Hey everyone,
  Most of the "Start-up" instructions for the Pine say that you should be connected to the internet.
Is this absolutely necessary?
  I'm asking because I do not have internet access at home,(where I would be starting up my Pine64).

Thanks

I have a monitor that I can use with Raspberry Pi with a HDMI (at side of RPi) to DVI (at side of monitor) cable. However, with PINE64 with longsleep's Ubuntu, this does not work. No image appears. Should this work? if so, how do I debug this?

So I ordered a push button switch (which I did not receive as an original backer) as well as the Wifi / Bluetooth module for my board and it finally arrived today. However, contrary to images and instructions I've found online, the holes for the switch seem to be soldered closed. Is this a manufacturing error, or is the 512M board different from the rest? The site indicates that it "does not need to be soldered on to the board. Legs can be inserted then bent to keep in place".

The button is pretty optional (and cheap) for the most part, but it's still very frustrating that I can't use something I ordered and waited on.

Would Windows 10 IoT allow me to run an app like Hyperspin on it and operate it as Windows 10 does?

I tried using Ubuntu build initially but ran into problems getting wifi and bluetooth to work.  Being impatient I swithched over to Debian to give that a try.  Wifi started immediately  but blue tooth was still a problem.
It will find my devices but will not pair.  The bluetooth icon in the top panel changes color for about 3 seconds like it is connected but then goes back to black.  Sometimes I get a banner travel accross the screen telling me to enter the key for the blurtooth keyboard.  I enter it but it does not help.

I tried a few things I found in threads:
 sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart

[ ok ] Restarting bluetooth (via systemctl): bluetooth.service.
debian@pine64:~$ sudo hcitool dev
Devices:
hci0 34:C32:BF:85:78

debian@pine64:~$ hcitool scan

Scanning ...
00:10:61:00:AB:2F GT BT-Receiver
34:88:5D:5C:30:F0 Keyboard K380

I have tried to pair both devices but no deal.
Yes my gray cable is connected and wifi works using it now.

Would appreciate some help
Thanks

Hi,
I put together my PINE with the LCD Touchpanel and everything works great. However now I have the enclosure and the original power ribbon is to short.... Does anyone know where I can get a longer power ribbon? I tried eBay and got a new one but now the Pine doesn't power on with it. I switched it out to the old ribbon and it powers on fine so I'm pretty sure I just got the wrong ribbon.

It says AWM 20624 80C 60V VW-1 on the ribbon. Any help would be appreciated.

I have burned the latest available Android 7.0 image (android-7.0-pine-a64-v1.7-r54.img) on my fresh Samsung EVO Plus 64GB SD card, and it boots fine and extends the 4th partition to the end of the available space nicely.

But there is one glitch, right after I get to the home screen: it says the SD card is corrupt. And I am afraid that's a lie, because it says to also with two other cards.

Attached are the screenshots (well, photos of projector images) with notification list and the Settings/Storage view.

I shutted the Android down properly (hold down the Power button, confirm by clicking on the menu item on the screen), but now it does not boot up anymore - it has a brief moment when it gives something out over the HDMI (black screen), but then it switches off immediately.

There are no devices attached to it, and the power should really be enough - it operated with no problems at first boot (except that notification about the corrupted SD card).

Is this anything known, or I alone am experiencing this?

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I made simple C-application that reads DHT22 values using Pine's GPIOs.

You can find it here: https://github.com/ayufan-pine64/dht22-pine64.

Good luck

I have successfully got the Android 7.0 running on my Pine64, I am using Samsung EVO Plus 64GB card (Used another Class 10 card before but that was a disaster, so the random I/O speed really is essential).

But the Pine is installed in place where there is very poor WiFi, so it takes ages to get large files on it. Of course, I could move the Pine board itself around but I'd like to move just the SD card instead.

So, I plugged out the Pine board power supply (pretty brutal, I know, without shutdown, but I honestly don't know hot to shut down the Android when you don't have a power button), and popped out the SD card.

But, to my dismay, the card, when put in my laptop, is not recognized anymore - no partitions are visible in GParted, nothing is mounted. Also when it is put back in the Pine64 board, it does not boot anymore. Can it really be the result of not properly shutting the Android down? Do I have to burn a new image now again?

Hi All,

I've bought the Pine64 2GB and Z Wave module (EU version) to automate my home using OpenHAB.

As I am a total NOOB at this, I decided to first create a small Z Wave network using 2 Domitech Z Wave smart LED light bulbs only.
I immediately got stuck:
- I've installed OpenHAB on my Pine64.
- In Paper UI on Configureation->Things page, I see the Z Wave Serial Controller: 'online' (connected to /dev/ttyS2).
- I then try to get the controller to get into discovery mode by pressing the big '+', select Zwave binding.
- For 30 seconds it shows a rotating arrow, within that time I put one bulb in discovery mode.
- The bulb does not get 'discovered'.

Am I doing something wrong?
Is there any way to tell if the Z Wave device is really in discovery mode?

Need help here...