I'm new to this, but have been exploring and experimenting with my new pine64 and also a rpi3 (just ordered a ODROID-C2 to play with as well). 

I haven't seen this practice elsewhere. for other distros I have tried there is a single img file and, once you have it flashed, you expand the file system to free up the rest of the card.

Just curious what the advantage is here.

thanks

Hello,

after happily receiving 4 Pine64+ in the first half of june, i directly wanted to test them. Three of the boards work with the same sd card , hdmi cable, tv and power supply, but the 4th doesn't show any picture with the same setup. So, there must be some kind of defect.

I already wrote to sales and support on 06/12/2016, 06/23/2016 and 07/02/2016 but never received any answer. i therefore hope to get more
feedback here in the forum.

Best regards,
zumtra

Hi,

First of all, thanks to longsleep, lenny, and others for their work to provide working images for the pine64.

Now running the pine64+ 2GB with the wifi/BT module. After several trials, both latest debian-mate and ubuntu-mate seems to work fine after I changed the HDMI cable from 1m to 0.5m.
The 1m cable was only working with longsleep 20160507-1 image, and always failed to output the HDMI signal with the newest kernel
The 0.5m seems to be fine with the latest images :-)

I have a question regarding the capabilities of the wifi module: can I connect to the pine64 through wifi from a phone and share the pine ethernet connection or are the module capabilities limited to connect the pine64 to already existing wifi networks?
I would like to set the 1st option, if possible, in order to connect my phone through wifi to the pine64 that is already wired connected...

Thanks in advance for any help and advice!
Cheers!

I am noob or misunderstood??.. I cant get clear crystal from android image download.

I downloaded non rooted image.. But why still rooted?..
(Android 5.1.1 Image (HDMI Video Output) Release 20160711)

I cant streaming apps Astro On The Go and iFlix becuase of rooted..
Even i tried delete SU, BusyboxSmp, SU apk from ubuntu, it still detect as rooted..

Is there any chance that I could do the following?

1. Ad a 2nd NIX
   
2. Install the pFSense firewall on the Pine64? (https://www.pfsense.org/download/)
   

Hello,
I know the issue that the resolution can't be changed or HDMI output to 720P.
anyone know when it will be solved? If in Android it has been done that's mean that it coming soon to linux? 
Thank you and sorry for my bad English.

I saw on the download page that ZWave is NOT yet supported. Unfortunately, I plan to use PINE64 to mainly control z-wave devices. Do you know when we can expect to get a release compatible with z-wave? Do I need to wait in order to get a new version of the OS image or it will be upgraded afterwards from the version currently available without requiring a full re-installation.

Cédric

Hi,

anyone knows how to disable the lock screen in Android 5.1? I use my pine 64 with an usb remote and I can't "swipe" to unlock the device. The remote has a pad that allows me to move the pointer and two buttons for right click and left click but i am unable to press them at the same time (i press them but it seems to recognize only one input at a time). I am forced to use it with a usb mouse that works fine.

There is a way to complete disable the lock screen?

I have managed to boot the Pine64 when connected to my HDMI on my TV. I am now trying to do the same with the 7" Screen that shipped with it. I have not been able to find any instructions on how to connected it but looking at the board and connector there appears to be only one way. I have connected the screen as appears to be the only way but nothing displays on it and it does not appear to light up in any way.

Until today, we have shipped more than 38,000+ shipments.

The ABS Enclosure and Playbox Enclosure already starts deliver to our China warehouse. However, the Playbox Enclosure parts do not come in kit form and our folks still need to assemble them into kit form. The ZWave modules already in house and we have start the manually reprogram the code and individual tuning, this is a very time consuming process, one computer only can program 6-8 modules per hour. Frankly speaking we are very unhappy with Sigma Designs who decided cut off Mitsumi as their second source supplier and delivered the un-tuned ZWave modules to us.

We are currently waiting for KS support team to provide the shipping list (around 10,000-11,000 shipping list), and the delivery process will start on early August. However, please be patient, give us some time (one month) for shipping folks to do their job. For me, I rather spend more time focus on upcoming Pine64 product, engage more partnerships that benefit Pine64 community, and rather not spent too much time response on individual shipment status which consume more than 40% of my time on pass 3 months!

There are 104 shipments that somehow get stuck in the shipment process that cause backer not yet received their pledge. We have already dispatched again these 104 shipments yesterday and try not to use same shipping service to avoid the shipment get stuck again in shipping process. Below are the 104 KS order list. If you are on the list, sorry on the waiting and your new shipment already on the way.

- 245, 2026, 3217, 4619, 5498, 5547, 5608, 5860, 6963, 7316, 8051, 8470, 8487, 9858, 10386, 10669, 11031, 11151, 11372, 11816, 12183, 12690, 13232, 13578, 14736, 15744, 16080, 16583, 17035, 17052, 17504, 18275, 18370, 20030, 20658, 20751, 20836, 21612, 21641, 21809, 21830, 22969, 23014, 23031, 23511, 23571, 23968, 24024, 24357, 24874, 24887, 25392, 25524, 25547, 25861, 25918, 26116, 26130, 26258, 26417, 26565, 26877, 26987, 27077, 27098, 27570, 27899, 28011, 28210, 28260, 28723, 29409, 30253, 30659, 31001, 31482, 32185, 32237, 32868, 33044, 33597, 33660, 33912, 34167, 34389, 34462, 34549, 34594, 34748, 35166, 35176, 35339, 35442, 36348, 36748, 37078, 37124, 38378, 38429, 38484

There are 155 shipment that return back due to fail on delivered, the reasons mostly no person accept the package or pickup, already moved, non-deliverable address and etc. The support team currently send out email to backer to reconfirm on shipping address before making second attempt. If the email not be responded or confirmed, the shipping facility will not reship the package.  Here are the KS order list:

- 42, 529, 588, 758, 951, 960, 1138, 1331, 1411, 1471, 1476, 1525, 1551, 1961, 2262, 2663, 3257, 3432, 3851, 4175, 4290, 4538, 4778, 4793, 5003, 5225, 5283, 5301, 5346, 5737, 5858, 5991, 6422, 6555, 6627, 6920, 6966, 7278, 7290, 7581, 8110, 8160, 8185, 8205, 8245, 8237, 8311, 8419, 8721, 8792, 9119, 9225, 9564, 9878, 10044, 10284, 10527, 10621, 11223, 11885, 12106, 12181, 12701, 12857, 12981, 13169, 13172, 13562, 13617, 13821, 13975, 14045, 14077, 14157, 14388, 15256, 15257, 15183, 15254, 15302, 15493, 16074, 16344, 16633, 16751, 17026, 17748, 17868, 17921, 18212, 18584, 18623, 18953, 19712, 19741, 20081,  20202, 20479, 21032, 21182, 21615, 21225, 21829, 22026, 22071, 22952, 22964, 22990, 23610, 24148, 24360, 24395, 24874, 25406, 25853, 25941, 26127, 26295, 26537, 26646, 26786, 27216, 27388, 27540, 27812, 27872, 27992, 29262, 29417, 29504, 29586, 29691, 30107, 31138, 31205, 31295, 32145, 32407, 33146, 33400, 34246, 34629, 35068, 35100, 35243, 35968, 36099, 36162, 36343, 36869, 37053, 37603, 37623, 38424, 38602