Received the pine a few days ago, finally had a chance to play today and so far I am not impressed.

I purchased a brand new Micro SD to use with this thing. Followed the instructions to install Android. Used the PhoenixCard application applied the image as a startup. process was successful exited the app and ejected the card. Inserted the card into the Pine and plugged it in. Got a nice android logo then a Pine A64 logo on a white screen. Left it on the screen for 90 minutes giving it the benefit of the doubt. Nothing happened!

Tried the Remix OS image (yes I know there is an issue with the 2GB model and Remix) but at this point I am just trying to get something other than a white screen and a Pine A64 logo. Nope got that screen.

So I tried formatting with Arch Linux image. Wouldn't work using the PhoenixCard application as says there is a script missing from the file great! I install it with the Win32Diskimager and hazah I have something that might actually work. Well you would think so wouldn't you. It appears that the little wifi/Bluetooth dongle I paid extra for that actually doesn't quite fit properly doesn't work with Arch. Deep joy!

OK so I now try again I wipe the SD card and run the PhoenixCard App and add Android to it again. A complete repeat of the first try. I remove again wipe rinse and repeat now PhoenixCard App just errors. I have rebooted the app, my computer.

What a complete waste of time this thing is. Well worth the cost and the wait!

I would like to statically assign an IP address to my Pine64 on my home network, however, I've noticed that every time I boot the board it comes up with a different ethernet MAC address. This behavior is unlike anything else on my home network which have fixed MAC addresses. Normally, assigning static ip addresses is easy for my home network --- surf to my wifi router and enter MAC address and static ip address assignment in its DHCP table and then I'm done.
With a new MAC address at each boot completely circumvents this simple solution. What can I do to fix the ip address assignment. BTW, I've installed and am running ArchLinux.

Thanks.

My setup:
Pine A64+ 2GB board, no wifi + Bluetooth module just ethernet.
64GB Sandisk Extreme Plus UHS 3 microSD card w/ Android Release 20160216
Samsung Galaxy S6 5V/2A wall charger (not the fast charger)
Standard HDMI Cable connected to 27" Acer 1080P monitor
Powered 4 port USB Hub
Basic Microsoft USB Optical Mouse
Basic Microsoft USB Keyboard

**Update - 4/22/2016** Release 20160303:

Burned perfectly the first try on above card. First start up with only HDMI connected then connected ethernet, mouse & keyboard once fully booted. System seems a lot more stable. Been playing around with it for a few hours installing, uninstalling opening and closing apps and so far no SystemUI or Launcher3 errors. The only problem I've had so far is the preinstalled Chrome app would not start I would get a message that said "Chrome has crashed during startup" but uninstalling and then reinstalling it seemed to solve that problem. No ethernet problems so far. Apps that start off in portrait no longer need a system reboot to correct the orientation once you exit the app it seems to autorotate back to landscape. So far this is a much better user experience compared to 20160216 except for the limitations of some of the apps not working. Also live wallpapers work now they didn't work very well in 20160216.

Release 20160216:

So it took a couple burns of this image to get a decent install. First couple of image burns resulted in performance issues with the overall OS experience. Finally on the third burn the performance is good now but the overall stability is still pretty bad. I am constantly getting "SystemUI has stopped working" and "Launcher3 has stopped working" messages. Also every once in a while I will lose my ethernet connection but it will come back after a restart. 

Apps

Amazon Underground (Manual Install) - Update 20160303 - Installed fine, works fine.

Candy Crush Games (Google Play) - All apps install and work perfectly fine.

Chrome (Preinstalled) - Update 20160303 - Will not start up it says "Chrome has crashed during startup" You have to uninstall it then reinstall and then it works perfectly.

Dolphin Browser (Google Play) – Installed fine, during the setup it auto rotates the screen to portrait mode but after setup is done it rotates back into landscape mode. Whenever you try to go to a website it hangs and asks you to close the app because it's not responding.

Emby (Amazon App Store) - Installs and works perfectly fine.

ES File Explorer (Preinstalled) - Works fine.

Facebook (Google Play) - Installs and works perfectly fine.

FXNOW (Google Play) - Installs and works perfectly fine.

HBO GO (Google Play) - Update 20160303 - App installs and runs fine but still once you select a show or movie to play it plays the splash screen just before the stream starts then just hangs and says "Cannot play content, Try again later".
 
HD Homerun View (Amazon App Store) - Installs fine, opens but it's hit or miss on the playback. Some of the channels play somewhat fine while other channels the video is just so laggy it's unwatchable. Plus HD channels just don't look like HD, they look highly compressed and pixelated. Not sure if it's the app or the Pine that's causing the pixelation issue.

Inbox (Google Play) - "This app isn't compatible with this device"
Inbox (Sideloaded Mobile apk) - Installs and works perfectly fine.

MAX GO (Google Play) - Installs and runs fine, although in portrait mode. Playing media thought it's the same as HBO GO app
 
MLB At Bat (Google Play) - "This app isn't compatible with this device"
MLB At Bat (Sideloaded Mobile apk) - Update 20160303 - Installed fine, navigation works fine, archived games play back flawlessly but when trying to watch live games it starts the feed (audio & video) but after a few seconds it the picture zooms in and then the video freezes but audio continues. 

Netflix (Google Play) - Installs and works perfectly fine.   
 
Opera Browser - Fast and Safe (Google Play) - Installs fine, works perfectly.

PBS Kids (Amazon App Store) - Installs fine, works perfectly.

Podcast Player FM (Google Play) - Installs and works perfectly fine.

Showtime Anytime (Google Play) - Installs fine, I can log in but when you go to play anything it says "Showtime Anytime does not support HDMI video output from this device"

SiriusXM (Google Play) - Installs and works perfectly fine.

Speedtest (Google Play) - Installs fine, works in portrait mode only.

Spotify (Google Play) - Installs fine, starts in portrait mode then once you sign in rotates back to landscape.

Starz (Google Play) - Update 20160303 - Installs fine, and runs fine. When you attempt to play something all I get is a black screen. I can see the time line moving just no video or audio.

The Score ( Google Play) - Installed and worked fine. First startup during setup it auto rotates the screen to portrait but after setup it rotates to landscape mode.

tinyCam Monitor PRO (Google Play) - Installs and works perfectly fine.

TWC TV (Google Play) - Installs fine. First startup auto rotated the screen to portrait mode. Unfortunately when trying to tune to a channel you get the "TWC TV does not support HDMI video output from this device" message.

You Tube (Google Play) - Installs and works perfectly fine.

Please let me know any other apps you guys have tried and I will try to update this list. Please note what app store you installed from and if you did sideload any apps.

Hello,

I just got my 2GB board yesterday.  I would like to (eventually) use it I think for a simple File Server / NAS.  I have read through the forums that the software side (OS) is still rather rudimentary and is a work in progress.

I was wondering what my best options were for setting up a File Server / NAS (ie: just use a general Linux OS or a specific NAS build), and whether it's too early to look for specific solutions and whether I should wait a few months and try then or not?

Thanks.

I tried to use Pine64 board with HDMI to DVI converter. It resulted black screen but when I used HDMI monitor instead of DVI one, it worked.

After some googling, I found this. https://linux-sunxi.org/Banana_Pi_M3#HDM...converters

It says disabling HDCP and enabling HDMI CTS compatibility allows use of HDMI to DVI converters. Is there any way to do that on Pine64?

Just installed Arch Linux on my Pine64+2GB board and want to try installing additional applications and libraries but can't find dpkg, apt-get, or synaptic. How does one install new packages?

Hey Guys

I need some help getting the HW acceleration working on the Pine64. Any and all guidance would'd be much appreciated. Thanks !

I received my Pine64+2GB board yesterday and have spent the last 24 hours loading SD cards with various OS's and trying to boot from them. I have followed all the instructions on the Wiki and have had little success. Even though I connect my HDMI monitor directly to the Pine board I have never seen even a flicker on the screen anytime during a power up boot. Some OS distributions like Android and arch-pine64-bspkernel-20160403.img showed some signs of life after booting (the audio speakers buzzed specifically whenever the mouse was moved) but still no video. The arch-pine64 image definitely booted to running code since networking worked and I was able to ssh into the board from another PC but still no video on the pine monitor. Now I know that my monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, and network cables work since when I plug them all into my RaspberryPi it boots up just fine.

Can anyone suggest something else that I can try? My guess is that I have non-functioning Video hardware on my board. What do you think? How do I get a replacement board?

Hi guys,

I still haven't received my board, but I saw that Amazon has released a step-by-step guide to building an Alexa-powered speaker yourself with a Raspberry Pi.

Would anyone know if and how we could do it on Pine64?

Thanks,

When I use the file browser the I can see my USB memory stick and access files no problem.  hen I add a 2nd memory stick the browser does not see it.

Is this a limitation of the Android OS or the browser?  Is there already a work around I don't know about.

Thank you in advance.