I'm trying to get my pinebook pro up and running again. What's a good OS to put on it now? Can someone also recommend a video tutorial for how to put a new OS on the pinebook pro?

I'm running Void on my pbp, which currently is working fine, but during installation wifi didn't work, and `ip a` said that wlan0 didn't exist at all, and the privacy switches didn't help. The unbind/bind trick:

Running a PP Beta/kb/Manjaro/box86, life is fine in most categories. But chromium is glacial and links2 has developed issues bringing up news sites such as washingtonpost/reuters/etc (java complaints and so on).

Is there a very-modest browser that I'm missing? Graphics/video unimportant. I suppose links (vs links2) would be the fallback, but wouldn't mind something a little less stark.

Jake

Hi all,

I use postmarketOS v24.06 20241211-0836 version with phosh on pinephone.

If i try to install and use nheko, gnome-keyring is not fully initialized.

How can i do this specially ?

If not, i have an error and cannot use nheko.

Thanks a lot

I would love to see a revision of the Pinetab-V with a newer SoC, more RAM, an ssd slot and external gpio pins like the Dc roma 2

Recently, I’ve noticed that in bright environments, particularly when I’m outside, there are pairs of horizontal lines appearing on the screen. This happens regardless of whether the display is active or not.

The lines seem to be most prominent in the area around the analog watch face, which is also where I tend to touch the screen frequently. It’s quite distracting and affects the overall visual experience, making it difficult to use the device comfortably.

I’ve tried capturing a photo to show you what I’m seeing, but due to the reflective nature of the display glass, it was challenging to get a clear image. However, I hope that my description helps convey the issue.

Here are a few additional details:

This problem has been occurring for some time now, and I can’t pinpoint when it started.
The lines are visible only in bright light conditions; in dimmer environments, the display looks normal.
I’m curious if anyone else has experienced something similar or if this is a known issue with the device.
Could this be a hardware problem, or might it be related to the display technology itself? Any insights or suggestions on how to address this would be greatly appreciated.

I am trying to get r2kaw and Tow-Boot installed to the SPI of the PPP at the same time.
I can install Tow-Boot to the SPI, and I can install r2kaw to the SPI, but I haven't figured out how to have both on the SPI.

For installing Tow-Boot to the SPI, I can follow the Tow-Boot installation instructions for the PPP, under the "Installing to SPI (recommended)" section.
For installing rk2aw, I can follow the rk2aw installation instructions for the PPP, under the "Installation to SPI NOR flash" section.
Here is the relevant part of the rk2aw installation instructions:

Quote:Installation steps are:

1) Erase the SPI NOR flash compeltely and install rk2aw

  # for RK3399:

  ./rk2aw-spi-flasher --erase-all --rk2aw rk2aw/debug.img.spi

  # for other SoCs:

  ./rk2aw-spi-flasher --erase-all --rk2aw rk2aw/debug.img

2) Install U-Boot or other bootloader

  a) U-Boot
 
    ./rk2aw-spi-flasher \
      --uboot-spl u-boot-spl.bin \
      --uboot-tpl u-boot-tpl.bin \
      --uboot-itb u-boot.itb

    (The above 3 files are normal build artifacts of U-Boot. You get them from
    a regular defconfig U-Boot build for your board.)

  b) Other bootloaders

    ./rk2aw-spi-flasher \
      --spl levinboot-emmc.img

  If flashing fallback bootloader add --replace-fallback to the above commands.

So I recently decided to install Biktorgj's Custom Modem Firmware on my ppp, as it said in the documentation, there is no reason not to, and only added benefit. I installed it using this guide. After the installation, everything seemed to work fine (eg. sms, calls...). I then tried to communicate with the modem using sms as is described here. My messages didn't send, however, and I never received any responses. I also discovered a weird bug where my audio and mic will completely stop working for calls. I cannot hear or be heard by the other phone. Also when I check my voicemail, I hear no audio either. I don't know for sure if the firmware is causing the issue or not, but, it didn't happen until after the installation. Rebooting does not seem to do anything, however, it will randomly start working again before it quits once again. Any insight or advice on these issues will be greatly appreciated. I am currently running the latest stable version of Mobian with Posh. Thanks in advance!

I have had a pocket linux device in use since around Y2k starting with a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 on to an Openmoko, then the N900.
One of the most important purposes of these devices was to play audiobooks when driving, cycling, working, or riding public transportation.
On all other devices I was able to get at least 5-8 hours of audiobook playback minimum along with other uses of the device, even with the Openmoko which like the Pine devices didn't have a major corporate Linux lab supporting the effort.
The pinephone(and pro) under mobian gives me around 3 hours maximum as suspend also kills off audio playback.
This severely limits my use of the PP if I cannot provide external power.
I know there are several ways to except the hardware audio acceleration chip from suspend and buffer only the audio stream as well as waking only one of the smaller CPUs for a fraction of a second to do a disk read and reload the audio buffer.
I am not sure how it was done on the N900 but I am sure someone on the forum has better insight into a power saving way to keep a streaming audio app working even when the system is in suspend, even if it is a lower level system hack.
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For example I can go most of the day dropping to ~80% battery if I don't use my phone much, I can still reliably receive calls and SMS but have it set to suspend after 1 minute. Same Mobian Trixie install drops to 30-40% after 2 hours if I set suspend to 30 minutes but blank the screen so I can listen to an audiobook on the bus/train. Once the 30 minutes are up if I have not touched the phone the audio playback will stop and I have to restart the Cozy(flatpak install) audiobook app to get it's audio to work.

I just receved my new PineNote 2 days ago with Debian installed and was working well with it until I woke up yesterday and the device will not boot into anything, The display remains at "Booting..." or "PineNote is Booting" and i am unable to get to Uboot or anything to see what I can do to fix it. Any Suggestions?