My brand new pine book pro has never worked! So far I have gotten the green power light to turn on and that's all. 

I was told to flip the emmc switch to on, which made it so the green power light doesn't turn on anymore, and I wrote a Manjaro ARM gnome photo 23.02 img.xz file use etchDroid on a 32gb Sandisk SD card. I placed that in the Pinebook after turning the emmc switch off again but it hasn't made a difference .

Let me know, all I want is to be able to turn on the laptop and use the browser and libre office writer or whatever.

Why does it have to be so hard to turn on a computer?

I lost the adapter to allow one to boot from the SD card. I have no way now to get into the tablet as it just boots with the MMC based linux system. I can login using the on screen keyboard, i can change it to X11 and that helps but it just shows the Plasma KDE symbols for about a minute then it goes blank screen on me and last forever. So all the forum post to fix things all start with first set the adapter to on....or some like type this command in Terminal...sudo dd ..., what ever it says right from the start I cant do it. There is no terminal, no typing anything. 

The only way I can see to do this if there is a keyboard combonation like holding down F2 key, or something like that. I can get it to boot halfway like I described about then it just sits. So keyboard or no keyboard, X11 or Desktop Wayland, holding down the power button and the volume down or volume up buttons. Nope, just not going to work.

So its landfill material or just maybe a key combination that will let be get into the bios and change the boot order. Once I get that fat I can create a boot sd card and put the old os back on or maybe pick a new one, like Ubuntu Touch maybe.

I've been having issues with charging a PineTime lately.

The issue seems to be physical: the connecting charging elements on the PineTime are blackened... I'm not even sure if they are just "dirty" (some sort of accumulated/solidifed filth), oxidated, or what else.

See picture: https://imgur.com/a/1GlklJP

I'm a bit concerned about trying to forcefully clean it off, as I'm afraid I may be damaging it.

Is this a known issue and are there suggested best practices for dealing with it?

Jackfish is one of the view Office experts for the Pinephone. He installed Word 97 in a XBOX/Wine containter:

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...ght=word97

I Installed LibreOffice on the Pinephone, but I do not use it, altough I am still interested in it:

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=16614

Then we have alaraajavamma who uses as far as I know Abiword and Gnumeric on the Pinephone:

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...614&page=3

Which means that I know only of three people who are interested in Office on the Pinephone. This is a pity, since for me personally Office is one of the applications which make the Pinephone interesting. The community for this application consists of 3 people, but every member is precious. My preferred option for Office on the Pinepehone would be this one:

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19342

But the Pinehone seems to be a typical Linux device, you can do anything with it, but you have to do it yourself.

I am looking to upgrade my soldering iron, and found the Pinecil V2 on the web googling. I don't know if it's sold here in Australia yet.

Will it suffice to do micro soldering, for pins in an iPod's 30pin Port connector?

Thanks in advance.

Good day!



I received my PinePhone Beta Edition the other day and have input my nano-SIM. The following are issues I have getting the phone prepped for usage.

Hello everyone 

I hope everyone is well I am looking for the collective wisdom of this community on optimising the Pinebook Pro for software development applications. I have been using the Pinebook Pro for a few months and have been very happy with its capabilities. But I have experienced a few issues and would like to look for advice on how to effectively address them.

My current setup
Manjaro ARM. I have kept with this because it is the default, but I am prepared to try other options if they provide better performance for development work.
Default eMMC I have been thinking about upgrading to an NVMe SSD; but have not taken the step yet.
Python is my primary programming language, followed by web development with React and Node.js and some light Java and C++ work.
I use Visual Studio Code and; on occasion; JetBrains IDEs.

• When working on larger codebases, particularly ones involving significant web development such as hosting a local server with many Node.js processes; I have noticed that the pinebook pro lags slightly. There are intermittent lags and delays that affect my workflow. Is this something that other people have experienced? If yes; what adjustments and upgrades did you find to be beneficial in resolving these issues?
  
• While I enjoy the pinebook pro movement; I have discovered that the battery runs faster when I do heavier tasks; such as working with Docker and generating code. I am asking whether there are any tips or strategies for increasing battery life during development sessions. Would a different operating system assist; or are there specific manjaro settings that I need change?
  
• I have read that heat concerns might cause performance slowdown under heavy loads. I am thinking about installing a thermal pad and maybe even a modest fan mod. Has anyone tried these modifications? If so; how was your experience; and would you recommend taking this route?
  
• I am really considering upgrading to an NVMe SSD for increased performance; but I have heard different opinions about how well the Pinebook Pro handles NVMe disks. Did you notice a difference in performance after making this upgrade? Were there any compatibility concerns, or did certain brands/models of SSDs perform better than others?
  
• I am enthusiastic about researching different software setups. would using a lightweight desktop environment such as XFCE and LXQt improve the development experience over the usual setup? Or possibly a different Linux distribution entirely?
  

Hi Pinephone Geeks

I noticed the latest version of JumpDrive is 0.8 released May 31, 2021.

https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Ju...e/releases

Is this software eventually discontinued?  Is there a successor?

Bottom Line:

Is this still the only easy GUI way to install live Manjaro/Phosh onto pinephone's hard drive?

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Just asking before I do some works with JumpDrive.

Thank in advanced for your input.

Sheng-Chieh

I am unable to contact Pine64EU.

Hello all, first thread here

I have been using my v1 Pinceil for a few months, and have been loving it.
I've been connecting it to a 12v DC adapter and had no issues thus far.

Lately, my pencil have been shutting down while warming up, so I thought that it was done for and ordered me a v2 Pinecil.
Upon connecting the v2, the same thing happens. I can enter the configuration mode, and setup everything but as soon as the warm-up stage starts, it re-boots.

I've tried replacing the DC adapter - same result, same for trying out different tips and also different electric sockets.

Any ideas?