Hi All,

Just got my board last night, and like so many others, I can't get it to boot fully.
I've read all the threads on power supply, so I think I'm OK with the one I have.

I've tried both Arch Linux and Android.
I have only the SD card and HDMI connected.
The red power LED is solid, no flickering.

For Linux, I see startup messages, and it gets to "host_chose finished 86!" and then stops...that's it.
For Android, I see the AllWinner/Android startup screen, and that's it.
I suppose to be complete, I can try the Remix OS, but my gut is that there's something else it's hanging on.
I read that the first boot can take a long time (5 or 10 minutes), so I let it sit for quite some time, and it just never advanced beyond those spots.

I did notice that there appeared to be some rework on this board.  There was some flux that on the backside near the RJ45 and HDMI jacks that wasn't fully washed off.

I welcome any ideas, and thanks for your help!

P.S.: I have the 2GB version.

P.P.S: I also just tried the Remix OS...as expected it shows the white PINE64 boot screen, and hangs.

UPDATE:

I saw in another post, someone had the same issue.
Their issue was resolved by getting a new SD card.
Theirs was phony (size).
I want to BestBuy and bought a new 8GB card, figuring that wouldn't be faked, since it's relatively small.
Same problem as before...gets stuck on boot screen.

Hi, i am really interested in this board. i see that there is an international shipping. I would like to know what shipping method its used to send the boards because if its a fast shipping, in spain you have to pay Customs.
Thank you

First off phoenix card is absolute sheet.

Second off thank you for developing this bored. 

Now to the problem, some people haven't been able to get these things to boot for one reason or another. 
Here is what worked for me after trying 4 power supplies, 4 different USB cables, numerous images, sheety phoenix card software, and terrible documentation.


I'm on windows 10

I have the 2GB pine64.

I have a 2.5a 5v power supply, I will try a lower amperage power supply later and update you all
here is the one I have, please do not purchase it until i update you on other power supplies..
http://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-...wer+supply

you're going to need win32diskimager.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/

go download the arch linux pine64 image from here
pine64 wiki page: 
http://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Pine_A6...re_Release

install the arch linux on your handy dandy micro sd card using win32diskimager, its super simple, it shouldn't cause any errors, knock on wood...

If you have any adapter of any sort going from your HDMI cable to DVI or VGA adapter, whatever, remove it. For some reason that caused problems. Try plugging into something with straight HDMI, try unplugging any peripherals just in case, you can try with whatever you want but for simplicity sake remove them. I personally plugged it into my TV, because my monitor doesn't have HDMI. I did have my wifi adapter plugged in when I booted arch linux. I'm trying to get android to boot right now. Let me know if you have any questions.

Please leave a comment below and let me know if this thread helped you, because this seems to be a common issue and needs some visibility, it was a very frustrating issue for me

Good luck.

Hi all!

So I finally got my board in the mail and I starting to experiment with it. I loaded up the premade Arch Linux Distribution and played around with it for a while, but now I'd like to start trying to load the board with a Ubuntu Server 14.04 image, since I plan to use it as a lightweight headless server. I am not planning to use any GPU functions, so I don't care about lack of hardware GPU acceleration.

The question that I have is essentially this, how can I take the Ubuntu Server ARM images provided here (and which arm image do I need): http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/re...4/release/ along with the current Linux kernel builds provided here: https://www.stdin.xyz/downloads/people/l...64-images/ to create a bootable SD card to run this on my Pine 64? For reference, I have the Pine A64+ 1GB board.

Thanks!
insignia96

PS: I am only a CS undergrad, so I am still learning a lot about different architectures and this is my first foray into low level ARM boards. In other words, sorry if this seems like a dumb question!

hey folks,

yesterday I finally received my 2GB-Pine. So far, so nice. Since then I was able to boot RemixOS, but experienced some problems. First, the video output works with a HDMI2HDMI-cable connected to my TV, but not with a HDMI2DVI-cable which I need for my monitor. I checked the cable of course, it works perfectly with my Raspberry. Does anyone have a clue how to force the display output to work?

I'm also having trouble with the ethernet port, but I noticed that I'm not alone with this issue. The Pine crashes right after I plugged in an ethernet cable. So someone wrote about a possible workaround for this issue, but I couldn't find in on the forums. Can anyone provide me with a link? Thanks in advance!

so i have gotten a couple OS to boot now. that part i am very happy with...


when i plug in the network cable though i get reboot loop.

is this a board issue or is something on my end like power problem?

Here is a DD image for Remix OS for now.

1. You will need to have a MicroSD card at least 8GB 
2. If you have a larger MicroSD you will need to extend Partition 1 to the rest of your drive size.

If you have any questions let me know. You should be fine to use Win32.
Please let me know if this image fixes the restarting issue I know a lot of you are having. Thanks!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwrRh3...UN2VndCVTQ

Let me first say that I have over 40 years of computer and electronics experience and have worked on many different sizes and types of systems.  I own a number of one-board systems including several other ARM-based projects that I backed on KS. In each case I was able to easily verify within hours of delivery that I had received a working board.

I just received my 2 gig Pine64+ and I'm having the same challenge as other new Pine64 recipients here - I've burned RemixOS to a 16gb Class 10 card using the PhoenixCard tool as shown in the video.  I connect HDMI and Ethernet, insert the MicroSD card, making sure it clicks all the way in, and then plug in my power connection to the MicroUSB connector.  The power light goes on but nothing else happens, even if I leave the board alone for more than 30 minutes.  I am seeing the activity lights on the Ethernet jack flicker, further confirming that the board has power, but absolutely nothing else happens.

1. Is there something else we have to do to force the board to start up and boot?
2. How long is it reasonable to wait before we see some sign of life from the board?
3. Is there any progress indication while the board is performing its initial boot?

It is amazing to me that there is not some sort of OOB write-up or video available for this board, as there has been for every other board I have worked with. If nothing else, this would assure each backer that they had not just bought a brick. I honestly do not believe that the developers of Pine64 have met the minimum standard for releasing a product.  Instead of rushing to get the basic hardware in the mail by the end of March, the right thing to do would have been to delay shipping until a better first experience could be made available. Those of us who have been in the trenches and know how hard it is to bring in a large project on schedule would have understood completely.

I downloaded Android and Linux BSP 1.2 20160113.

How do I build it? Which dev board matches the Pine64?
Are any of those boards an H3 board?

     1. aosp_arm-eng
     2. aosp_arm64-eng
     3. aosp_mips-eng
     4. aosp_mips64-eng
     5. aosp_x86-eng
     6. aosp_x86_64-eng
     7. mini_emulator_arm64-userdebug
     8. mini_emulator_x86_64-userdebug
     9. mini_emulator_mips-userdebug
     10. m_e_arm-userdebug
     11. mini_emulator_x86-userdebug
     12. aosp_flounder-userdebug
     13. aosp_shamu-userdebug
     14. octopus_f1-eng
     15. octopus_f1-user
     16. astar_h7-eng
     17. astar_h7-user
     18. jasmine_perf-eng
     19. jasmine_perf-user
     20. astar_y3-eng
     21. astar_y3-user
     22. octopus_ibt-eng
     23. octopus_ibt-user
     24. octopus_perf-eng
     25. octopus_perf-user
     26. tulip_perf-eng
     27. tulip_perf-user
     28. kylin_p2-eng
     29. kylin_p2-user
     30. octopus_n1-eng
     31. octopus_n1-user
     32. tulip_p1-eng
     33. tulip_p1-user
     34. astar_yh-eng
     35. astar_yh-user
     36. kylin_p1-eng
     37. kylin_p1-user
     38. tulip_t1-eng
     39. tulip_t1-user
     40. aosp_manta-userdebug
     41. aosp_flo-userdebug

I can't seem to get the Phoenix card to burn an image. anyone know where to find a dd image of remix?

I have be able to get lollipop android dd and Arch Linux to work with dd.