Hello,

unfortunately a microSD card "was eaten by" / disappeared inside the "Docking Deck".

This happened because I was careless and on the other hand because the slots and sockets/plugs in the "Docking Deck" housing were not well aligned.

The question now is, how the "Docking Deck" housing can be opened (without damage) to remove the loose, freely moving SD card.

Any advice is welcome, thanks.
Gritibaenz

I'm aware this should probably be in the Hardware section but that subforum doesn't seem to get many eyes on it so I might as well post it here.

Has anyone else experienced what could be described as clicking or snapping coming from their PinePhone? I'm using 1.2b Manjaro edition with latest Mobian, the clicking is most reliably reproducible when using Megapixels (after launch and when switching cameras), occasionally also happens when browsing the web using Epiphany (not Firefox though). It could possibly be related to this, but the issue I'm describing happens when on battery power too so it's unlikely.

Hi!

I just received my Pinecil and wanted to update the firmware to IronOS v2.13 NL. Unfortunately this fails with:

    dfu-util: Error during special command "MASS_ERASE" get_status

I'm using dfu-util 0.9-1 from Ubuntu 20.04; dfu-util -l shows

    Found DFU: [28e9:0189] ver=0100, devnum=124, cfg=1, intf=0, path="1-6", alt=0, name="@Internal Flash  /0x08000000/128*001Kg", serial="??"

so according to the https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinecil it should be safe to update the firmware.

I also tried updating the firmware with https://github.com/pine64/pinecil-firmware-updater/ on a Windows 10 machine but it fails with a similar message:

    Invalid DFU suffix signature A valid DFU suffix signature will be required in a future dfu-util release!!! Error during special command "MASS_ERASE" get_status
    DFU-Util exited with error code 74!
    Flashing failed.

Any ideas what could be wrong here and how to update the firmware on this device?

See https://pastebin.com/wmRE10Bk for a complete log of dfu-util.

Thanks in advance.

HELP: I got Pinebook Pro last May & it's a great. In last Nov Manjaro update, my PBP couldn't work. After  usual login, the screen went blank w a speaker blip. I received help fr the Support to flash  eMMC or boot fr a microSD card. None yield resolution.
I need HELP

I've used `pacman -Syu` on each of three Manjaro installs.

The original install on the phone is immediately on reboot resulting in kernel panics. Phosh on the multiboot is dropping me into an emergency shell. Plasma has now crashed during the upgrade.

I have no clue how to fix a kernel panic. If someone can direct me, I'd appreciate it. Otherwise any pointers to good reinstall instructions would be appreciated. Just as importantly, what what is going wrong with all these upgrades??

Edit: On reboot, Plasma is working, even with the crash during update. I really want Manjaro Phosh though because it's the only distro I can find which works on the Conergence dock with both ethernet and power (5V/2.1A).

According to the paper that came with my second PineTime, for it to work as a smartwatch you must use GadgetBridge. I'm able to upgrade Infinitime because nRF can discover the watch easily but GadgetBridge has failed me countless times. I thought it was because I downloaded it from Google Play but the one I downloaded and installed from F-Droid doesn't work either. 

Am I correct that nRF and GadgetBridge are two different types of tools but with some common features? What I'm asking is can you use one or the other? Should I be able to use the PineTime as a smart watch if it is paired with nRF? Should I be able to use the music player, etc?

The watch has Infinitime 0.9.0 and is paired with a Galaxy s8 running Android v9.

I received my Pinecil yesterday, which would have been great timing as I have a small soldering project to do this weekend. But sadly it is now not working and i'm not sure what to do...

When I first plugged it in, I used this Aukey USB-C power supply, which I often use to keep my PBP charged up. Initially I didn't heat it up yet, but as advised in today's Pine64 News, I decided to update the firmware first. i'm running Gentoo on my PBP and was able to install dfu-utils and the flashing process seemed to go fine.

Next I was ready to fire the thing up, so I disconnected it from the PBP and plugged it into the Aukey power supply again, then pushed the button to heat it up. It heated up very quickly, and there was a tiny bit of smoke coming off of the tip - this didn't concern me, since it was its first time getting that hot. Once it got up to temp (like 350 degrees C or something), I turned it off and waited for it to cool back down. It's really nice having the display so I can easily tell when it's safe to put it away.

After it had been sitting for a few minutes and was back down to a normalish temperature, the display suddenly turned off. I assumed it went to sleep because I hadn't done anything with it for a while, and i expected once I pushed the buttons it would wake back up, but it did not respond. So I unplugged it for a few seconds and then plugged it back in (to the power brick) and still nothing happened.

So next I thought maybe something went wrong with the firmware, I'll try reflashing it. But when I plug it into my PBP, it's no longer detected as a USB device. Here's what I'm seeing now:

• If I leave it unplugged for a while (like 10 minutes or so) and then plug it into the PBP, in dmesg I see something like:
  [  +1.360001] usb 2-1-port1: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?[  +0.000384] usb 2-1-port1: attempt power cycle(but not the usual message with the USB vendor/device id's like it showed earlier)
• If I hold down "-" while plugging it in, nothing shows up at all.
  

Anbox now can be started on Lomiri on Manjaro but it has a ton of issues right now like the apps having half the screen black and being super laggy.

Hi,

I'm not an expert in connectors but wanted to connect a usual 3pin non-PWM fan to my RP64. However, I can't find information about the connectors for the fans on the RP64 board. Do they conform to the following?:

    GH 1,25mm

Many thanks in advance.

I bought a bluetooth keyboard with a groove to put my phone in. It works great, but I can't plug in my phone when it's docked. I'm hoping there's a way to change the settings so that I'm essentially holding the phone upside-down when in portrait orientation.