Hello,

My Pinepro64 came in yesterday, and I am having trouble getting it to boot from emmc. I don't have an sd card to test yet.

I would appreciate any help anyone can offer. As I'm brand new to this device I am concerned that I might be making some rookie error.

I have tried three different images: Debian, Armbian Hirsute (5.13 kernel), Armbian Buster Legacy (4.4 kernel).

With all images, the power LED shows solid green, and the ethernet port lights light up.

With both Armbian images, when I plug the power in I get a flashing white LED behind the reset button. With the Debian image I get nothing.

Based on some google searching I found that there might be issues booting newer kernels from emmc. However, in my case the older (4.4) kernel didn't work either.

I flash the emmc using the usb adapter and dd.

I am plugged into an LCD monitor using HDMI. I have a wifi/bluetooth adapter plugged in, and the emmc chip, but no other peripherals.

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a PineTab, with keyboard and charging cable. I have a mailing address in the US (as well as a forwarding service in Austria if it has to be EU), thank you!

-Yair

Will the PinePhone Pro Explorer edition be shipped from the Pine64 warehouse within the EU to EU customers like some of the PinePhones did?

Hi, I'm just setting up my pinephone beta, and I'm having some trouble making calls. When I try, the call immediately ends, in less than a second. When I go to settings, I can see that the phone is detecting the sim card and the local cell network. I've tried this in manjaro and mobian, and the symptom is the same. I am able to send a receive text messages using this sim card, at least in mobian. The sim card I'm using is from an iphone, which I've previously used at this same location. Are there any thoughts on what might cause an issue like this?

Hello everybody,

I'm interested in buying a second hand (used or not) PinePhone Mobian CE or a PineTab. Please get in contact with me if you have one available for sale. I can deal with some dead pixels or other minor hardware issues.

Thanks

Hello, has anyone managed to get freenet to work on the pinebook pro? It's a java program, normally it should work fine. But when launching the program I got the following error message:

Hi folks!

If you you find firefox 91.4 very sluggish on scrolling on some websites, you could try to set the following in "about:config":

I'm kind of lost here when it comes to this.  Also I want to use Barrier KVM with it (a clone of Synergy that is FOSS) but as I understand it, with the way Wayland handles security it can't work properly, yet.

I have seen GitHub - rkvm: Virtual KVM switch for Linux machines  but from what I've read it's hard to get it working properly.  I'd be open to that as a solution though and will probably test it out.

I've just had a hard time getting an external screen to work in general though, so I was hoping for recommendations for both Wayland and Xorg.

Thanks.

I recently picked up a new to me H64 and am going to start testing. Going through some of the forums here I see a lot of older info and was wondering if anyone had up to date information regarding the best ISO to use. I just need something stable - will be connecting to wifi through ethernet port and SSH in for a headless operation. Which ISO is the best to use? Does armbian work or is it still unsupported? Thanks for any help!

Pinephone Beta 3GB RAM running Manjaro Phosh from SD card, used as daily driver since April, now has an unresponsive top half of the touchscreen, no charging unless the back cover and screws are removed before attaching USB charger cable, and no input from keyboard attached to dock whether back cover is removed or not. Here is the timeline of events:

* Minor screen cracks appeared after dropping in September, but the phone was still usable. I ordered a replacement screen.

* The screen began turning dim and yellow yesterday with some flickering, so I decided to install the replacement screen that had arrived.

* After removing the motherboard, I used a hairdryer held close to the black adhesive sheet to warm the adhesive for removal. The adhesive was still a bit difficult to remove and I did not notice any visible damage to components as a result of the heat. I noticed that the part of the screen casing under the motherboard was stamped in blue, but only the letters "OT" of this stamp protruded from the upper part of the casing.

* After replacing the screen, but before covering the ribbon cables with the provided black adhesive sheet and before reinserting the battery, SIM, and SD card, I booted into Plasma from eMMC while plugged in to test. The touchscreen seemed to work, including the keyboard, colors looked normal, and WiFi appeared connected. I do not recall whether the top of the screen worked during this test since Plasma's login numbers and app drawer are toward the bottom of the screen.

* Throughout this process, I was careful not to let the thin black cable get over any screw holes.

* After reinserting the battery, SIM, and SD card and replacing the screws and back cover, I booted into Phosh from the SD card. The dim, yellowish screen was back and the top row of numbers on the login screen did not work. Furthermore, the USB charger transmitted no charge when inserted.

* I removed the SD card to boot into Plasma. The part of the screen necessary for login received input. The USB charger still did not work. I used the opportunity to run updates from Konsole and rebooted. During this process, the screen got dimmer. I noticed that the top part of the screen was unresponsive when I reached for the dropdown settings menu.

* I removed the back cover and screws and reinserted the SD card to boot from Phosh. With the back cover and screws out, I inserted the USB cable. It transmitted a charge. I left it face-down charging overnight. In the morning, the phone had charged and the screen had resumed normal coloration, but the top half of the touchscreen was still unresponsive, making login impossible. I had received a text message overnight, as evident from the displayed notification on the lockscreen, and WiFi appeared connected.

* I took out and reinserted the ends of three of the ribbon cables: the one at the top of the phone and the two under the battery. I am not sure whether the thicker one under the battery has ever fit exactly after replacing the screen. It clicks when removed, but not as obviously when reinserted. The phone still does not accept a USB charge while the screws are in and back cover is on and does not recognize input from a keyboard attached to the dock under any circumstances. The top half of the touchscreen still does not work.

*Unfortunately, I had stopped the SSH daemon on the phone a couple of days prior to this.

I would be grateful for any assistance.