Hi Pine community! I'm a newbie and I'm really excited about the projects that people are doing here.

I recently got the Pine64-LTS board and was interested in delving very low-level into how the board works, how to understand the schematics and how to read the Allwinner64 datasheet. I'm interested in the Allwinner64 since I know it's used in the Pinetab and the Pinephone so my knowledge would be transferable. I saw a course

https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/projects/raspbe...orials/os/

And it seemed like something I'd like to try with the pine64-lts. I know the chips and the board are different, but some of the things in the tutorial strike me as very possible to do, for example I should definitely be able to create a bootable image and write it to the SD card on the board and then boot into a baremetal program.

I recognize it may be a lot of work to try to find analogues to every section of this tutorial, but I'd like to give it a shot.

The first problem I was trying to figure out is the exact RAM address of the LED lights on the pine64-LTS. On my board, right next to the USB ports and the reset switches there are two LED lights. I wanted to try flashing them on and off with baremetal assembly code just like in the baking Pi tutorial. I'm struggling to relate the hookup of the Allwinner A64 with the schematics in Pine64-lts to spot exactly where this address is located.

If anybody has some hints or resources for doing this kind of reading I would deeply appreciate any links.

Thanks in advance!

Here's how we receive LoRa Packets with PineCone BL602 RISC-V Board...

PineCone BL602 RISC-V Board Receives LoRa Packets

Happy Easter holidays to all of you!

Is it possible to synchronise the calendar/contacts on the Pinephone with your Linux desktop?

The easiest way would of course be to connect the calendar/address book to an online account – but I do not want to give the data of my friends to Google or any other corporation just in order to move it from my phone to the laptop right next to it.

I have come across two possible solutions: I could set up a Nextcloud server (which is probably immensely complicated, way too complex for the tiny task intended and which may not work) or use KDEConnect (of which I don't even know whether it works on the Pinephone).

Is there any simple way to do it? The company Palm, which used to produce so-called palmtop computers, apparently had a small desktop program called "HotSync" that one could start on the desktop computer and it would synchronise calendar, contacts and files via bluetooth or cable. Is there anything equally comfortable for Linux? And if not: What would would the complicated solution look like?

As the post title says, I'm trying to pre-order the PinebookPro but I cannot get past the checkout page because no shipping options are available. I tried a US and Japan address with no luck. Is that correct? What countries can pre-order the PBP?

Hello,

I'm trying to use Debian on a Pinebook Pro using the official bullseye installer.  (I'm aware of the unofficial installer!)

Mostly, it works quite well! For the record:
 * the installer created an additional partition (dummy partition to protect the bootloader, maybe?) that confused u-boot; deleting the partition fixed the problem (I plan to reproduce the unofficial installer's nice partition scheme later);
 * the screen remains blank (I installed using a serial cable) because the kernel gets confused by the video + usb-c port; this can be worked around by removing

Hello guys!
I've got curious, is it possible to ship Pinephone to Russia ? (getting to Saint-Petersburg and taking it manually from Finland or other country is not an option). Also I'm interested is there anybody from Russia who's already got Pinephone and how did you get it ?
P.S. I've heard that it's possible to deliver PinePhone to Russia despite local cryptographical restrictions if parcel is marked for personal usage, is that true ?

I am looking for a programmer who has fun to port the Adafruit Open Source Bike Computer to the PinePhone or to another Linux phone:

https://petergamma.org/read-out-sensor-d...e-pyloton/

The software is great. But the platform Adafruit Clue on which the sports computer runs is very limited.

Hey all,

We've got a 100+ original Pinebooks to donate to a suitable not-for-profit organization - preferably one associated with FOSS.
Please read the blog post and offer your suggestions.

Thanks!

Hi all, just got my new Pine64 phone and some how I installed the wrong language. I'm guessing it is French. I've tried selecting Parameters (Settings icon/cog) and have set Langue to English (United States). Formats is set to Australia. Sources de saisa is set to Anglais (Australian), but everything still seems to be in the other language. I have tried removing the battery and re-installing it. I then tried the power button icon in the top right hand corner of the screen and selected the Restart option. The language still appears to be what I guess is French. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Hello 

I've bee here on this forum trying to learn whow to fix some issues on my pinephone. All these issues started when I was upgrading Mobian on the terminal and I mistakly removed the battery before it fished the upgrading. 

Problems:
1st. I was unable to log in, "Oh no, something went wrong..." message showed asking to log out.
2nd. Then Pinephone woulnd not turn on, even when plugged in, only the green light was on. 
3rd.  When plugged to the computer, the jumpdrive image appears on screen, but computer or Etcher do not recognize the pinephone (which is plugged in with the red a-c port cable of the Mobian CE I have).
4th. I am unable to boot from the micro SD card, phone only blink light on a black screen and I hear clicking, even after an hour, nothing change. 

I believe if the computer recognized the phone on jumpdrive I would be able to flash it, but it does not, and I do not know if there is any hope for my pinephone Mobian CE. 

Any suggestion?