Hello everyone,

I’m planning on making a series of how to videos on the rp64 including:

How to install google play store
How to adb on the rp64
Fix resolution and screen size
How to burn android image to emmc no adapter required
How to install images to sdcard
 
I’m working out of my phone so don’t expect high quality videos or audio, I only hope they are helpful and get the job done transferring the know how to address some of the issues I have personally experienced and make them friendly for the average joe that has no developer experience.
 
The intention is to make it easy for anyone to get the best experience of this board helping people that already have the board and by showing how easy things really are, also invite people that are looking around for an upgrade for their raspberry what this board can and cannot do.

If you are actually interested in any content in particular on how to achieve something atm have no order of launching videos so will take in consideration requests.
Link to the introduction video bellow, please don’t burn me on the audio/video quality, I’m just a noob working out of full ghetto hardware and software.

Intro video here: https://youtu.be/3uC3n3gfEk4

I've had my board going for a couple weeks 24/7 doing SETI calculations.  I just hit a milestone and thought I'd share my results:

Account stats:
Account Computers

Team Stats:
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Hello,
dou you know if there is any chance to emulate a PS2 (gaming console) with Pine64, Rock64 or others?
Thanks.

Hello,
have a Pine64 2GB which i am used to use with my TV with the Android for TV OS.. but i planned to use my pine64 device to another room where i have a very old model screen which has a VGA input... i connected them with VGA converter, but it didn't work, after changing and using different converter it alwasy say "Out of Signal".. i used the same converter and connected my Pine64 with my new TV and it worked even with the HDMI to VGA converter.. Then i connected my laptop with the old monitor and it even worked but only when i connected the Pine64 Device it says the problem..

after googling it i kinda found that probably it's because of the screen resolution(my screen is square, maybe 15 inch monitor).. i tried to change resolution from monitor, but there is nothing to change actually..  i think, there could be some way to change the resolution(if the problem is bcz of the resolution) by changing some config files on the image file...

ii tried with different img files (Android TV 7.1, Android TV 7.0 , LibreELEC-KODI, Xenial Mate & Q4OS) and only  with LibreELEC-KODI the display came without any problem.. Hope someone could guide me to fix the problem and i would be able to use my Pine64 device with the very old monitor... given i am also sharing the photo of my monitor that could make u the idea to find the solution... Thnx in advance and forgive me if i ask really some noob question..    


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Hello,

I am about to order from pine64 website these : 1 Rock64 4GB, 1 EU power supply, 1 heatsink and 1 "Model B" premium aluminium casing.

I wonder how the Rock64 is doing while being locked up that aluminium case as I don't see any openings. Is this casing effective at keeping the Rock64 cool (or not too warm ^^) ?

Anyone to shut my concerns down ?

Thanks a lot