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  Video : Review of the PineBook Pro with Armbian
Posted by: NicoD-SBC - 06-30-2021, 05:52 AM - Forum: General Discussion on Pinebook Pro - Replies (1)

Hi all.
I'v made a review video about the PineBook Pro.



I'm very happy with the PBP. Perfect device for me.

Here all the info I gathered. Greetings, NicoD

Code:
Version                   Frequency        NicoD Belnder CLI    7-zip a/c      7-zip s/c     7-zip b/c     CPUMiner     SBC-Bench
-------                   ---------        -----------------    ---------      ---------     ---------     --------     ---------
Armbian Focal Mate 5.10   2Ghz/1.5Ghz      13m29s               8422           1347          2062          10.8         http://ix.io/3qsC
Armbian Focal Mate 5.10   1.8Ghz/1.4Ghz    14m20s               7906           1267          1855          10.3         http://ix.io/3qt9 
TwOS Armbian Focal 5.10   1.8Ghz/1.4Ghz    14m40s              
Armbian Buster xfce4 5.10 1.8Ghz/1.4Ghz    15m00s               8074           1303          1843          10.2         http://ix.io/3rdx
Armbian Hirsute cinamon 5.12 1.8/1.4Ghz    14m39s               7907           1264          1854          10.1         http://ix.io/3rjc  
Armbian Focal xfce4 5.10  1.8Ghz/1.4Ghz    14m52s               7764           1242          1843          10.1         http://ix.io/3rjx

Odroid N2+ Bionic 4.9     2Ghz/2.4Ghz       9m01s              11702           1756          2504          14

Transfer rates                                    access time
--------------                                    -----------
SD-card 128GB Sandisk Extreme read 68.8 MB/s      0.42 msec
                             write 58.2 MB/s
eMMC 64GB read                     187 MB/s       0.23 msec
eMMC 64GB write                    145 MB/s
NVMe 256GB read                    802 MB/s       0.03 msec
NVMe 256GB write                   423 MB/s                       #starts at 850 MB/s then goes down to 260 MB/s
SSD over USB3 read                 406 MB/s       0.21 msec
SSD over USB3 write                244 MB/s                       #starts at 220
SSD over USB2 read                 35.3 MB/s      0.51 msec
SSD over USB2 write                32.3 MB/s     

Temperatures
------------
1.8Ghz/1.4Ghz
Idle          45C
Maxed out     75C on desk
              80C with back raised
  
2Ghz/1.5Ghz
Idle          47C
Maxed out     86C (light throttling at 85C)

Power consumption
-----------------
Charging while on   2.6A  (max with 60 000mAh power bank, most PSU's don't go over 2A)
Charging while off  2.5A

Browsing and video playback
---------------------------
Vivaldi runs gpu accelerated browsing and perfect video playback up to 1080p30fps or 720p60fps
         download Vivaldi snapshot arm64
                 sudo apt install fonts-liberation
                 sudo dpkg -i vivaldi-snapshot..._arm64.deb
Firefox runs a bit smoother for browsing, but video playback isn't fully accelerated
               
For video files kodi runs well
         sudo apt install kodi

+++
You can disable Microphone, wifi and camera with key combinations. Pine64 Logo + F10, F11 and F12
Can be powered with either barrel jack or USB type-C 5V !!!Not with both at the same time!!!
USB-C can be used for external display with USB-C to HDMI adapter
---
It can deplete the battery while being charged in heavy use and full brightness, cetainly when using an NVMe
USB-c hub not working
Delete key is backspace with function key
Very low volume in TwisterOS
Too many screws to open


Conclusion
----------
Awesome hardware. I love to have an ARM SoC in a laptop. The RK3399 is the best supported SoC software wise.
Tho a laptop with Amlogic S922x would have been great too. It is more powerful while consuming less.
I would not easily recommend it to people who are not used using ARM. But for me it is near perfect.
It looks great, and the keyboard feels good.

TwisterOS upgrade problem fix from PtitSeb
sudo mv /usr/share/doc/linux-libc-dev/changelog.Debian.gz /usr/share/doc/linux-libc-dev/changelog.Debian.gz.old
    to "solve" the conflict, and than the --fix-broken worked
   
Armbian Focal Mate 5.10 has some issue's with battery monitor applet. And power management isn't working as it should.
Armbian Focal xfce4 5.10 Doesn't always boot, black display.
TwisterOS Armbian Focal 5.10 power led only goes on after a while when default os. Speakers are very quiet.
Armbian Buster xfce4 5.10 Doesn't always boot. Black display.


  Ordered pinecil and UK Power on the 27th July
Posted by: eddie1 - 06-30-2021, 12:18 AM - Forum: Shipment Related Discussion - No Replies

Haven't had a shipment notification I paid for courier delivery to the UK when will my order be sent and will I get notification it's on its way?


  Two phones , different service
Posted by: Nutmeg - 06-29-2021, 08:32 PM - Forum: General Discussion on PinePhone - Replies (3)

So we have two pinephones, same version, one works with our cell service provider without too many complications, and the other one will not work No matter what we do. Thoughts? We got mine running on Arch with Puretalk. We may try his at some point in another provider. But it is just so odd that his Will not work with Arch/Puretalk and mine does.......

Thanks in advance.


  Replacement board avaliability
Posted by: mrjay - 06-29-2021, 02:08 PM - Forum: Pinebook Pro Hardware and Accessories - Replies (1)

Hi,

Does anyone know when replacement board for pinebook pro will be avaliable in the store?

Maybe someone has one and can sell it ?


  PinePhone won't turn on
Posted by: 0xc - 06-29-2021, 01:52 PM - Forum: PinePhone Software - Replies (6)

Hey everyone! Wasn't sure if anyone had encountered this issue. Spent some time searching the forums for issues powering on their device and incurred endless threads of battery performance issues instead.

I just received my new PinePhone Convergence model. I plugged it in to charge it and let it sit. When I plugged it in, the LED turned red, then yellow, and eventually the screen blinked on and off and the device seemed to power down again. I figured it needed time to charge and let it sit for an hour.

Unfortunately it's still happening exactly the same. The boot loop has stopped but the same sequence occurs after holding the Power button.

My PinePhone doesn't get to a boot screen even and it's been charging for over an hour now- It's like DOA but was wondering what kind of help I might find here.


  can no longer make or receive calls or SMS
Posted by: Athansor - 06-29-2021, 11:03 AM - Forum: Manjaro on PinePhone - Replies (5)

plasma development branch. After flashing the most recent image 2 days ago, the phone will no longer make or receive calls or send SMS. It's odd, because prior to that, it was working more or less normally (except for the usual intermittent lose-the-modem flakiness). Although the indicator shows bars and says I am connected to the cellular network, it remains inaccessible. Updated as of 10 minutes ago, same problem. Rebooting does not help.

I've tried restarting ofonoctl, with no change in behavior. Any suggestions that could work me out of this?

Thanks.


  Change SIM pin in plasma mobile
Posted by: firefox-58 - 06-29-2021, 09:29 AM - Forum: Arch Linux on PinePhone - No Replies

Hi, I looked everywhere, but it seems that the SIM pin could not be changed in plasma-mobile itself?

Codes like **4* ............. in the dialer have also no function and threw errors only


Bug 4K@30 video output does not work properly on Pinebook Pro
Posted by: jkm - 06-29-2021, 08:43 AM - Forum: Linux on Pinebook Pro - No Replies

Hi,


I have Pinebook Pro connected to LG 27UD88-W monitor via USB-C to DisplayPort cable. I'm running Manjaro ARM 21.06 (Linux kernel 5.12) with Sway WM. The problem is that I can't run 4K @ 30Hz properly (right 1/3 of the screen is distorted). FullHD (1920 x 1080) and WQHD (2560 x 1440) works just fine. I have also tested X11 based Linux distros and the issue is the same. Anybody had luck to run 4K @ 30Hz video output on the external monitor?





This is the similiar thread, but it is closed.




I will be more than happy to provide more details if necessary.





Code:
$ dmesg | grep cdn-dp
[    5.395293] cdn-dp fec00000.dp: Direct firmware load for rockchip/dptx.bin failed with error -2
[    5.395302] cdn-dp fec00000.dp: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: rockchip/dptx.bin
[   69.610270] cdn-dp fec00000.dp: [drm:cdn_dp_request_firmware [rockchipdrm]] *ERROR* failed to request firmware: -11
[  101.919603] cdn-dp fec00000.dp: [drm:cdn_dp_pd_event_work [rockchipdrm]] Connected, not enabled. Enabling cdn
[  549.569829] cdn-dp fec00000.dp: [drm:cdn_dp_check_sink_connection [rockchipdrm]] *ERROR* Get sink capability timed out
[  549.570998] cdn-dp fec00000.dp: [drm:cdn_dp_encoder_enable [rockchipdrm]] *ERROR* Failed to enable encoder -19


  Plasma-mobile desktop notification
Posted by: firefox-58 - 06-29-2021, 08:37 AM - Forum: Arch Linux on PinePhone - Replies (1)

Hi,

on my PP with arch/plasma-mobile after a reboot the systems give me a notification that due of an update a restart is required.

Have done all updates in the shell and Discover. Of course rebooted several times. But the notification pups up after every new boot.

Any hints for me?


  Spotify
Posted by: Line - 06-29-2021, 04:58 AM - Forum: Manjaro on PinePhone - Replies (3)

The Spotify application for Linux is working perfectly fine on my Manjaro Plasma desktop, but neither Spotify Web Player nor the app is available for the Manjaro Plasma Mobile right out of the box. Has anyone found a smooth solution to get it working?