I have been trying to get the any of the BSP images to boot on the SOEDGE. I made some discoveries along the way I thought I would share. I did not see these posted anywhere else so hopefully this will help someone else.

I could not use rkflashtool on linux. It would not detect the SOEDGE while in maskrom mode. I did not troubleshoot this very far, but I think it's because it USB PID is not what rkflashtool expects. Maybe there are some udev rules that could fix this.

I tried several combinations of drivers and software on Windows 10. I eventually got the BSP image to work with the usb A to A cable.

The Rockchip tools download links in the wiki no longer work at the time I tried them. I did find a version of AndroidTool (RKDevTool) elsewhere that works. The exact version was labeled AndroidTool_Release_v2.71.zip. I used the drivers from DriverAssistant v4.5. I used the links from the Firefly Core-1808-JD4 download page.

With this combination, Androidtool was able to detect the board and flash it with the BSP images in the wiki. If you flash the Factory Test Build by Gamiee and have the touchscreen attached to the baseboard, it will boot up with a splash screen and then load a simple touch interface.

Also, like other have stated, I was not able to get the serial console working. However, adb will work. If you keep AndroidTool open and leave the usb A to A cable plugged in. It will change the detected board status from maskrom to adb after the board boots up. I used the adb_tools.zip for Radxa. With a adb start-server and adb shell, I was greeted with a prompt that was clearly the SOEDGE running.

After reading about the SOEDGE on the forum, I consider this a win as I never thought I would see this thing run code.

Hello,

in the mobian section, there's a thread about overheating and how to edit thermal zone values.
I want to apply lower values to the thermal zones of postmarketos, too.

The current values are:

Hello,

while setting up postmarketos on pinephone I encountered some problems, I don't get along with.

Probably the easier one: I try to access the PP shell via SSH like described on https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/SSH.
The password should be the same like I use for sudo commands, right? But whatever I try, my password is not correct...
And which is the correct folder to put the public key?

Secondly I'm trying to set a default app as video player.
I tried using the xdg-mime command like described on https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Default_applications.
But it says

I use my headphone jack a lot, and I think the connection is getting pretty shaky. When I play VLC on my Mobian phone, it pauses when headphones are inserted or removed from the jack. Nowadays, when I'm walking around, VLC pauses constantly, whenever the jack is even nudged.

It also sometimes misinterprets a volume control command from the headphones when they're jostling around, and my audio will go up to full blast. I'd like to disable both of these features.

Hi this is Palak Sharma,
I am engineering student. I am learning lots of programming language here. I also like doing coding in Python Programming Language. Currently I am working in windows 7, 10 and 11, now I am looking to work in Linux OS, therefore can anyone suggest me some Online Linux Terminal for this.
Waiting for some positive responses. Would be a great support.
Thanks

I read several posts about this issue, but I was unable to make it work. I want to try the factory/most stable OS image that comes preloaded with the latest PBP, along with other OSs.

In Manjaro ARM Flasher, I selected the following:

pbpro-bsp, kde-plasma, factory_22.06, mmcblk1 (SD card)

When I reboot, I press Ctrl+C to bring up the boot selection menu, then choose "Boot from SD". A blinking cursor appears in the top left corner which freezes after awhile, and the power LED will start flickering with green and red color.

I also tried manjaro-arm-installer with minimal install, and it shown the spinning circle below the Manjaro logo, and when pressing Esc, it said something about failed boot and threw me into tty.

Generic image (as offered in Manjaro-ARM download section) shown only a black screen with backlit LCD.



I am a noob here. Can anybody show me how to make "any" PBP approved OS image work via SD, so I can try different OSs?

Thanks in advance!

This article explains the UART Controller for the Allwinner A64 SoC inside PinePhone…

-  Transmit and receive UART Data the Polling Way

-  Also the Interrupt-Driven Way

-  Enabling UART Interrupts

-  Handling UART Interrupts

And how we implemented PinePhone’s UART Driver for Apache NuttX RTOS.

NuttX RTOS for PinePhone: UART Driver

I just received my PinePower 120W Desktop PSU. The charging ports work, but the screen seem to turn off and back on every second or two. If this is a software issue, is there any way to access a serial port or upload firmware? If it's a hardware issue, has anyone dealt with this problem?

If I plug in the usb-c charger, the phone will automatically Boot ON.
I've tried different methods including cmd power off but as soon as the phone is off and detects "power" it starts

Is this a bug, because it's an inconvience.

Second problem
The battery life actually sucks. I've put the phone in air-plane mode, I don't have a SIM card inserted, and the batter will last 72 hours at best.

I think a better battery would be the first thing to look into, but I guess know I know why you sell "spare batteries" on your website.

I knew I should have purchased a giggle pixel and took a risk with a custom rom, but no, I wanted to support Linux on phones, and the ability to sync phone to tablet, to laptop and home PC, all running linux, with the need for online storage like Giggle and Apple does.

I want to learn the ARM architecture and migrate some of my computing to it, with the option to go all the way down to ARM assembly language and machine code for e.g. firmware (I'm already somewhat familiar with x86 asm and machine code,) and compatible with common ARM systems like phones, Pine64's SBCs and Raspberry Pis. I am under the impression that a strong ARM laptop would be the most flexible and convenient way to do this (so I don't have to cross-compile/emulate, etc) and the Pinebook Pro appears to be the best on the market for the purpose, especially since I could just run the laptop right next to any other ARM hardware I later acquire as a portable development system. Second opinions?

 I'd like to run a hypervisor like Xen so I can run multiple ARM-compatible OSes simultaneously for maximum flexibility. I see various other ARM laptops on the market but the PBP seems to be the most suited to the widest variety of software and hardware development? Would natively building and testing Android and iPhone code on this sort of setup be realistic, or only more open platforms like Armbian? A pair of A72s should produce quick compile times for small- to mid-sized software projects, right? I'm also looking to migrate away from Security-Through-Obscurity Black-Box Intrusion Systems like "Microsoft Pluton," "Intel Management Engine," and "AMD Secure Technology." The Rockchip RK3399 seems to have no ARM TrustZone or similar technologies in it and that is likely a positive for my purposes, unless it's the only performance-efficient way to get the necessary virtualization to support a FOSS hypervisor like Xen?

 The USB-C port is also a major draw most ARM systems lack. Seems like it's limited to 15W? - can the most recent batch run entirely off a 15 or 60W+ USB-C power source with a dead and/or disconnected battery? That would be highly desirable. If not, is there any way to run with a dead battery, like connecting both the included power brick and a USB-C power source at the same time? If still not, is there a viable way I could get 2 batteries and swap them as needed, charging one outside the laptop, short of buying 2 PBPs? And does the current batch USB-C port support any other USB alt-modes like Thunderbolt or HDMI?

 Recommendations of companion hardware, software and configurations towards these goals welcome.