Hi All,
  I received my Pine64 2 Gig board as promised.  When I got it, I immediately took to getting it up and running, however, I was quickly stumped. 

First, the light was red, which usually indicates an error, I read up and found that it is just the color of the power light.

Second, I loaded Android on an SD card following the instructions, but when I plugged the board in nothing would appear on the screen. The red light was lit up, but it seemed like the thing was dead. Nothing showed on the screen. I tried Remix, but no difference. I began to suspect that I had a bad board. Tonight, the thought occurred to me, that maybe it wasn't the board. I plugged the board into my TV and found it was working just fine.  The problem was my HDMI to DVI computer monitor setup.  I believe the resolution of the board exceeded what my monitor could handle, and therefore just didn't display anything at all. I still have no idea how to dial back the resolution so my monitor will work, but that is a solvable problem. At least I know the board is good.

If you suspect your board is dead, try hooking it up to an HDMI TV input. 

Hope this helps others,

Wauna

I did all the instructions on the wiki to select the image file, format to normal and then burn. Although, part way through the burn it says error and stops. I have tried it multiple times

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Anyone in the UK want to buy my Pine64 ?

I really don't think I'm going to get the chance to use it now. So thought someone else might get some good use from it.

Anyone know how or have already turned there Pine into a Plex Server?

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I've seen the user tkaiser link to an SD card performance thread a couple times (http://forum.armbian.com/index.php/topic/954-sd-card-performance/).  From what I understand, random I/O performance is the key factor for SBC use, but that is not something rated on the cards, so you have to test them.

But this text really stuck out to me:

"Always remember that there are a few renowned storage brands that just buy bunches of unknown flash chips to combine them with unknown controllers. Both performance and reliability might vary a lot between different batches"

and

"Then there exist manufacturers that own NAND factories, produce their own controllers, have engineers that do not just think about optimal combinations but realize them and ship final products. Think about the difference to the aforementioned group when buying cards"

So, how do you find which manufacturers just buy whatever, and which own NAND factories?  The thread didn't name them specifically either way.

For those of us newer to the SBC world, and the mentions of junk and fake cards out there, could anyone make a recommendation of which SD cards we should be looking at, and which to avoid?  I was going to use my old Sandisk Ultra 16GB that I had used in my phone previously, but I'm concerned it's not going to cut it.  And if I buy a new one, some suggestion on brands to look at (or avoid) would be greatly appreciated.  Hopefully, some of the other newer users could benefit from this as well.  Thanks.

So, maybe that's kinda noob'ish, but I can't find basic information about what is supposed to happen when I plug the USB power cable...

1. Is the red led meant to to be red all the time, or is it meant to flash or turn green?
2. Ist the red led simply a "power on" indicator?
3. Given 2. is true, when plugging the USB cable, is the system meant to start up or do I have to shorten the power pins?
4. Or does the constant red glow indicate an error of some kind, i.e. weak power supply?

5. When no microsd is inserted, is there a splash or start screen supposed to come up via HDMI?
6. Is there supposed to be an install screen when a microsd is inserted, given that it contains a valid image?

7. I'm using Windows 7, but PhoenixCard 3.10 has no button descriptions - anybody ever had this? I am using the download provided on the wiki and tried to change language-codes within the .ini file to no avail, then burnt an image "blindly" by looking at a screenshot of PhoenixCard 3.10.

Thanks for any advice! And maybe some admin could move this thread to the newbie-section? Didn't see it... Bummer.

The WiFi/BT module that came with my Pine 64 (has the antenna wire w/ sticker) can be mounted with the antenna connector facing outside (I assume is correct) or inside (facing the A64 chip).  I saw one post to this forum where it was mounted backwards, so before I do that too which what is correct orientation?

Thanks,
Don

So I followed the directions from the Wiki, downloaded PhoenixCard, downloaded the Android image, and tried to flash my SD card (16GB).  Ran PhoenixCard software, following the directions, and it finishes, no errors given, says "magic complete".  When I look at the card on my computer though, it doesn't show any files, and shows the card has full capacity still, no storage used.  Is this what I should be seeing?  I thought it would show some amount of memory used on the card.

I've tried with using images "sun50iw1p1_android_db1000_uart0_0216.img" and "android-ver5.1.1-20160303-pine64-phoenixCard.img" so far, but haven't seen anything on the card afterward with either.  Am I missing something, or does this sound right?  New to this stuff, so forgive my ignorance if I should not see anything.  Thanks.

Like the title says, what is the process for getting support for apps in the play store that say they aren't compatible with the device? Would love things like Inbox by Google and some others. Do I just need to send device product model to the developer or is there more than that to it?

Hey everybody, I just decided to start looking into my Pine board, and I am looking to use it as a general messenger, web surfer box. Nothing fancy, Gmail, youtube, etc. The Pi 2 is painfully slow using raspbian, so I was hoping this would be faster. I'm ok with using Android if need be.

Output is 1080p but possibly eventually 4k (monitor).

Wired network connection.

Any suggestions on which OS is currently the most stable/fastest for those uses?