Hi all,

I run the Herald Bluetooth Proximity project (part of Linux Foundation Public Health). This was originally for COVID-19 digital contact tracing app proximity, but can be used for general Bluetooth interoperability too. I've been thinking for a while a mobile app to share information, and eventually to sync data/settings might be useful between laptops/phones of different OS and models.

Would there be any particular angle to make this useful to PinePhone Pro users? I have a PinePhone and have just bought (yet to receive) a PinePhone Pro. It occurs to me that comms between different Pine-Things may be useful.

If there are particular scenarios people can think of do let me know. E.g. FindMyPinePhone, clipboard sharing, initial copying over of settings to a new phone, link to an opensource eHealth wearable and so on. (Note: We have C++, Java-Android, and Swift-iOS libraries that all interoperate).

All feedback welcome. Here's a link to the project itself if interested:-
https://heraldprox.io/herald

Thanks,

Adam.

Here's how we read the Bosch BME280 I2C Sensor in Rust... On PineCone BL602 and Apache NuttX RTOS

Rust talks I2C on Apache NuttX RTOS

Hello world,

now days I have think about of Pebble API on Pinetime，due to Pebble without touch screen, so I think the UI framework is not suitable for Pinetime, and it is a waste of RAM(framebuffer 2 * 240 *240) using Pebble API，but event service is a good way for applications.

there are serial event service to implemented, such as tick service and other services

check update via pinetime/app/src/event at develop · ck-telecom/pinetime (github.com)

I had something like 668 updates to run, and, having run the updates, my phone now freezes at boot with the "K" and the gear displayed on a black screen.

What is the best/easiest way to get this phone booting and running again?

One of my friends gifted me a RockPro64 which is encased in [the PlayBox](https://pine64.com/product/rockpro64-playbox-enclosure/) with this [LCD attached](https://pine64.com/product/7-lcd-touch-screen-panel/) in it.

I'm not able to find any help on how to take this case apart (or even put it together) on the web, the forums, or the pine64 websites.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I want to retrieve the RockPro64 from inside and don't need the case or LCD.

This post is as much notes for me to look back on as a request for better minds to review my attempts.
(edit) Skip to the bottom post where I have the PAN protocol pairing via Blueman GUI but there is still a problem with getting the network bridge working.

I added the bluetoothpan.sh as per link below and after reviewing I assume the iptables commands in the script will work without editing them.

The problem is the pinephone is not reporting in its bluetooth UUID list that it is available as a network access point.
here is the UUID from my old N900 used for years as a bluetooth network access point

For years I had trouble to find a device which can read and write to the external SD card, as my beloved Galaxy S5 with Android KitKat 4.4. could to. Beginning from Android Marshmello I was pissed of about Android and Google, and could not find a device which I was happy with.

Since my troubles with the external SD card, I realized the adantage of a device where the user has full control over the device, and I promote the PinePhone as a device for research, since researchers want freedom.

The idea to run Matlab code in Octave on the PinePhone was kindly provided by wibble :

https://petergamma.org/developer-wanted-...h-studies/

I have official Manjaro i3 ARM install on my pinebook pro. 

Today I used the laptop for the first in almost a year. I tried pacman -Syyu and it says nothing to do.

I visited Manjaro website and ARM i3 for PBP is not listed. Was it discontinued? Where can I read about that?

thanks

Megi kernel 5.17.x with ayufan patches merged in is now available for Rockpro64 w/ SkiffOS.

SkiffOS adds a configuration layering system to the Buildroot cross-compiler, which makes it easy to re-target applications to new hardware. Layers are merged together as specified in the SKIFF_CONFIG comma-separated environment variable.

As a basic example: SKIFF_CONFIG=pine64/rockpro64,core/gentoo starts Gentoo on a Odroid N2+ in a Docker container. You can ssh to the "core" user to enter the Gentoo environment.

The default configuration produces a minimal (~100Mb) in-RAM host OS with SSH and network connectivity, and includes a comprehensive set of debug tools. The host OS can be easily remotely updated with the push_image script, using rsync.

The "skiff/core" layer enables Docker ("apps/docker") and a default environment based on Ubuntu with a full graphical desktop environment. Others including "core/gentoo" and "core/dietpi" are available.

The SkiffOS host OS separates hardware-specific support from the containerized user environments, simplifying management of updates across multiple hardware combinations.

The guide for build + flash SD card on Rockpro64 and other boards (including Pinephone):

https://github.com/skiffos/SkiffOS/tree/.../rockpro64



Note: this is a cross-compiler, you can build it on a faster machine & install to the Odroid. (No need to build on the device).

I just destroyed my sim card holder on my pine phone pro.    
DO NOT put a sim card adapter in  the phone without a sim in it!! it will destroy  the pins in the sim holder!
(I was keeping the adapter in the phone when I was not using my pinephone so I wouldn't lose it.)

I have a phone (lg g4) that has a similar layout (SD on top of sim card). I might be able to replace the card holder with that one.