As the topic. Can RockPro64 be powered via usb-c?

Hello, I recently got my PineTab and I want to install an OS other than Ubuntu Touch. But I cannot get my PineTab to boot off of the microSD card no matter what I do.
I don't think my microSD card reader is broken because Ubuntu Touch can detect my microSD cards, but not mount them.

What I've tried:
4 different microSD cards from 3 different brands
4 different operating systems (Mobian, Arch, postmarketOS, Jumpdrive)
4 differents ways of burning them to the SD card (dd, etcher, GNOME disks, pmbootstrap)
And I have been extracting the compressed ones.

What I did before I opened this thread:
Read all the Pine64 wiki pages on the PineTab
Asked about it in the Pine64 PineTab chatroom.

I haven't still been able to figure out this issue by myself, so I have opened this forum thread.

I have an odd issue witj mobian, and the postmasrkOS version of the phone

I'm using the tracphone t-moble sim card. and until the last few days, has worked dlawlessly

Now, on initial bootup, now the phone thinks it has a verizon sim installed. I need to reset the modem from the terminal, from this link <https://gitlab.com/mobian1/issues/-/issues/89>.

Once the modem resets, it returns as a t-mobile sim


Any ideas as to what is happening?

Hello,
I'm just curious if the phonepines are ironing out issues on every release. I read all these little things and curious if those tiny issues ( ex.  the high pitch buzz upon turning on the pinephone or a muffled sound when trying to talk on the phone ). I had the PMOS release but gave the phone to my little nephew, who seems to be getting way more out of it than I was at the time. The kids 11 and now bugging me for one of my thinkpads, bc his father won't let him switch his desktop over to linux. I'm itching for another pinephone, but really want to use it as a functioning phone. I don't use social media or any google apps on my phone.So, is it safe to pull the trigger on the Manjaro edition ?

To create a Rockbox build as an application on the Pinephone using Mobian.



For this I flashed Mobian to a 32GB microSd card which the Pinephone will automatically boot from if inserted.



This is building Rockbox the easy way on the device itself so no cross compiling needed.



On the Pinephone in terminal

 install git:-

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get -y install git



download Rockbox source:-

git clone git://git.rockbox.org/rockbox



install:-

sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev
sudo apt-get install gcc
sudo apt-get install zip
sudo apt-get install make



cd rockbox
mkdir build
cd build
../tools/configure



from the table select target 200 for the SDL app



next leave the default screen size to get a pre-installed ready made theme that just fits on the screen, press

enter on the width and height.



then just press enter again to create the makefile.





make
sudo make fullinstall



which will install Rockbox to the device



in terminal type



rockbox

to run the Rockbox application.



I have tested this out and can confirm audio and some plugins work.

Further information here:- https://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,53578.0.html
and https://odysee.com/@Alex_Davis:8/(RaaA)-Rockbox-as-an-application-on-Pinephone:b

Hi all, 

I've been using my early adopter PineTab more frequently over the past few weeks and there's a lot to like. There's still a few minor nagging things, like the wake on power connect. Basically I'd like to change the behavior so when I plug in a power adapter or it charges to 100% it doesn't automatically wake from sleep. My hope is this is something that can be handled via software, but I could also see it being something at a deeper firmware level. I'm guessing it's the latter. 

What I tried: 

1. Power manager options (xfce4-power-manager,tlp,etc.) 
2. Changing wake parameters in various locations in /sys/ and similar, no dice. Guessing those I found as likely candidates are read-only state parameters.
3. Looked for possible systemd options
4. Those were my best guesses. I tried searching around but most of what I found were related to WoL or BIOS specifically. There was a post on the gentoo forum but that referenced /proc/acpi which is not present. 


For reference I'm running Arch + i3. 

Thanks in advance!

I was wondering if someone had the opportunity try the gnome desktop environment on other distros that could give a brief comparison to Manjaro Gnome.

It runs well enough but isn't buttery smooth all the time. If they are just as comparable as Manjaro, I will try the deepin desktop environment. Someone was able to successfully compile it another thread and had good results.

Having ordered a Pinephone with the convergence package I'm looking at some accessories like screen protector and case. I see there are both hard and soft shell cases. Pros and cons of each? Which protects better against dropping? (Though they're cheap enough, I could just order one of each.) Hopefully a case with a belt attachment will be offered at some point.

I'm looking at buying a new laptop and I've got my eye on a PinebookPro. Can I install KDE Neon on it?

Cheers.

I'm using the stock Manjaro install.  I got things set up fairly well about a month ago, but haven't had time to get it out for a few weeks.  A day or two ago I powered it on, and entered my password at the graphical login screen as usual.  When I hit Enter or click the Login button, it turns solid green and then freezes that way.  The mouse pointer still moves around in response to the trackpad, but everything on the screen is unresponsive from that point on.  Fortunately, I can restart it with Ctl-Alt-Backspace.

Login on the alternate consoles is unaffected.  The only process running on tty1 is Xorg.

I discovered that after enough attempts, and maybe changing the session manager from the list in the lower left corner, I can finally succeed in logging in.  Sometimes it's after a dozen tries, though.

I had not changed any packages since the last time it worked normally.  I rebooted several times, but no change.  I applied all the software updates (200+) and rebooted.  Still does the same thing.

Does anybody have any clues what might be going on, or how to debug further?

TIA for any suggestions.