Hello everyone.

Please tell me, has anyone tried to install Trisquel https://trisquel.info/  or Parabola  https://www.parabola.nu/ distro with linux-libre kernel on a Pine64 RockPro64 single board computer?

Free GNU/Linux distributions => https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html


As reported on the FSF-Free Software Foundation website.


Rockchip devices based on the RK3288 or RK3399 chips are usable with free software. Accelerated video encoding/decoding is supported with free software, with upstream support on-going via the "hantro" driver. These Rockchip devices have Mali GPUs supported via the free Lima and Panfrost drivers. Display out over type-C requires a proprietary firmware on RK3399, but HDMI may be used instead. Wake-on-word functionality with the RK3399 DSP may require a proprietary firmware. More recent Rockchip devices require nonfree blobs in order to boot.

Hi all, I've been experimenting with PostmarketOS on my PinePhone and wanted to share some findings regarding power management. After tweaking the suspend settings and disabling some unused services, I noticed a significant improvement in battery life—up to 20% in idle usage. I'm currently exploring better ways to manage modem power states and GPU frequency scaling. Has anyone here implemented a custom udev rule or kernel patch to further optimize standby consumption? I'd love to collaborate or hear about your setups. Let's make PinePhone even more efficient together!

I left my PinePhone in a drawer too long and now the battery is almost completely dead.

I don't have an external battery charger and if I connect a wall charger to the phone, the battery charges for a few seconds then tries to boot and dies after a few seconds tries to boot again, diess, over and over.

I did an amazon search on the replacement models in the wiki and the one I bought turned out to be about 6mm short in bothe diemension. Is there a specific battery that I can buy on amazon that will work in a PinePhone?

Is there a way to keep the PinePhone from trying to boot before the battery is charged enough to boot and run with a charger connected by USB?

I had to get a new phone and switched from Android to iPhone. I didn’t really want to, but because of budget, my old phone dying, and the only thing my carrier had that I could do a payment plan on that didn’t have AI crap was an older iPhone. 

I was using gadgetbridge and everything worked perfectly on my old phone. With InfiniLink being the only app for iPhone I can’t seem to get texts to go to my PineTime. Am I missing something or is that option not available? It seems weather isn’t available either.

Thanks!

I have a pinephone community edition running mobian.
Most of the time it sits, off, because we're not allowed to have phones at work, and I don't have a lot of people to talk to (when I'm at home, I use my desktop, anyway).

I've noticed lately that plugged into my computer, it seems to lose about 1% power every 3 minutes or so.
Plugged into the power outlet, however, it seems to lose about 1% power every 3 minutes or so.
The only way I seem able to charge it now is to turn it off and plug it in.

I've set it as power-saving as I can figure out. It sits in suspend mode with the screen off.
I have wifi, bluetooth and cellular on.
The battery icon shows the thunderbolt, and I get the message that its charging... but it's draining faster than it's charging.

There's nothing wrong with the cable; I've used it to connect an android tablet that charges just fine.

I've flipped the usb-c end in case there's a frontwards/backwards way to insert it (hey, I'm desperate).

It does not get hot. Plugged in or not, it only gets *slightly* warm.

Can anyone help me with this? I haven't seen this specific problem anywhere in the forums. I love my pinephone and don't want to give it up.

Hi,

Could anybody advise DeskPi case alternative for ROCK64 ?
Need case with simiral formfactor and functionality...

B.R.
Viktor
https://vm-project.pro

Where do you get a debian 12 image for the rockpro64? Thanks.

Hello all,

I unfortunately dropped my PinePower the other day and broke the earth pin on the UK plug adaptor. Does anyone have any suggestions of where I could get a replacement?

Thanks!
Stuart

Hello,
I recently bought a Pinecil V2 to learn how to solder. I'm using the USB-C cable from the website along with a Samsung EP-T6530 power adapter. When I connect the Pinecil to the top 65W port and power it on, everything works fine, showing 20V without issues. However, as soon as I start heating it up, it shuts off when it reaches the desired temperature.

I tried using the 25W port, and while it didn’t shut off, it only shows 11V, making it difficult to melt solder. I’m wondering if I’m doing something wrong or if my adapter isn’t sufficient. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to resolve this issue?

I'm on postmarketos on a ppp and I lost audio on calls. Not sure why. When I run AT+QDAI? The output is just a empty line then 'OK'. Does anyone know what value I should set this to? Or better yet, how can I lookup the value it should be.