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).

Hi, I'm trying to upload a modified pinetime bootloader using the reloader-mcuboot-1.0.1.zip from https://github.com/InfiniTimeOrg/pinetim.../tag/1.0.1
I tried with the simplest test possible changing the version of the header to 2.0.0 in the reloader-mcuboot.bin of the reloader-mcuboot.zip with:
"printf '\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00' | dd of=reloader-mcuboot.bin bs=1 seek=$((0x14)) conv=notrunc"
and build it again with the same command of the Makefile:
"python3 -m nordicsemi dfu genpkg --dev-type 0x0052 --application reloader-mcuboot.bin reloader-mcuboot.zip"
After uploading the zip with Watchmate for Linux I got the image is ok but the InfiniTime shows the same version for the bootloader "1.0.1".
It is still possible to update the bootloader OTA? I'm missing something? Thank you!
Last try was using: Python 3.10.13, adafruit-nrfutil version 0.5.3.post16

Hello .. just passing along a product idea. It is a product that doesn't exist that I've always in the back of my mind wished for.  

I dub it the Pinebank. It is a versatile, open source, extensible, multifunction power bank that uses off-the-shelf replaceable 18650s for serviceability and long term utility.  

Maybe low power RISC-V under the hood like the pinecil

Here is a 18650 DIY power bank for some additional inspiration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PBr_jUA4Iw

The hypothetical Pinebank at its core it has 3 primary functions: Power bank, light, speaker

General use cases:
* General purpose power bank
* Bluetooth speaker
* Flashlight
* Work light
* Diffuser cap for lantern operation (power outages, camping, etc)
* Strobe for emergencies, maybe even red light beacon option
* Display function: clock, alarm, weather, radio

Some ideas (some possibly as pluggable module/daughterboard addons): 
* AM/FM/NOAA weather
* Connections for solar panels for off grid/emergencies
* SDR/Radio transceiver/antenna for radio geeks/search and rescue
* WWAN
* Lora
* It's a stretch, but it's possible that it could even be used to jumpstart a car or pump up your tires.  Like this product https://halo.acgbrands.com/en_US/bolt-ai...phite.html

Since it has a processor, you could use it as a little low powered micro server. Lots of options here.



Perhaps it is not possible to cram in ALL of these features, I'm just airing ideas.

I think something like this would be incredibly useful.  Seems like a good fit for Pine.  

Hi all,

First time poster! Excited to be here!

I'm working on a project where my pine note is networked to my computer. I want to control software on my pinenote that does *not* have command line access, from my computer. 

Seems the best way to do this is to simulate a touch on the pinenote.

Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks for reading my query!

- BabyGNU

There seems to be a hard coded mistake in uboot. "env save" uses parition 4 (Logo) instead of 3:

=> env save                             
Saving Environment to FAT...

** Unable to use mmc 0:4 for saveenv **


I haven't found any way to change the partition. Is there any?

So my year and a half old PPp has started to have an issue where it wont come out of sleep, this has happened before it is related to the power/wake button not showing up in the system a reboot or two has always fixed this issue.
Now though the regular from fully off boot activators (USB power or power button) but a good smack on my hand and the boot process starts.  I have to guess there is a loose ribbon cable somewhere, any ideas what the issue is?

Hi everyone,
I’m curious if the PinePhone has (or will have) any built-in feature or community tool to help optimize long-term battery health, like charging limits (e.g., stopping at 80%) or adaptive charging. I know some laptops and modern smartphones have this option, and it really helps prolong battery life.

Has anyone experimented with something similar on the PinePhone, or is it more a matter of manually managing charging?

Dear Piners,

has anybody of you tried to get a USB gadget working for the second USB interface on the PineTab2? This is a fully functional OTG interface that you can use for much more than only charging. Anyway, as long as you don't connect an OTG cable, it will reside in device mode, so it should be possible to program USB gadgets following such instructions:
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/hardware/usb_gadget
https://trac.gateworks.com/wiki/linux/OTG
https://developer.toradex.com/linux-bsp/...ode-linux/
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation...nfigfs.txt
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/m...usb-gadget
Based on these (and some other web sites) I contrived a script for a mass storage gadget. First I prepared an 8 GB big container file using these commands: