I managed to bugger up the boot configuration of my pinetab-V. At first, only a blank screen would come up, and it wouldn't even boot into the sdcard, but this much is fixed. 

Now, I want it to boot from the EMMC, which it doesn't do. Luo provides an u-boot update script in the GitHub releases for updating the bootloader, but I do not believe this tool is suited from rescuing the boot of a broken system. 

I will review the starfive documentation on booting, but if someone has experienced a similar issue, assistance would be appreciated. I have some critical projects going on I must dedicate my entire attention to, and cannot afford to tinker as I usually do.

Hello all,

Short version.

Is there a current satisfactory working platform for my dusty pinephone?



Longer version, old timer who lives in the past,I gave up on phones in total for a good while, picked up a pay as you go flipper from wally world a couple months back and was wondering if I should try to rehome the sim to my pinephone?

Looking for advice and links if applicable, been awhile so pretty much back at noob status, please type slowly and with pictures   


Thanks in advance

"Remember, it's not an adventure if part of it doesn't suck!"

I just moved my Rockpro64 from a 128GB emmc to a 256GB emmc, and I remembered everything except one thing: Updating /etc/fstab to use different UUIDs before swapping the emmcs. So it wouldn't finish booting. I attach the serial console, figure out what the problem is, and the question is, how do you fix it without using anything else?

I was in U-Boot to begin with, so we want to get to the initramfs where we have lvm tools. We have commands like 'fatls mmc 0:1' to look around. (List files on a FAT-formatted filesystem, emmc interface, device 0, partition 1)

https://docs.u-boot.org/en/stable/usage/index.html
https://docs.u-boot.org/en/stable/usage/cmd/booti.html

Hi everyone,
I recently got a Pinecil V2 and I’m wondering what’s the most stable firmware version to use right now. I saw some people mention IronOS builds from GitHub, but I’m not sure which one is currently recommended.
If there’s a safe way to roll back firmware if something goes wrong during the update?
Thanks in advance!

Hi!
Very satisfied user of this device. The stock arch danctnix os is a joy to use both in tablet mode and with keyboard.
My only issue is with updates. They always seem to stop after a while. The usual

Hi,

I’m looking voor the lower bounds on temperature for the pinecil, but can’t seem to find it mentioned explicitly.

I want to use it to melt wax at 65 degrees Celsius.

All I could find was the temperature control might not be as accurate below 150 degrees.

Looking forward to your responses

I now have my PineTime updated to the 1.15.0 firmware and resources by use of Gadgetbridge and ITD respectively.  It took me a while to get the resources updated as there was a patch needed to ITD and then I had to realize that the PineTime could only be paired with one of them at a time.  I also had a problem getting it to talk to Gadgetbridge again, requiring me to remove the initial device and add it again.

Gadgetbridge tells me that my PineTime is in control of the data syncing.  It seems to take a while before I see an update from the PineTime showing in Gadgetbridge.  I assume there is a setting somewhere to change how frequently data updates are sent to Gadgetbridge.  Where is that setting located?

Dave

What is the most elegant way to get the Pinetab to both auto mount and own the SD card to user [alarm] ?
I have it auto mounting the SD card using settings but because user alarm doesn't own the SD card device/mount point I cant use it normally.
I could chown it but that would have to happen every bootup.
(edit) I will probably edit /etc/fstab but that is skill learned maybe 25 years ago and I expect that in systemb days there is probably something automatic and I dont want to break that.

I have not wiped and loaded Mobian despite using that for my Pinephone there doesnt seem to be enough clear instruction to get everything working, it feels like the shipped DanctNIX OS has the most functionality.


That said I would in any fully Linux OS really love to have the bluetooth and cameras fully functional as well as a smart way to setup a NMEA USB GPS device for navigation.

Hallo! Ich habe nach ca.2 Jahren teilweise kein Kontakt mehr über den Hohlstecker- Anschluss. Pinecil v2 geht ständig an und aus, spielt verrückt und einmal die Spitze zum Glühen gebracht. Vom einfachen Löten ist da gar keine Rede mehr. Macht kein Spaß mehr die Situation.
Stecker selbst ist von Reichelt und made in Japan. Die Abmessungen passen genau zur Buchse. Qualität von der Buchse lässt wohl zu wünschen übrig. Kann mir bitte jemand sagen wo man passendes Ersatzteil besorgen kann? 
Vielen Dank im voraus.

I want to post a poll asking whether or if they are updating trixie installs once they find a weekly build that mostly works for them. It seems like polls almost always omit some important op tion, so I am going to throw some out there and am asking for suggested improvements and additions. The question is addressed to users, not developers/testers.

If you have mobian trixie installed, do you regularly update it?

1. Yes, with apt(-get) or the Software app.

2. Yes, by reflashing a more recent weekly build.

3. Yes, other reason (please specify in a post).

4. No, I don't want to risk breakage and don't want to reflash or wait for a fix.

5. No, other reason (please specify in a post).