I was curious if anyone has produced a Blender / OBJ / STL / other model of the PinePhone suitable for rendering?  So far I'm not finding much luck beyond finding a couple of rendered images of the PinePhone but nothing which points me to a model I can use for my own renders.

Hey all! Many people want to try both Infinitime and Wasp-os. They hear about the reloader, but then find out that the reloader-factory.zip in Wasp-os 0.4 is broken, and building your own usually fails. There is some information about that, but not everyone can find it. That's the goal of this forum post.

The short version: don't use reloader-factory.zip, use the zip from here instead.

This does not contain full InfiniTime, only the recovery. This arrangement is necessary due to the size, but also allows you to flash any future release of InfiniTime without having to find a new reloader zip. After flashing this reloader zip and letting the reloader finish, hold the button until the pinecone turns red to reboot into recovery, then flash the latest InfiniTime.

The long version with step-by-step instructions and pictures for switching in both directions is on the wiki: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Switching_y...nd_Wasp-os

So you've just gotten your brand new Rockpro64, you're looking for a clean way to stuff a PSU and 4 HDD backplane into a box that fits nicely onto your network rack. What do you do? Well, you could get the official NAS case. But that only fits 2 disks, and how are you supposed to mount that on your rack? With a shelf?? Inconceivable.

Well here's what I did:

Having bought my home network equipment off eBay, I know retired enterprise gear can be had for dirt cheap. So after some quick searching, I came across the perfect 1U case, that happened to also have a Proliant DL160 server inside it. Perfect for a weekend project.

Steps to NAS:

1. Gut the server, leaving only the PSU, backplane, and fans.

2. If the original SAS controller works, great! If not, find a Rockpro64 compatible PCIe SAS controller. I used an IBM H1110.

3. An ATX breakout board is handy for connecting to the case's power supply. But if you prefer crimping wires, you do you. As a side note, I'm using the ATX supply to directly control power to the Rockpro. The Rockpro actually has some solder points for power control, near the power buttons, which could be used to improve on my design. I'll be adding that mod myself whenever I get around to it.

4. You'll need an Arduino as well, I like using Nano's. They're super cheap and fit nicely into just about any project.

5. Shove it all into the case. It should look something like this:
   

6. You'll need to wire all those pieces together. I'm driving the LEDs directly from the Arduino GPIO, because I'm lazy I like to live dangerously. If you're more concerned about damaging your AVR than I am, you might want to buffer each of those LED lines with a transistor. I decided to wire the fancy buttons and blinkenlights on the front panel up to the Arduino for my NAS. You can put together a wiring harness to mate with the case connector, or be like me and shove your wires directly into the case connector. They're not going anywhere:
   
   

7. The front panel has a 2 row, 2.5mm pitch female connector for the USB connections. Hack a connector onto couple USB cables. You can then use the hacked cables as an adapter between the case USB connector and the Rockpro USB inputs. My DL160 case only supports USB 2.0, so I can't take full advantage of the Rockpro's USB interface:
   

8. If you don't like your NAS to sound like a jet plane taking off, take out some fans. I've left just one fan. It's keeping everything nice and cool, and runs almost silently. To maintain proper airflow, stuff some packing foam in place of the old fans:
   

9. You'll need to get some code onto the Arduino. This script handles power up/shutdown; fan control; and, just to look like a real enterprise grade server, blinking some lights:

I feel silly, but have now spent many hours trying to set up my new PinePhone.
Have watched many videos and read many posts, but none mentions this issue.
After the KDE symbol comes up, everyone talks about a PIN screen, but that's not what I get.
I'm getting something called 'User Configuration', where it asks for Full Name, Username, and Password.
After (I think) entering those (it's very awkward because it just shows the keyboard - I'm hitting <CR> and
      then have to push the Power button to see the entries!) and using '123456' as the Password, nothing happens.
I'm sure there is a simple explanation for this - can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks in advance, everyone.

In https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_FAQ#Battery it says I can use this to allow my phone to charge more:

Despite the screen quality of phones being horrible for VR, I bought a Google Cardboard to use my Samsung Galaxy S3 as a headset with. There are some simple apps I enjoyed toying with on Android; Once I visit an appropriate store I plan on getting a better holder that's made of plastic and hopefully has better quality.

I'd like to use my Pinephone for this as well. Which is why I wanted to know: What is the status of VR applications, under the default Manjaro OS? Are there any apps that let you do things with the phone attached to your face, using stereoscopic rendering and the gyroscope / compass for orientation? I'm not looking for detailed games or anything: Even stuff like image or video viewers would be a fun way to pass the time getting immersed in something fun.

One thing I can't stand about conventional smartphones, from Android to Apple and pretty much all of them these days, is the practice of hiding or forcing certain software in the device either for the sake of a company or that of the government. There's been news in recent years that some devices made it impossible to uninstall Facebook if you don't want to use it: Obviously there's no such issue with the Pinephone thank goodness... I take it there isn't even a Facebook app to begin with, you probably use that from a web browser like on a normal computer the way it's meant to be.

But I was also wondering about things some pesky governments have been pushing smartphone manufacturers to include in their devices. I know encryption backdoors aren't a risk thankfully; They haven't gotten their way with that and never will... especially not on open-source devices where it wouldn't even be possible to maintain them, people would find out and the community wouldn't accept it thus replacing any compromised software packages.

On the other side, there was talk many years ago about the government of South Korea doing the extremely creepy thing of trying to force phone manufacturers to install tracking software on every teenage user in the country, even threatening teens or their parents with arrest if the state's spying software is removed from any device. I take it Koreans can still buy Pinephones despite this, which of course don't come infested with such a disgusting product thank the gods.

Another big example closer to home is an alert system that was discussed a few years ago if I'm not mistaken; Something that allowed authorities to track where your phone is located, and if you're in an area where a calamity is happening they'd have the ability to force a message on your device and you couldn't disable the thing. As an optional service I'm definitely not against it, quite the contrary... but forced and hardcoded into my device, no way I don't want any of that stuff.

So other than compliance with certain radio frequencies and normal technical stuff: Is all top level software in the device free from services or practices that can't be disabled, based on the desire of any authority other that the user of each device? I don't doubt it should be so but asking just to ensure there's no such risk.

To be clear: I'm in no way thinking of not getting a Pinephone based on the answer to this question, nor have anything against the creators of this beautiful device if the answer happens to be yes (especially if it's out of necessity). I generally encourage others to do the same and be constructive on the matter, for angry social justice only ruins every good cause it starts out being against without doing anything to achieve the goal of stopping the original issue in the end.

So with increasing discussion on the matter, I wanted to at least know the truth for my curiosity: Does the Pinephone rely on parts produced in China, particularly in regions or by manufacturers suspected of using slave labor? And if so, is there no way to replace some of those supply chains, without having to sacrifice the amazing price the Pinephone is offered to us at?



In recent months it's been uncovered that a lot of smartphone parts, including those used by companies in the West, were created using slave labor in China... because that's somehow still a thing in the 21th century because CCP. Apple in particular has come under fire after it was uncovered they knowingly use parts made by enslaved Uighurs in Xinjiang... namely for the fact that they've been actively trying to hide it, whereas hardened Apple fanboys also refuse to hear of it or anything that could make the company less holy in their eyes. Like I said I won't blame the PP team whatever the case here, but believe this should be known if it affects us too so we may think of ways to discourage it, for instance by supporting suppliers that have the same prices but don't rely on medieval practices to keep them low.

Hi team,

Can you please advise is the POE on the H64 B is 802.3af/at? Does it come built in. I can’t see the detail on the wiki or the store.

Hi team,

Can you please advise is the POE on the Rock64 is 802.3af/at? Does it come built in. I can’t see the detail on the wiki or the store.