I have a newly built RockPro64 that I need to get working, and I have no idea how to do it.

Backstory (Soz - long): I have a 28yr old son with multiple intellectual and physical disabilities. He is entertained by watching YouTube - things like The Wiggles, Thomas the Tank Engine, and music videos of all sorts. This entertainment is his life, and when it stops working he is immediately very stressed and nobody has a good day. Initially he used a PC, and later an iPad, but because he is a very heavy user - this often runs for 16 hours straight, gets covered with food, dropped or knocked off the table etc etc - these were prone to failure.

We got some really good advice to use a RockPro. All we needed was a mouse and monitor. This has been excellent and has been working very hard for 4 or 5 years now. A while back we struggled to get it running properly. Quite possibly it was something else, not the unit, but I realised that we need a spare set up and ready to go, in case ours fails. Unfortunately the guy that helped us before is no longer available. I bought the same items (as per the list that I had from the other one), and assembled it - so far, so good.

I have tried to read How to Write an Image... but seeing I'm not in the industry I just don't understand the language - I'm Googling every other term, and struggling. I got a Micro SD card and writer adaptor and got as far as some text on the monitor at bootup but that was all. A bit frustrating, so I put it away for a few weeks.

Before I try again, is there somebody that is prepared to help me with this please - step by step instructions: Download <link>; Run XYZ; Send screenshot; etc etc. on here, or via eMail, Video Call, or whatever?

I'm an engineer, so not a complete ID10t but needing help please.

Let's look inside a Touchscreen App that will be useful for NuttX Developers on PinePhone: Our Terminal App for NSH Shell.

Read on to find out how we…

1. Pipe a Command to NSH Shell

2. Poll for NSH Output

3. Render the Terminal with LVGL Widgets

4. Handle Input from LVGL Keyboard

5. Handle Output from NSH Shell

And how we might simplify the LVGL coding with the Zig Programming Language.

NuttX RTOS for PinePhone: LVGL Terminal for NSH Shell

Hello,

I am a Linux newbie- decided the best way to learn how to use Linux is to dive in on both my laptopand phone. My Pinephone seems to be working after updating it (despite a persistent 'Modem shows no carrier" notification), though I'm hoping to find out how to:

1- Import contacts. Is there a template? I'm starting fresh so I'll be typing out my contacts into a csv (or what format do I use?) Not many so easier to type in manually.

2- Change the background. Is there a specific format/file type required?

3- Pin icons to the main screen. I've moved the application in question but I don't know to pin it there.

I used to think I was generally tech savvy (with mainstream smartphones) however based on the list above I've come to the conclusion I really am starting from scracth.

Thank you for your help in advance!

Hi,

New here.

I have a PinePhone (1.2, I think; definitely not Pro).  I also have the original convergence dock.  

It works great, but the ethernet (verified with iperf3) is only getting 3-4M/s, where other devices on my network are at 1000M/s.  I know this old dock is only rated for 100M/s, but I was hoping to get closer to 100 than to 0 when using it!

Anyway, I'm considering buying the new one: https://pine64.com/product/pinephone-pro...cking-bar/

However, I don't want to do that if the performance is still going to be so poor.  

Can anyone who has a non-Pro Pinephone and the new dock give me an idea of what their ethernet speed is?

Thanks!

Hey all!

Got a new PinePhone Pro the other day. Fired it up, it needed updates. Had a struggle getting the updates to install because of certificate problems but got past that eventually. 

Updates installed... 

Now Terminal won't open, and Settings app is also broken.

I'm out of ideas!

Thanks!

I was looking at the AT+QDAI command, and I have 2 questions:

Why mode is slave ? from the docs it says "when slave mode is selected, master and synchronization clock should be provided", so i guess it is provided on the pp... what is it anyway ?

Clock is 256k... why ? I'd pick 2048k

Thanks.

Hi,

quick question:

can you configure the lock screen app in a way to not display the numeric pad but always go straight to the onscreen keyboard?

when you use normal passwords it's kind of annoying to always have to press the keyboard button

thanks!

Is there a somewhere I can find out what carriers will fully support PinePhone for all of data, voice and text (not just one or the other)? AT&T and Verizon only support voice and calls but no data.

I found the following on the PinePhone page but I am no cellular export such that I can translate this into whether it is supported or not.  

Communication:
Modem: Quectel EG25-G
LTE-FDD: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B18, B19, B20, B25, B26, B28
LTE-TDD: B38, B39, B40, B41
WCDMA: B1, B2, B4, B5, B6, B8, B19
GSM: B2, B3, B5, B8 (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, single-band, hotspot
Bluetooth: 4.0, A2DP
GNSS: GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/Galileo/QZSS, with A-GPS


thank you

Hello, I have been using chatty for jabber, but there's this thing that after the phone goes into suspennd mode, the incoming messages cannot be decrypted. Is there a fix for that?

Hello everyone,
I'm wondering what the title says; I've noticed the Quartz64 Model B has a visually identical DSI connector to the Raspberry Pi. I have a few extra 7'' official RPi touch displays: can I expect them to work?