Just a suggestion but how about selling a pine64 branded usb dongle based on the eg25-g modem? It could be handy for those who own single board computers, pinetabs or even ordinary x86 desktops.

Seems like a natural step considering the work going into the firmware for the pinephone. The usb audio interface for voice calls pretty much works out of the box (after some help from a-wai) - here's a quick video demo.

   

Hello all:

I just got my PineTime 4 days ago. Very nice bit of kit!

Where can I find somewhere that documents under what circumstances the PineTime is discoverable (advertises) and under what circumstances the PineTime is pairable?

Based on some experimentation, after a reset (button held for 10 seconds), the PineTime advertises and can be paired. Then, after a few minutes, it stops advertising and can not be paired.

However, looking through the InfiniTime source https://github.com/JF002/InfiniTime/, it would seem to read that there is *no* limit on the amount of time that the PineTime advertises. Take a look at these two comments, for example:
./src/components/ble/NimbleController.cpp:
"// For now, the advertising is restarted as soon as it ends. There may be a race condition that prevent the advertising from restarting reliably."
"// We already have a bond with the peer, but it is attempting to establish a new secure link.  This app sacrifices security for convenience: just throw away the old bond and accept the new link."

These comments make it sound like the PineTime never stops advertising, and never stops being available to pair (even when already paired!)

I have an Early Adopter Pine Tab that I'm looking to sell.
Asking $150 plus shipping.
Comes with keyboard and charging cable.

Hi all, i an getting the below error when trying to rebuild multilib.db ... can anyone help?



sudo pacman -Syyu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core                       237.4 KiB  88.6 KiB/s 00:03 [##############################] 100%
extra                        2.4 MiB   398 KiB/s 00:06 [##############################] 100%
community                    6.0 MiB   382 KiB/s 00:16 [##############################] 100%
multilib.db failed to download
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from repo.ialab.dsu.edu : The requested URL retur
ned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu : The requested URL
returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from mirror.math.princeton.edu : The requested UR
L returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from mirrors.gigenet.com : The requested URL retu
rned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : The requested URL retu
rned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from mirror.clarkson.edu : The requested URL retu
rned error: 404
error: failed to synchronize all databases (failed to retrieve some files)

Can we run Rust Firmware for PineCone BL602 (or PineDio Stack BL604) in a Web Browser... Simulated with WebAssembly? Let's find out!

Rust on RISC-V BL602: Simulated with WebAssembly

I must confess that I write mostly to be the first to write.

However, I already have a similar device and I like the idea.

The only thing I want to say is that it's important that once it's put on sale it already works distinctly because with that price, unsatisfied people would become harassed.

From my side, on paper it all looks great, probably already the best specs available in the market for this kind of device.
I hope you will also focus on the sleep of the hardware, because one important thing about ebook readers is that they last a long time when used only for reading.

I just would like to mention that I made a pinephone case printable in 5 colors, containing the Tux logo and Pine64 logo (sort of fan item I would say - don't expect it to be a "protective" case). It is available with or without a protector for an OTG cable and a cable holder as well. I put the item on thingieverse in case anyone else would like one: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4933237

I also wrote a small piece of scanning software for StructureCore on the pinephone (it only scans and records, some preview and settings, nothing fancy). In case anyone is interested the source code I would love to share it. BTW You can find a protective StructureCore shell here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4933248

Summary for StructureCore on pinephone: there is nowhere near full scanner performance, I can scan around 5fps using the pinephone. It's great fun anyway! I just compiled (on manjaro) and it worked (except their windowing; however, gtk3 works finewith the library on manjaro).

Is there a way to have Firefox get the desktop version rather than the mobile version? I pretty much never want to see the mobile version.

 
I have the Mobian August 15th nightly running from the sd card on one of my PMOS Convergent phones.

The cellular data is working okay,  but I cannot seem to get the Hotspot to turn on...  ?

I do not know if that is a carrier problem,  or a software problem.    BUT it Did Work the last time I tried it..?

I do not use data very often on my Pine phone,  and

 *   I do not remember how long ago it was the last time I used the hotspot,   

                on this phone, it is still the same carrier as when it did work,  'Pure Talk',  they are an MVNO of AT&T.

Sw is mobian phosh (wayland), fully updated

I am available for further tests

298.914874] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[  298.919631] [CRTC:41:crtc-0] vblank wait timed out
[  298.927268] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 112 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:1512 drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks.part.0+0x270/0x29c
[  298.939357] Modules linked in: option usb_wwan qmi_wwan usbserial cdc_wdm rfcomm algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg bnep lz4 zram zsmalloc usb_f_ecm u_ether libcomposite cdc_ether usbnet 8723cs© aes_ce_blk crypto_simd cryptd ghash_ce gf128mul sha2_ce gpio_vibra sha1_ce hci_uart st_magn_i2c btrtl btbcm r8152 axp20x_battery sun8i_di axp20x_adc axp20x_pek bluetooth st_sensors_i2c cfg80211 mii inv_mpu6050_i2c st_magn inv_mpu6050 sun50i_codec_analog st_sensors sun8i_adda_pr_regmap sun6i_csi industrialio_triggered_buffer goodix kfifo_buf ecdh_generic ecc anx7688 stk3310 typec sun8i_rotate sun8i_codec sunxi_cedrus© rfkill sun4i_i2s v4l2_mem2mem sun8i_ce videobuf2_dma_contig videobuf2_memops videobuf2_v4l2 snd_soc_simple_amplifier crypto_engine gc2145 videobuf2_common ov5640 leds_sgm3140 v4l2_fwnode v4l2_flash_led_class rng_core snd_soc_ec25 snd_soc_bt_sco snd_soc_simple_card snd_soc_simple_card_utils videodev snd_soc_core snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_pcm mc snd_timer snd soundcore fuse configfs
[  298.939666]  ip_tables x_tables axp20x_usb_power industrialio sunxi phy_generic musb_hdrc sun4i_lradc_keys udc_core arm_scpi i2c_gpio
[  299.038562] CPU: 2 PID: 112 Comm: kworker/u8:3 Tainted: G        WC        5.10-sunxi64 #1
[  299.046813] Hardware name: Pine64 PinePhone (1.2) (DT)
[  299.051958] Workqueue: events_unbound commit_work
[  299.056665] pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)
[  299.062669] pc : drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks.part.0+0x270/0x29c
[  299.069189] lr : drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks.part.0+0x270/0x29c
[  299.075706] sp : ffffffc012253c90
[  299.079015] x29: ffffffc012253c90 x28: 00000000000028f1
[  299.084327] x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 0000000000000001
[  299.089638] x25: 0000000000000038 x24: ffffff800222d800
[  299.094950] x23: 0000000000000001 x22: 0000000000000000
[  299.100260] x21: ffffff801f094400 x20: ffffff800222f880
[  299.105570] x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000
[  299.110881] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000
[  299.116191] x15: 00001e34a58055dc x14: 00000000000001a6
[  299.121501] x13: 00000000000001a6 x12: 0000000000000000
[  299.126812] x11: 0000000000000002 x10: 0000000000000970
[  299.132123] x9 : ffffffc0122539c0 x8 : ffffff80047b2450
[  299.137434] x7 : ffffff80bc9a9200 x6 : 000000000078d88c
[  299.142745] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000
[  299.148056] x3 : ffffffc010eaf000 x2 : 0000000000000000
[  299.153366] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffffff80047b1a80
[  299.158677] Call trace:
[  299.161119]  drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks.part.0+0x270/0x29c
[  299.167295]  drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail_rpm+0x7c/0x9c
[  299.172599]  commit_tail+0x9c/0x164
[  299.176085]  commit_work+0x10/0x1c
[  299.179489]  process_one_work+0x1cc/0x330
[  299.183495]  worker_thread+0x14c/0x450
[  299.187242]  kthread+0x13c/0x150
[  299.190470]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
[  299.194041] ---[ end trace 2c8bb7e0224e09b4 ]---