Hello,
I've tried replying to the BTO mail I got for the 14" Pinebook with this question, however, I still haven't gotten any response. Strangely enough, four days after I received the said BTO, I got another, exactly the same one. I've added myself to the BTO queue for the 11.6" version of the Pinebook some time ago. Do I understand it right that people (including me) who signed up for the 11.6" Pinebook get the 'Meet your New 14" Pinebook' as an offer if they decide to get the 14" one instead of the 11.6" one? If I do not want the 14" Pinebook, will I get another BTO once the 11.6" is in stock again automatically or do I have to re-add myself to the queue?

Android 7.1 (Pinebook) v0.3.3-r59 (SDCard). Note that, this build is for SD Card boot.

Thanks to Ayufan for building this image. Please visit the GitHub for more details about this image.

Android 6.0 SDK downloaded form: http://files.pine64.org/os/sdk/A64-ver2.....0-SDK.zip

Running . ./build/envsetup.sh, Terminal shows a red line CHIPHD_LICHEE_DIR=builder@192.168.1.22:/home2/builder/release/a83-6.0/lichee

is it ok or some error?

what parameters to be used for lunch  . . . . . . ?

what should be next steps to build and get android img?

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Does anybody know what the SPI running the CD card is capable of? SD interfaces range from 1 to 4 lanes and single to quad data rates in the 20-104mhz range.

Just looking for a high data throughput interface for a peripheral that doesn't require the overhead of USB framing.

So I decided to run some benchmark tests on the Pinebook 11" using a utility available in the Android app store called AnTuTu (I also tried out Passmark but it showed similar results).  I was curious as to how it stacks up against another super-cheap device I've had for a few years now: The RCA 7" Android tablet I bought at Walmart for $39. Model #RCT6773W22

Stats on this device are:
CPU Model: MTK MT8127
Architecture: ARM Cortex A7 32-bit
Cores: 4
Frequency: 1300 Mhz
GPU: Mali-450 MP
RAM: 1 GB
OS: Android 4.4.2
Storage: 8 GB


RCA Tablet
Overall Score: 18607
3D: 1651
User Experience: 5520
CPU: 8419
RAM: 3017

Pinebook 11" (Running Android 6.0.1 image from Pine64)
Overall Score: 21764
3D: 673
User Experience: 10043
CPU: 8983
RAM: 2065

A few things shocked me.
- I figured the Pinebook would kick the crap out of my RCA tablet in the CPU arena. It didn't seem all that much faster in the results, but maybe that can be attributed to the fact that the tablet tops out at 1.3 ghz, while the Pinebook seems to redline at around 1.1 ghz.
- RAM performance on the Pinebook was lower than my cheap tablet. I tried to dig up information on what kind of RAM the RCA tablet has, but could only find references stating that it had DDR3 in it. The only thing I can figure is that the Pinebook states LPDDR3 which is I believe a low-power version of that RAM. Maybe my tablet is not using the low power version... maybe higher performance at the cost of lower battery life?
- Biggest disappointment was the GPU performance. The stats on the Mali 400 / 450 are drastically different and it reflects in the scores. I can play some decent games on my tablet including my favorite Real Racing 3. I haven't really tried any games on the Pinebook other than briefly loading Minecraft PE, but I'm guessing it's not useable for any kind of 3D oriented gaming. The Mali400 just doesn't look up to the challenge.  Probably ok though considering most games on Android are designed to be used with a touchscreen or accelerometer, which the Pinebook won't be able to do.  If more Android games supported keyboard/mouse configurations, this might be a different story.

Hi guys,


do you have an idea about which is the best approach to crypt the entire rootfs (using criptsetup software or other tools) and then decrypt itself automatically on system startup?


Thanks in advance 

Q4OS builds for Pinebook 1080p and Pinebook legacy are available:

Download: https://www.q4os.org/downloads1.html#downloads_spechw
Setup guide: https://q4os.org/dqa013.html

Description: This is a Q4OS build with Desktop Environment based on Debian stable.

Instructions:  Once flashing completed, insert the micro-sd card into the Pinebook, power on and enjoy Q4OS. Optional installation to internal eMMC is available, just click to a desktop icon and follow instructions.

Initial credentials:
 Username: adminq
 Password: adminq

Xenial Mate (Pinebook) 20170505 (MD5: 93bcaf2d33aabf34691ec7b94ead50d3)

Release Notes:
1. This build is base on 0.4.0: jenkins-linux-build-pine-a64-44
2. Added packages: aisleriot, gnomine, gnome-sudoku, emacs, nano, vim, geany, scratch, gcc, htop, smplayer, smtube, mplayer, libvdpau, gimp
3. Fixed left USB port as host
4. Login Credential
Username: pine64
Password: pine64

Known Issues:
1. HDMI output not working yet.
2. Auto detect headphone not working yet.  Currently the audio will output to both speaker and headphone.

Is the SPI flash programmed at the factory with necessary boot code, or is that just there for us to use in our own applications? It looks like the PINE64 has an EMMC instead of a SPI flash and Linux-SunXI wiki says SPI-flash has a lower boot priority than SD-Card, so I'm assuming it's presently unused.

If it's available for us to use without breaking the boot process, we're thinking we might store device specific calibration values there rather than on the SD-Card. Has anyone played around with the SPI flash yet? From the above SunXI page I get the feeling that drives might not yet be in the kernel.